As-salamu `alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh (May Allah's Peace, Mercy, and Blessings be upon you!)
I would like Your Honor to advise us regarding the ruling on describing a particular person as a martyr, such as saying the martyr so and so? Is it permissible to write this in magazines and books? May Allah reward you well!
A: As-salamu `alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh. Whoever was called a martyr by the Prophet (peace be upon him) is a martyr, such as one who dies due to a plague, one who dies of a stomach ailment, one who drowns, one who is crushed by a falling wall, one who is killed in the cause of Allah, and one who is killed defending his faith, property, family, or his own life. All of them should be washed and Funeral Prayer must be offered, except for the martyr killed in a battle who is not to be washed or prayed over. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) did not wash the martyrs of Uhud who died in the battle and did not offer Funeral Prayer for them asreported by Al-Bukhari in his Sahih (authentic) Book of Hadith, on the authority of Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him).
May Allah guide us all to what pleases Him.As-salamu `alaykum warahmatullah wabarakatuh.
Chairman of
the Departments of Scholarly Research, Ifta', Daw`ah, and Guidance
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