Martyr

The most dignified way to die is to be martyred.

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  فَوقَ كُلِّ ذِي بِرٍّ بِرٌّ حتّى‏ يُقتَلَ الرجُلُ في سبيلِ اللَّهِ ، فإذا قُتِلَ في سبيلِ اللَّهِ فليسَ فَوقَهُ بِرٌّ . الكافي : 2 / 348 / 4 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Above every act of piety is yet a greater act of piety until a man is killed in the way of Allah, and when he is killed in the way of Allah, there is no act of piety greater.’ al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 348, no. 4

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  يُغفَرُ للشَّهيدِ كُلُّ ذَنبٍ إلّا الدَّينَ . كنز العمّال : 11110 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The martyred one is forgiven every sin except his debt [to others].’ Kanz al-Ummal, no. 11110

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  لَوَدِدتُ أ نّي أغزُو في سَبيلِ اللَّهِ فَأُقتَلُ ، ثُمّ أغزُو فَأُقتَلُ ، ثُمّ أغزُو فَأُقتَلُ . صحيح مسلم : 3 / 1496 / 103 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘I wish that I may fight in the way of Allah and be killed in the way of Allah, then fight again and be killed again many times over.’ Sahih Muslim, no. 1876

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  أشرَفُ المَوتِ قَتلُ الشهادَةِ . بحار الأنوار : 100 / 8 / 4 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The most dignified way to die is to be martyred.’ Bihar al-Anwar, v. 100, p. 8, no. 4

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  ما مِن نفسٍ تَموتُ لها عندَ اللَّهِ خَيرٌ يَسُرُّها أ نّها تَرجِعُ إلَى الدنيا ، ولا أنَّ لَهَا الدنيا وما فيها ، إلّا الشهيدَ ؛ فإنّهُ يَتَمَنّى‏ أن يَرجِعَ فَيُقتَلَ فِي الدنيا ؛ لِما يَرى‏ مِن فَضلِ الشهادَةِ . صحيح مسلم : 3 / 1498 / 108 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Nobody who dies and who has a good position with Allah that pleases him ever wishes to return back to this world, not even to be given the world and all that is in it, except the martyr, for he wishes to return to it in order that he may be martyred again because of the virtue that he has seen in martyrdom.’ Sahih Muslim, no. 1877

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  مَن لَقِيَ العَدُوَّ فَصَبَرَ حتّى‏ يُقتَلَ أو يَغلِبَ لَم يُفتَنْ في قَبرِهِ . كنز العمّال : 10662 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who faces his enemy and resists until either he is killed or he vanquishes him will not be tormented in the grave.’ Kanz al-Ummal, no. 10662

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  مَن سَألَ اللَّهَ الشهادَةَ بصِدقٍ بَلَّغَهُ اللَّهُ مَنازِلَ الشُّهَداءِ وإن ماتَ على‏ فِراشِهِ . صحيح مسلم : 3 / 1517 / 157 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever sincerely asks Allah to grant him martyrdom, Allah makes him attain the station of the martyrs, even if he dies in his own bed.’ Sahih Muslim, no. 1909

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  مَن قُتِلَ دُونَ مَظلِمَتِهِ فهُو شَهيدٌ . كنز العمّال : 11205 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever is unjustly killed is a martyr.’ Kanz al-Ummal, 11205

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  مَن ماتَ على‏ حُبِّ آلِ محمّدٍ ماتَ شَهيداً . بحار الأنوار : 68 / 137 / 76 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever dies loving the household of Muhammad dies a martyr.’ Bihar al-Anwar, v. 68, p. 137, no. 76

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  مَن عَشِقَ فَكَتَمَ وعَفَّ فَماتَ فهُو شَهيدٌ . كنز العمّال : 11203 .

 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.’ Kanz al-Ummal, no. 11203

رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله :  مَن جُرِحَ في سَبيلِ اللَّهِ جاءَ يَومَ القِيامَةِ رِيحُهُ كَرِيحِ المِسكِ ولَونُهُ لَونُ الزَّعفَرانِ ، علَيهِ طابَعُ الشُّهَداءِ ، ومَن سَألَ اللَّهَ الشهادَةَ مُخلِصاً أعطاهُ اللَّهُ أجرَ شَهيدٍ وإن ماتَ على‏ فِراشِهِ . كنز العمّال : 11144 .

 The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever is wounded in the way of Allah will rise up on the Day of Resurrection, his fragrance as sweet as musk and his colour as vibrant as saffron, and he will have the stamp of a martyr on him. And whoever sincerely asks Allah to grant him martyrdom, Allah grants him the reward of a martyr, even if he dies in his own bed.’ Kanz al-Ummal, no. 11144