Untitled Document

Advice of Scholars - MARTYRS (I)

There are three kinds of martyrs.

1- If a Muslim who is not junub, who is not in her monthly period, who is discreet and has reached the age of puberty is killed unjustly by torture or by being hit with a sharp weapon, or if he is killed with any weapon by the enemy while making jihâd against the enemies of religion in a war for Allah’s sake or by rebels, highwaymen, anarchists or (at night) by a thief during the time of peace –if he dies immediately–, or if he is found dead with such signs of murder as a wound or blood on him at a place where there has been a conflict against the abovesaid (outlaws), where he must have been in order to defend the lives and property of Muslims and zimmîs, or if he is found dead in town and his murderer is known and qisâs (taliation) becomes necessary, he is called a martyr of the world and the Hereafter or a perfect martyr. The perfect martyr is not washed in the world. Nor is he shrouded. His clothes exceeding the amount of material used for a shroud are taken off, and he is buried with his underwear. The salât of janâza for him is performed in Hanafî Madhhab. But it is not performed in Shâfi’î Madhhab. He attains the thawâb for matrydom in the Hereafter.

2- A person who does not intend to make jihâd for Allah’s sake and who fights for wordly advantages becomes only a martyr of the world. Martyrs of this sort are not washed or shrouded. Yet they cannot attain the thawâb of martyrdom in the Hereafter.

3- If he dies during the preparatory drills for jihâd, or if a person killed with oppression or wounded in jihâd or while fighting against anarchists, rebels, highwaymen or (at night) thieves does not die immediately but stays alive and conscious until the duration of one salât time is over or is taken to somewhere else and dies there, or if he is junub or (she is) in her monthly regulation, he (or she) becomes only a martyr of the Hereafter. He (or she) is washed and shrouded in the world. Those who are killed by such chastisements as Hadd, Ta’zîr, qisâs [or who are executed by being shot or hanged], and those who are killed by a beast are washed.

Partial Solar Eclipse

Percentage of ecliptic part 60%

Start of eclipse

           00:26

Middle of eclipse

           02:21

End of eclipse

           04:17

Antarctica excluding Wilkes region, Southern Part of South America, Falkland islands.