seeking martyrdom or slaughter on the battlefield; or that of a person who goes to stay on the top of the hill or in a valley, and there he performs Salat (prayer),
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(Editor's Note) Commentary: "He who dies naturally in the Cause of Allah'', here signifies such a person who does not die because of his being killed in the war by sword, lance, bullet, etc.
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'' (Abu Hurairah added:) By Him in Whose Hand the soul of Abu Hurairah is! but for Jihad in the Cause of Allah, and Hajj and kindness to my mother, I would have preferred to die as a slave.
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' So when he met Allah (i.e., when he died), Allah forgave him.'' [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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Two of them had died during the lifetime of the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) and nine survived after him.
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sallam) went to bed, he would supplicate: "Bismika-Allahumma amut wa ahya (With Your Name, O Allah, I die and return to life)'';
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wa ilaikan-nushur (O Allah! With Your Power we have come to the morning, with Your Power we come to the evening, with Your Power we live, and we die, and to You will we return).
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I place my side (upon the bed) and with Your Grace I will raise it up. If You withhold my soul (cause me to die), have mercy on it but if You let it go (let me live),
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So eat and drink.'' (19: 25,26) "Every time he (Zakariya) entered Al-Mihrab to (visit) her, he found her supplied with sustenance.
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and the tall man you saw in the garden is (Prophet) Abraham, and the children around him are those who died upon Al-Fitrah (the Islamic Faith of Monotheism).
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