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Is a woman who died eight months after childbirth, following a coma and a C-section in which her uterus was removed due to hemorrhage, and who then suffered from severe bloating and vomiting blood, considered to have died from an internal illness and as a martyr?

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We ask Allah to magnify your reward for the passing of your sister and to grant her a spacious abode in His Paradise. The deceased sister falls under the general meaning of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "There are seven types of martyrs besides being killed in the way of Allah: The one who dies of 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 an abdominal disease is a martyr, the one who dies in a fire is a martyr, the one who dies under a collapsed building is a martyr, and the woman who dies during childbirth is a martyr." So, it is most likely that she is among the martyrs, specifically among those who die of an abdominal disease, which refers to someone who dies from an illness in their abdomen. Her inclusion in "the woman who dies during childbirth" is unlikely due to the delay of her death after childbirth and the expiration of the postpartum period.

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