Honorary Martyrdom

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever is unjustly killed is a martyr.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever loves someone passionately, then suppresses his love in order to remain chaste and dies in the process, is a martyr.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Whoever dies loving the household of Muhammad dies a martyr.

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Whoever dies accepting our guardianship during the occultation of the one who will rise up [the awaited twelfth Imam, al-Mahdi], Allah will grant him the reward of a thousand such martyrs as died in the battles of Badr and Uhud.