235 – Chapter: Clarifying a number of categories who are martyrs in respect of the reward of the Hereafter, yet they are to be washed and the funeral prayer is to be offered for them, unlike the fighter slain in a war against the unbelievers.

1361 – Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Martyrs are five: the one who dies of plague (1), the one who dies of an abdominal illness, the drowning victim, the one crushed by a collapsing structure, and the person slain in the path of Allah.” Agreed upon.

1362 – From him: he said, The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, “Whom do you reckon among you to be martyrs?” They replied, “O Messenger of Allah, whoever is killed in the path of Allah is a martyr.” He said, “Then the martyrs of my community would be very few indeed!’’ They asked, “Who are they, then, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “Whoever is killed in the path of Allah is a martyr; whoever dies in the path of Allah is a martyr; whoever dies of plague is a martyr; whoever dies of an abdominal illness is a martyr; and the drowning victim is a martyr.” Narrated by Muslim.

1363 – ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, may Allah be pleased with them both, related that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever is killed defending his property is a martyr.” Agreed upon.

1364 – Abu al-Aʿwar Saʿīd ibn Zayd ibn ʿAmr ibn Nufayl—one of the ten given the glad tidings of Paradise—may Allah be pleased with them, said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “Whoever is killed defending his property is a martyr; whoever is killed defending his life-blood is a martyr; whoever is killed defending his religion is a martyr; and whoever is killed defending his family is a martyr.” Narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi, who said, “A good, sound hadith.”

1365 – Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ