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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Does death from cancer fall under the category of the one who dies of a stomach ailment?

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Question:
Is death from cancer considered like the plague?

Answer:
No, cancer is different.
Q: What is measured by the one who dies of a stomach ailment?
The Shaykh: It is hoped for him, but the plague is a disease different from this; it involves eruptions, some on the palms and some on the... eruptions that burn with heat, and then he dies by the permission of Allah.
Q: Is the one who dies of a stomach ailment the one who dies of pleurisy?
The Shaykh: The one who dies of a stomach ailment, no, it is regarding a disease of the abdomen. Pleurisy: a disease of the side, a disease that affects his side.
Q: Any disease of the abdomen?
The Shaykh: The apparent meaning of the hadith regarding the one who dies of a stomach ailment, its apparent meaning is that any disease that causes his death while it is in the abdomen is martyrdom.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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