How should a Muslim behave in these difficult days with the spread of the coronavirus, and is a person who dies from it considered a martyr?
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Whoever dies from the Coronavirus is hoped to be a martyr because it damages the lungs, thus likening it to one who dies from consumption (tuberculosis), which is an ulcer in the lungs. It has been authentically reported from the that "consumption is martyrdom." Furthermore, the virus may cause damage to the liver or kidneys, leading to death from an abdominal illness, and the explicitly states that "one who dies from an abdominal illness is a martyr."
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