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Is it permissible to assert with certainty that the deceased woman is a martyr and has entered Paradise, especially since she died from gunshot wounds while pregnant and in her postpartum period, pronounced the Shahada at the dawn Adhan, and was buried with the Friday prayer? And is the month she spent in the hospital considered an expiation for all her sins, and what is the significance of the dreams that preceded her death?

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Among the signs of a good ending is that a servant is guided before their death to repent from sins, shun what displeases Allah, and turn to acts of obedience, as stated in the Hadith: "If Allah wills good for His servant, He employs him." They asked, "How does He employ him?" He replied, "He guides him to righteous deeds before his death." Nevertheless, one cannot definitively assert entry into Paradise, as this belongs to the knowledge of the unseen. The sister erred by abandoning prayer for the entire period mentioned, as it is not permissible to forsake it as long as one is conscious, and prayer must be performed in any possible manner. As for truthful dreams, they are glad tidings for the upright Muslim, but they are not relied upon for deriving legal rulings.

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