1068 - الشَّهادَةُ الحُكمِيَّةُ

1068. Honorary Martyrdom

3378.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن قُتِلَ دُونَ مَظلِمَتِهِ فهُو شَهيدٌ .¹

3378.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever is unjustly killed is a martyr.’²

3379.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن عَشِقَ فَكَتَمَ وعَفَّ فَماتَ فهُو شَهيدٌ .³

3379.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever loves someone passionately, then suppresses his love in order to remain chaste and dies in the process, is a martyr.’⁴

3380.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن ماتَ على‏ حُبِّ آلِ محمّدٍ ماتَ شَهيداً .⁵

3380.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever dies loving the household of Muhammad dies a martyr.’⁶

3381.الإمامُ زينُ‏العابدينَ عليه السلام : مَن ماتَ على‏ مُوالاتِنا في غَيبةِ قائمِنا أعطاهُ اللَّهُ أجرَ ألفِ شَهيدٍ مِثلِ شُهَداءِ بَدرٍ واُحُدٍ .⁷

3381. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Whoever dies accepting our guardianship during the occultation of the one who will rise up [the awaited twelfth Imam, al-Mahdi], Allah will grant him the reward of a thousand such martyrs as died in the battles of Badr and Uhud.’⁸