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Is someone who dies from smoke inhalation in a fire while defending his home and family considered a martyr, and what is the proof for that from the Quran and Sunnah?

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The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, mentioned that there are seven martyrs besides those killed in the cause of Allah: the one who dies by plague, the drowned, the one who dies of pleurisy, the one who dies of an internal disease, the one who dies by fire, the one who dies under a collapsed building, and the woman who dies during childbirth. He also clarified that whoever is killed defending his property, family, life, or religion is a martyr. Your father, God willing, will have the reward of a martyr. These martyrs are washed, shrouded, and prayed over.

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