06-10-2005, 02:00 AM
Asalamalaikum
I would encourage my husband to go on Jihad. I would also encourage my son’s to go on Jihad (Insha’Allah if Allah blesses me with any). I would never want anyone to miss out on the great honours that come with the possibility of dying as a martyr.
The pain that a martyr feels at the time of death will be reduced so greatly that he will only feel as if he was stung by a mosquito. Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet sallallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam said: "A martyr only feels from the effect of being killed that which one would when being stung by a mosquito." (Tirmidhi, Nasaa'i)
If you love someone truly, ofcourse you would want them to have a death like that. [img]style_emoticons/default/smile.gif[/img]. You'll be without them here on earth but there is always the hereafter. Thats how I see it [img]style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif[/img]. Eternity!
Sayyidina Anas(radhiyallahu anhu) reports that the Prophet(sallallahu alaiyhu wassallam) has said that a martyr will be given the right of interceding for seventy of his relatives. (Abu Dawood)
Maybe insha'allah you'll become an ahlul jennah (residers of paradise) because of the martyrs insha'allah.
When I learnt about the amazing virtues of dying as a Martyr. You cannot help but to never disencourage anybody from it. Sadly, we should also try not to forget the fact that there is also a lot of misguidence out there today. Many Muslims are misusing the meaning of what true jihad means. Many people want to do things for political gain, power, financial gains and even for their race & ethinity with pride. Sometimes their roles is as islamic as their islamic name gets. That means most of the time people aren’t fighting for Allah or for the Muslim cause.
<b>Narrated AbuHurayrah:</b> It has been narrated on the authority of Sulayman ibn Yasar who said: <b>People dispersed from around AbuHurayrah, and Natil, who was from the Syrians, said to him: O Shaykh, relate (to us) a tradition you have heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace_be_upon_him). He said: Yes. I heard the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him) say: The first man (whose case) will be decided on the Day of Judgment, will be a man who died as a martyr. He shall be brought (before the Judgment Seat). Allah will make him recount His blessings (i.e. the blessings which He had bestowed upon him) and he will recount them (and admit having enjoyed them in his life). (Then) will Allah say: What did you do (to requite these blessings)? He will say: I fought for Thee until I died as a martyr. Allah will say: You have told a lie. You fought so that you might be called a "brave warrior". And you were called so. (Then) orders will be passed against him and he will be dragged with his face downward and cast into Hell.
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