Is it permissible to pray for martyrdom in order to intercede for one's family? And is one punished if their intention is to intercede for their family, not to attain martyrdom for its own sake? Is there a difference between shahadah (martyrdom/testimony of faith) and a shaheed (martyr)? And does the martyrdom of a woman differ from that of a man? Does uttering "I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His Messenger" at the time of death count as martyrdom for one who did not fight in the way of Allah? And is it true that a martyr intercedes for seventy of his relatives?

Hoping for martyrdom in the way of Allah is permissible, and whoever sincerely hopes for it is expected to attain its reward, even if they die in their bed. There is no difference between men and women in this regard.

A martyr is one who is killed in the way of Allah, and those mentioned in the hadiths, such as the plague-stricken and the one who dies of an abdominal illness, are included with them. Martyrdom (al-shahadah) here is the verbal noun, meaning the occurrence of that state. It has been established that a martyr intercedes for seventy of his relatives. However, there is no evidence to support his intercession for seventy thousand. The martyrdom for which its owner's intercession has been reported differs from the testimony of monotheism (shahadat al-tawheed), and some believers intercede even if they are not martyrs.