224 - الشَّهادة (2) القتل في سبيل اللَّه‏

224. MARTYRDOM IN THE WAY OF ALLAH

1066 - فَضلُ الشَّهادَةِ

1066. THE VIRTUE OF MARTYRDOM

(وَلا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أمْواتاً بَلْ أحْياءٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِم يُرْزَقُونَ).¹

“Do not suppose those who were slain in the way of Allah to be dead; rather they are living and provided for near their Lord.”²

3370.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 .³

3370.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.’⁴

3371.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : أشرَفُ المَوتِ قَتلُ الشهادَةِ .⁵

3371.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The most dignified way to die is to be martyred.’⁶

3372.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لَوَدِدتُ أ نّي أغزُو في سَبيلِ اللَّهِ فَأُقتَلُ ، ثُمّ أغزُو فَأُقتَلُ ، ثُمّ أغزُو فَأُقتَلُ .⁷

3372.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.’⁸

3373.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : يُغفَرُ للشَّهيدِ كُلُّ ذَنبٍ إلّا الدَّينَ .⁹

3373.The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The martyred one is forgiven every sin except his debt [to others].’¹⁰

3374.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن لَقِيَ العَدُوَّ فَصَبَرَ حتّى‏ يُقتَلَ أو يَغلِبَ لَم يُفتَنْ في قَبرِهِ .¹¹

3374.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.’¹²

3375.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 .¹³

3375.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.’¹⁴

3376.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إنّكُم إن لا تُقتَلُوا تَمُوتُوا ، والذي نَفسُ عَلِيٍّ بيدِهِ ، لَألفُ ضَربَةٍ بالسَّيفِ عَلَى الرَّأسِ أيسَرُ مِن مَوتٍ على‏ فِراشٍ .¹⁵

3376.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily if you are not killed then you are going to die anyway, and I swear by the One Who holds Ali’s soul in His Hand, a thousand strikes of the sword on one’s head is easier to bear than to die in one’s bed.’¹⁶