Fariq Naik – Is Dying of Cancer a Type of Martyrdom

00:00:01 --> 00:00:05

			Assalamu Aleikum Wa alaykum wa
Salam wa rahmatullah wa barakato
		

00:00:05 --> 00:00:07

			My name is Sabina Farooq.
		

00:00:09 --> 00:00:12

			I am a student from Kashmir,
India. I want to know that if a
		

00:00:12 --> 00:00:18

			person dies due to cancer, is he
considered as a martyr? And I also
		

00:00:18 --> 00:00:21

			want to know, what are the things
that we can do for someone who
		

00:00:21 --> 00:00:22

			dies.
		

00:00:23 --> 00:00:26

			There are several a hadith of our
beloved Prophet Muhammad may peace
		

00:00:26 --> 00:00:29

			and blessings be upon him, which
talks about the virtues of a
		

00:00:29 --> 00:00:29

			martyr
		

00:00:30 --> 00:00:33

			and our Hadees our beloved Prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him they
		

00:00:33 --> 00:00:38

			even mentioned the types of a
martyr, or the types of martyrdom.
		

00:00:39 --> 00:00:41

			A blood of Muhammad peace be upon
him said it is mentioned authentic
		

00:00:41 --> 00:00:48

			hadith, five categories of five
types of martyrs. The first is the
		

00:00:48 --> 00:00:54

			person who dies because of a
plague. The second is the person
		

00:00:54 --> 00:00:58

			who dies because of drowning. The
third is a person who dies because
		

00:00:58 --> 00:01:02

			of some disease in his stomach.
The fourth is the person who dies
		

00:01:03 --> 00:01:06

			because of being crushed
underneath something. And the
		

00:01:06 --> 00:01:09

			fifth is the person who dies,
while fighting the way of Allah
		

00:01:09 --> 00:01:13

			subhanho wa taala. In another
Hadith, of the Prophet Muhammad
		

00:01:13 --> 00:01:17

			peace be upon him said that the
one who dies protecting his wealth
		

00:01:17 --> 00:01:18

			and his property he is a martyr.
		

00:01:19 --> 00:01:23

			So basically, six categories of
martyrs that are mentioned the
		

00:01:23 --> 00:01:25

			Hadith our beloved Prophet
Muhammad may peace and blessings
		

00:01:25 --> 00:01:31

			be upon him, but natural, the
highest level of martyrdom, it is
		

00:01:31 --> 00:01:35

			the person who dies while fighting
in the way of Allah subhanaw
		

00:01:35 --> 00:01:39

			taala, who does jihad in the way
of Allah subhanaw taala that is
		

00:01:39 --> 00:01:43

			futile, fighting in the way of
Allah subhanho wa Taala This is
		

00:01:43 --> 00:01:46

			the highest category of martyrdom.
And this category of martyrdom
		

00:01:46 --> 00:01:50

			when a person dies in the way of
Allah subhanho wa Taala while
		

00:01:50 --> 00:01:53

			fighting the way of Allah subhanaw
taala it is not the same as the
		

00:01:53 --> 00:01:56

			person who dies because of
drowning or the person who dies
		

00:01:56 --> 00:01:59

			because of a plague or the person
who dies because of a stomach
		

00:01:59 --> 00:02:04

			disease. Now, as far as cancer is
concerned, in general, a person
		

00:02:04 --> 00:02:08

			who dies because of cancer he is
not considered as a martyr, except
		

00:02:09 --> 00:02:12

			if the cancer it is related to the
stomach and this the opinion of
		

00:02:12 --> 00:02:15

			certain scholars, they say that
this cancer is related this
		

00:02:15 --> 00:02:19

			stomach is specifically related to
the abdomen and comes into the
		

00:02:19 --> 00:02:24

			category of Mattoon, which refers
to a person dying because of a
		

00:02:24 --> 00:02:27

			disease in the stomach. So the
cancer is late to the stomach or
		

00:02:27 --> 00:02:30

			to the abdomen, then he will be
considered as a martyr. But in
		

00:02:30 --> 00:02:35

			general, a person who dies out of
cancer he is not considered as a
		

00:02:35 --> 00:02:35

			martyr.
		

00:02:36 --> 00:02:41

			Now, if a person dies out of
cancer, because of smoking, so in
		

00:02:41 --> 00:02:44

			this situation, he will not be
considered as a martyr. If a
		

00:02:44 --> 00:02:48

			person, he goes on a journey, and
the purpose of this journey is to
		

00:02:48 --> 00:02:52

			do something that is haram, for
example, to commit Zina or to draw
		

00:02:52 --> 00:02:54

			or to do something that is haram.
And while he's traveling in the
		

00:02:54 --> 00:02:59

			ship, he dies out of drowning, he
will not be considered as a martyr
		

00:02:59 --> 00:03:01

			because the purpose of his journey
it is to do something that is
		

00:03:01 --> 00:03:08

			haram. When an individual he dies.
And if in this situation he has
		

00:03:08 --> 00:03:10

			died because of doing something
that is haram, he will not be
		

00:03:10 --> 00:03:16

			considered as a martyr. Now coming
to your second question, that what
		

00:03:16 --> 00:03:19

			are the deeds or what are the
things that we can do for a person
		

00:03:19 --> 00:03:22

			who dies abroad Prophet Muhammad
peace be upon him said either
		

00:03:22 --> 00:03:26

			America, Adam in Caterham Allahu
Allah and Salah that when the son
		

00:03:26 --> 00:03:30

			of Adam he passed away, all of his
deeds are cut off except for
		

00:03:30 --> 00:03:35

			three. So the cotton, giardia and
ongoing charity, while Adam Salah
		

00:03:35 --> 00:03:39

			here the Allah who applies child
who pays for him. And the third is
		

00:03:39 --> 00:03:42

			I will Moon naturally interfere
with the knowledge beneficial
		

00:03:42 --> 00:03:45

			knowledge that people benefit
after he passed away. So when a
		

00:03:45 --> 00:03:49

			person lives his life in this
world, you should see too, that he
		

00:03:50 --> 00:03:53

			does things that will benefit him
after he passed away. So the
		

00:03:53 --> 00:03:56

			cotton geria and ongoing charity,
he should see too that he builds
		

00:03:56 --> 00:04:00

			Islamic schools, Islamic colleges
Islamic universities masajid
		

00:04:00 --> 00:04:05

			Islamic Institute's so that it
will benefit him even after he
		

00:04:05 --> 00:04:10

			passed away. Elbonian Tefera will
be knowledge that he has given he
		

00:04:10 --> 00:04:14

			should spread it to others during
his life. So even after he passed
		

00:04:14 --> 00:04:18

			away, people will benefit from it.
And the third is one of them Salah
		

00:04:18 --> 00:04:21

			here the hula hoop, a pious child
praying for him.
		

00:04:22 --> 00:04:26

			The parents they should give the
right tarbiyah to the children so
		

00:04:26 --> 00:04:30

			that the children when they grow
up, they will be righteous
		

00:04:30 --> 00:04:34

			children and they will do dua for
the parents. Now as far as doing
		

00:04:34 --> 00:04:37

			specific things or specific deeds
after personal pass away for this
		

00:04:37 --> 00:04:42

			person, there are several deeds
that individuals do. But whatever
		

00:04:42 --> 00:04:45

			deed we do, we should see to it
that there should be evidence for
		

00:04:45 --> 00:04:49

			it. So from among the deeds that
we can do is doing Hajj for the
		

00:04:49 --> 00:04:52

			person who has passed away. So for
example, if there's a relative or
		

00:04:52 --> 00:04:55

			if someone's father has passed
away or his mother has passed
		

00:04:55 --> 00:04:58

			away, so Hajj can be done on
behalf of this person, and if this
		

00:04:58 --> 00:05:00

			person was incapable of performing
		

00:05:00 --> 00:05:03

			In college, whether it be for
financial reasons or whether it be
		

00:05:03 --> 00:05:07

			due to health reason reasons, then
insha Allah when Hodges performed
		

00:05:07 --> 00:05:12

			on his behalf, inshallah he will
be rewarded as well. So that's the
		

00:05:12 --> 00:05:15

			reason whenever we are doing any
action or any deed we should see
		

00:05:15 --> 00:05:19

			to it that it should be as per the
teachings of the glorious for our
		

00:05:19 --> 00:05:22

			and the teachings of the authentic
hadith of our beloved Prophet
		

00:05:22 --> 00:05:25

			Muhammad, peace and blessings be
upon him. I hope that answers your
		

00:05:25 --> 00:05:25

			question.