Is it not said that one who dies by drowning is a martyr?
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The questioner : ...؟
The Shaykh : It is not said that he is a martyr specifically, but it is said that one who dies is to be hoped for as a martyr. Because if the one who went out and exposed his neck to the enemy and remained patient until he was killed is not called a martyr specifically, then this case is like that.
The questioner : This is feared to be due to his intention, but the one who drowns...
The Shaykh : ...even the one who drowns, we do not know about his Islam after we do not know. Therefore, we say that everyone who dies by drowning, for example, is a martyr. And as I told you a moment ago, what makes us assert that we say "martyr" and testify to it? We say it is hoped for him. For example, if someone comes and says, "By Allah, my father had an accident and died. Is he a martyr?" We say, "We hope that he is a martyr," and that is sufficient... a car accident.
The Shaykh : It is not said that he is a martyr specifically, but it is said that one who dies is to be hoped for as a martyr. Because if the one who went out and exposed his neck to the enemy and remained patient until he was killed is not called a martyr specifically, then this case is like that.
The questioner : This is feared to be due to his intention, but the one who drowns...
The Shaykh : ...even the one who drowns, we do not know about his Islam after we do not know. Therefore, we say that everyone who dies by drowning, for example, is a martyr. And as I told you a moment ago, what makes us assert that we say "martyr" and testify to it? We say it is hoped for him. For example, if someone comes and says, "By Allah, my father had an accident and died. Is he a martyr?" We say, "We hope that he is a martyr," and that is sufficient... a car accident.