Mustafa Khattab – Next Life 8 Shahid

			So today InshaAllah we'll talk about the concept
		

			of shahid or martyr,
		

			martyrdom in in Islam.
		

			Before we talk about this inshallah because every
		

			time someone dies,
		

			especially back home,
		

			they label him or her as a shahid.
		

			Even if this person is not a Muslim,
		

			is an atheist, and so on and so
		

			forth. As long as they die a violent
		

			death,
		

			like in an accident or
		

			in a terrorist act, they call them, they
		

			issue fatuas in some places and they call
		

			the person a shahid, even if they are
		

			not Muslim.
		

			So if they call them
		

			shahid in their faith,
		

			this is something, but for for us Muslims
		

			to call someone who is not from the
		

			faith a shahid, this is a totally different
		

			thing because
		

			we have a very specific,
		

			definition for the word shahid in Islam. And
		

			one of the requirements for this person to
		

			be recognized as a shahid is to be
		

			a Muslim. This is the first,
		

			is the first criteria for this person.
		

			Before we talk about the shahid or the
		

			concept of shahid,
		

			I'm going to start with a story
		

			and after the story I'm going to answer
		

			a question about organ donations because I get
		

			the question all the time. Is it permissible
		

			to donate your organs here in Canada? Because
		

			every time you go to get a driver's
		

			license, they give you this,
		

			form if you want to donate,
		

			an organ. So let me start with a
		

			question then I'll tell