Those who die as a result of drowning, burning, of destitution, or from being crushed under a collapsing wall or other building, those who die of diarrhoea, of plague [or another hectic disease], during lochia, of an epileptic fit, on a Friday night, [which is the night between Thursday and Friday], or on a Friday, or while learning, teaching or propagating religious knowledge, those who fall in love and die in their efforts to suppress their love and protect their chastity, those who die during unjust imprisonment, those who die while serving as a muadhdhin for Allah’s sake, while trading as commanded by the Sharî’a or while working and earning halâl so that their household will learn religious knowledge and worship, those who say the prayer, “Allâhumma bârik lî fi-l-mawt wa fî-mâ ba’d al-mawt,” twenty-five times every day, those who perform the salât of Duhâ, those who fast three days each month, those who do not neglect their salât of witr while travelling, those who say the prayer, “Lâ ilâha illâ anta subhânaka innî kuntu min-az-zâlîmîn,” forty times on their deathbed, those who read the Sûrat-al Yasîn every night, those who go to bed with ablution and then die, those who always make mudârâ, [which means to dissimulate, to give away what is worldly in order to protect one’s faith], those who bring groceries and sell them cheaply, those who make ghusl in cold weather and become ill and die, those who say the prayer “A’ûdhu billâh-is-samî’il’alîmi min-ash-shaytân-ir-rajîm,” three times and the last part of the sûrat-al-Hashr every morning and every evening; all these people become martyrs of the Hereafter.

Before the city of Bursa was taken by the Ottomans, one of its Greek residents had secretly become Muslim. A very close friend of his asked about the reason: “How could you abandon the religion of your father and your forefathers?” Thus, he criticized him. The answer of that Greek Muslim was meaningful. He said: Once, one of the captive Muslims was left with me. One day, I saw that this captive was sitting down and standing up in the room where he was kept. I went near and asked him what he was doing. When his movements stopped, he rubbed his hands on his face and he said he performed a ritual prayer and if I allowed him, he would give one gold coin for each ritual prayer. I became greedy. Day by day I increased the payment amount. At a certain point, I wanted ten gold coins for each prescribed time for ritual prayers. He accepted that. I was amazed at his sacrifice for his worship. One day, I told him: “I will set you free.” He became very joyful. He outstretched his hands and prayed for me: “O My Allah! Honor this slave of Yours with îmân (faith)!” At that moment, a wish to become Muslim occurred in my heart and it increased so much so that I became Muslim by reciting the Kalima-i shahâdat immediately.