4 reasons why you should pray for martyrdom

[wth1257]

wow, i hope Allah gives us all a chance to die as a martyr! Ameen!

no punishment of the grave! wow.

imagine that! being able to intercede for 70 relatives on Day of Judgment amazing subhannAllah!

and 72 hoors in jannah! oh my :embarrass

I can't remember exactly but doesn't God rebuke Muhammad for trying to intercede for the dead, reminding Muhammad that judgement of souls is his domain alone?

 

[Thinker]

I am curious if you are Muslim?

I don't want to partake in this thread but wanted to clarify 'Hoor el Ayn'
literally translates to someone's whose scleral part of the eye is very white in contrast to a very dark iris (the colored part of the eye) it doesn't specify gender!

Hi Sky,

The below is from Islam-qa; is it wrong?

al-Sa’di (may Allaah have mercy on him)said: “And (there will be) Hoor (fair females) with wide lovely eyes”.

http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/60188/hoor

 

[Thinker]

but i mean if a person is not able to fight to make God's word supreme and remove injustice and oppression, God will reward him if he intents to do so.

How do you define 'not able to fight?'

 

[nebula]

I can't remember exactly but doesn't God rebuke Muhammad for trying to intercede for the dead, reminding Muhammad that judgement of souls is his domain alone?

im not sure bro, i think our Prophet Muhammed will intercede for his whole Ummah, but i don't really know when a martyr will be able to intercede.

 

[nebula]

hoors are females the black eyed virgins of Jannah whom no jinn or man has touched!

 

[YusufNoor]

I can't remember exactly but doesn't God rebuke Muhammad for trying to intercede for the dead, reminding Muhammad that judgement of souls is his domain alone?

if by "intercede" you mean pray for, then you are close. we may pray for deceased Muslims. as for non-Muslims, we should pray for their guidance. once they die, HOWEVER, we cease to pray for them. their future in TOTALLY in Allah's Domain.

and each Prophet will be given a chance for intercession on those people that Allah [SWT] allows them to.

Thinking about your post . . . . . it seems that you are saying that there is nothing to lose and everything to gain if Muslims pray for martyrdom. That poses a question . . . . is God a fool and the answer is obviously NOT otherwise he would not be God. The next question that follows is how would God look upon someone who treats him like a fool? If you pray for martyrdom when you know you have the opportunity of getting yourself out to a conflict zone where you can find easy opportunities for martyrdom but you do not do that but instead just prey that it comes your way – are you not just trying to fool God?

that's not an unreasonable question.

Allah[SWT] judges intentions as well as actions. so it follows that ANYTHING you do in which you are just trying to "fool' Allah[SWT] will probably not turn out as you thought it would!

 

[جوري]

what is their point for being there? I have never quite understood this.

Greetings Wth,

The point of what being where?
The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) told us that within Paradise are things that no eyes have ever seen, nor ears have ever heard, and that things in it are beyond our imagination and comprehension.

The things we are told briefly of paradise are probably the things we can relate to in this world that we find pleasurable. If Allah swt stated there is a place in Paradise Named 'Tasneem' without following it by a description it would probably not have any impact on you whatsoever. Thus the best things of this world are what is mentioned but, we'll be a different creation. And Paradise will not be anything like this world..

Now I'd like to pose you this question, and it is an honest one..
I don't know how old you are but since you started your pubertal years on, how many female companions have you had? 2~3? try to imagine in that short span how many "normal men' go quite through a few women as a perfectly natural thing.. and then try to think of that thought to encompass eternity!

Having a companion is something that is dear to our collective hearts. why would be in an alone state in paradise?

Hi Sky,

The below is from Islam-qa; is it wrong?

al-Sa’di (may Allaah have mercy on him)said: “And (there will be) Hoor (fair females) with wide lovely eyes”.

http://www.islam-qa.com/en/ref/60188/hoor

No, it isn't wrong as far as my understanding of the Quran.. and indeed there are verses to denote that Hoors are female companions as they are so followed in the feminine in the description, there are others that don't denote gender... we really don't know. Women aren't omitted from the bliss of paradise, it is a matter of propriety when addressing the exquisitely refined gender to not to cause undue abashment.

'Hoor El Ayn', again literally translates to those whose scleral parts is sharply contrasted to a very dark iris.. it doesn't translate to female, or lovely eyed virgin.

and Allah swt knows best


peace

 

[جوري]

An Addendum to the above:

"So no soul knows the delights of the eyes which is hidden for them; a reward for what they did." [32:17]

 

[_PakistaN_]

An Addendum to the above:

"So no soul knows the delights of the eyes which is hidden for them; a reward for what they did." [32:17]

U know that always makes me want to look behind the door of Jannah. They say paradise is out of our imagination. I want to see somthing which we cannot even imagine lol. This always bugs me and encourages me to pray.

 

[جوري]

U know that always makes me want to look behind the door of Jannah. They say paradise is out of our imagination. I want to see somthing which we cannot even imagine lol. This always bugs me and encourages me to pray.

I am actually rather glad I don't know.. this universe is built upon seven themes, and all its delights or woes stem from them.. I don't think the mind can reach that level of abstraction in thought plus the added concept of eternity.. it is sure to drive someone insane.. I am rather simply content knowing that insha'Allah, I'll see my loved ones who have passed on and not have this cloud of darkness that always seems to be hovering over 'humanity'..

Ameen