The Virtue of Martyrdom

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Above every act of piety is yet a greater act of piety until a man is killed in the way of Allah, and when he is killed in the way of Allah, there is no act of piety greater.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The most dignified way to die is to be martyred.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘I wish that I may fight in the way of Allah and be killed in the way of Allah, then fight again and be killed again many times over.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The martyred one is forgiven every sin except his debt [to others].

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He who faces his enemy and resists until either he is killed or he vanquishes him will not be tormented in the grave.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Nobody who dies and who has a good position with Allah that pleases him ever wishes to return back to this world, not even to be given the world and all that is in it, except the martyr, for he wishes to return to it in order that he may be martyred again because of the virtue that he has seen in martyrdom.

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Verily if you are not killed then you are going to die anyway, and I swear by the One Who holds Alis soul in His Hand, a thousand strikes of the sword on ones head is easier to bear than to die in ones bed.