{"id":1588,"date":"2023-11-24T05:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T05:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpbingosite.com\/wordpress\/bookio\/?p=1588"},"modified":"2023-11-24T22:15:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T22:15:56","slug":"a-shii-perspective-on-non-shii-martyrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sadadpublications.org\/ar\/creed\/a-shii-perspective-on-non-shii-martyrs\/","title":{"rendered":"A Shi’i Perspective on Non Shi’i Martyrs"},"content":{"rendered":"

SADAD\u2019s Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n


In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/p>\n


May all praise be due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and may all blessings and salutations be upon the best of His creation, Mu\u2019hammad and his virtuous purified progeny.Ayatollah Sayed Ja\u2019far Murtadha al-\u2018Ameli, may God be pleased with him, was one of the most prominent jurists, theologians, exegetes of the Qur\u2019an, and investigative historians of the Islamic world. This brief paper is a translation of his response to an inquiry about non-Shi\u2019i martyrs.1 The original question asked was: \u201cWho is [considered] a martyr? Is everyone who dies defending their nation a martyr regardless of their religion? Are the opponents [of Shi\u2019ism] who do not take Ahl al-Bayt (a) as guardians, [still considered] martyrs (shuhada\u2019)?\u201dThis response from Sayed Ja\u2019far Murtadha is important for numerous reasons, namely that it debunks the extremist misconception spread by those who fail, hopefully due to lack of awareness, to differentiate between Sunni Muslims and those who take Ahl al-Bayt (a) and the Shi\u2019a as enemies (nawasib). This misconception may seem silly and unimportant at first glance, but it resurfaces every time a Palestinian martyr falls defending his homeland and religion from the illegal occupation. Each time it does, it lowers devotion to Islamic causes, disturbs Islamic unity, and misrepresents the stance of the Shi\u2019a on this matter.
All the while, Sayed Ja\u2019far Murtadha had explicated this issue clearly and brilliantly. We ask God to have mercy upon him and the deceased defenders of the sect, and to resurrect them with the best of His creation, the Prophet Mu\u2019hammad and his infallible progeny (a). If anyone is interested in donating to fund these projects and publications, please contact SADAD through our social media accounts. God says in the holy Qur\u2019an: {The believers are only the ones who have believed in All\u0101h and His Messenger and then doubt not but strive with their wealth and their lives in the cause of All\u0101h. It is those who are the truthful.}.2
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23 Safar 1445 AH<\/p>\n\n\n

The Guardianship of Ameer al-Mu\u2019mineen (a)
<\/strong>It is established for us that Islam and affirmation of the guardianship of Ameer al-Mu\u2019mineen (a) are prerequisites for the acceptance of actions, such that a non-Muslim is not considered a martyr even if they are oppressed when they are killed. The difference is that the reward of the martyr is from God, whereas the right of the oppressed is to be taken from their oppressor, who is punished as a killer.
As for the opponents who do not follow \u2018Ali and the Ahl al-Bayt (a), they are two categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first category are those who abandoned the guardianship [of Ahl al-Bayt (a)] due to shortcomings on their behalf despite knowing there is a dispute regarding this issue, so they neglected and ignored it; or knew the truth but arrogantly rejected it. The actions of such people are not accepted, according to clear texts stating so, and as indicated by the verse: {O\u2019 Messenger, announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord, and if you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. And All\u0101h will protect you from the people. Indeed, All\u0101h does not guide the disbelieving people.}.4
The verse considers not conveying the guardianship of \u2018Ali (a) the same as conveying nothing of God\u2019s message, for it said: {then you have not conveyed His message}. It did not state: \u2018{and if you do not} then the message remains incomplete\u2019. What this indicates is that everything remains incomplete without the guardianship of \u2018Ali (a); and God does not command that which is incomplete \u2013 whether it be of the actions of the limbs such as prayer (salat), almsgiving (zakat), struggle (jihad), Mecca pilgrimage (\u2018Hajj), etc. or the actions of the heart, such as beliefs, love for those of proximity to God (awliya\u2019), hate for His enemies, etc.
Furthermore, Imam al-Ridha (a) points to the fact that his guardianship is a condition of testament to the belief in the One God becoming a sanctuary from the Hellfire, let alone the guardianship of \u2018Ali b. Abi Talib (a). He says in his report of the narration from the Messenger (s), from Gibra\u2019il, from God, that He said: \u201cThe expression of \u201cLa Ilaha illa
3 Translator: Although the respected author did not mention their sources in the original text, these are all mentioned or implied by narrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allah\u201d is My fortress, and whoever enters My fortress is safe from My punishment\u201d. The Imam (a) then said: \u201cUnder its conditions, and I am of its conditions\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second category are those who abandoned the guardianship [of Ahl al-Bayt (a)] as a result of their incapacity \u2013 whether the reason behind their incapacity was their inability to repel the misconceptions that are brought up, or their absentmindedness and inattention (without them having any stubbornness towards the truth and its people). They seek salvation and perform virtuous actions according to what they have been told or what they can. These people are presented with the guardianship of \u2018Ali (a) in the Hereafter. If they accept it, their actions are completed by its virtue, corrected and accepted, lifting them to the status of happiness {in a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability}.6
As for those who are unqualified and do not have the actions that raise them to the levels of happiness and salvation, the guardianship will be presented to them; and so will be the Hellfire. They will have the chance to obey or disobey \u2013 and perhaps this will be an instance of divine use of time, or place, or both together as we have explained in our book Tafseer Surat \u201cHal Ata\u201d,7 which is available for review.8
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Conclusion<\/strong>
Therefore, one whom is likely incapable of reaching the truth but has acts of righteousness and is killed in battle struggling against the enemies of Islam \u2013 and is not a stubborn rejector [of divine truth after knowing it] but rather strove to please God \u2013 is highly likely to be included in God\u2019s mercy and granted His Godspeed. They may then accept the guardianship when it is presented to them {on a day when neither wealth nor children will be of any benefit * but only one who comes to Allah with a sound heart}.9 They will then reach eternal happiness and be resurrected with Mu\u2019hammad and his pure progeny, may God\u2019s blessings and salutations be upon them all.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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