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Is someone who dies of suffocation from a respiratory illness considered a martyr, and is nosebleeds at the time of death a sign of a good ending?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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The martyrs of the Ummah are many, such as one who dies in the way of Allah, or defending his property and honor, and the one who dies of a plague, or by drowning, or pleurisy, or an internal disease, or by fire, or under a collapsed building, and the woman who dies during childbirth.

There is no Shar’i (Islamic legal) evidence that one who dies of suffocation due to shortness of breath is a martyr. The texts mention martyrdom in the context of being killed in the way of Allah, plague, childbirth, burning, drowning, tuberculosis (consumption), and abdominal illness. Tuberculosis is a disease that affects the lungs.

The rank of martyrdom is a special status with Allah, and not everyone who dies from an illness attains it, except for those specified in the texts.

There is no Shar’i evidence that a nosebleed at the time of death is a sign of a good ending.

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