Seven Classifications Of Deaths By Shahada (Martyrdom)

[Abu Hafsat]

As-Salaam alaikum,

 Narrated by Ahmad (23804), Abu Dawud (3111) and al-Nasaa'i (1846) from Jabir Ibn 'Ateek, may Allah be pleased with him, the Prophet, Sallallahu alaihi Wasallam, once asked some of his companions:--

      "What do you regard as martyrdom?"     The companions said: "Being killed for the sake of Allah."  The Prophet then said to them:--

               "Shahada [martyrdom] is 7 things besides being killed for the sake of Allah.

               The one who dies of the plague is a martyr, the one who drowns is a martyr,

             the one who dies of pleurisy is a martyr, the one who dies of a stomach disease is a martyr,

           the one who is burned to death is a martyr, the one who dies beneath a collapsed building is a martyr,

         and the woman who dies in pregnancy is a martyr."