Suhaib Webb – Is A Person Shahid Who Dies By Accident or Covid
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This is a very important question.
We know
people die in car accidents and people are
dying of COVID and other things,
but specifically related to car accidents and COVID.
The strong opinion of the scholars, I don't
know of any difference on this, is that
they are considered
martyrs
based on the hadith of Abu Huraira from
Imam Al Bukhari
that the prophet said
that the martyrs are 5 and he mentioned
people who drowned and people who are building
collapses on them. So scholars say this expands
to anyone who dies in a tragic accident
or from a sudden tragic cause.
And that's why Imam Asiuti, he wrote a
book called
and he mentions 57
reasons for which someone is considered a martyr.
We ask Allah to accept those people,
as martyrs to forgive them and bring comfort
to their families. This is a really great
question and thank you for asking.