Fatwa ID: 01942
Answered by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Question:
I would like to be explained if a Muslim dies in a state of being a Musafir (Traveller) is he/she a Shaheed (Martyr? If yes does he/ she given the same treatment as any other shaheeds on the day of judgement. If not what Allah has promised for them?
Answer:
A person passing away whilst travelling would not be considered a Shaheed, unless one was hit by a car or whose car turns over and causes his death takes the same ruling as the person who dies beneath a collapsed structure.
However, such a Shaheed will be treated as a Shaheed Hukmi. He or she will be given a Ghusl and be given a Sunnah Kafan after which the Janaza Salah will be performed. (Raddul Muhtar p.672 v.1)
It is narrated by Saaiduna Jaabir ibn ‘Ateek [ranhu] that the Prophet of Allah [saw] said that besides martyrdom for the sake of Allah, there are seven other types of martyrs: the victim of plague, the person who drowns, the victim of pleurisy, the victim of an abdominal ailment, the person who is burned, the person who dies beneath a collapsed structure and the woman who dies while giving birth. (Muwatta Maalik, Sunan Abu Dawood & Sunan Nasai)
Only Allah Knows Best
Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham