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    Question ID: 2767Country: India

    Title: Those who were killed in Gujarat, what is their status, can we call them Shahid according to Islam?

    Question: Those who were killed in Gujarat, what is their status, can we call them Shahid according to Islam?

    Answer ID: 2767

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 71/71=L)

     

    Those who were killed during riots in Gujrat are real shaheed; they may be called as shaheed.

    وکذا یکون شھیداً لو قتلہ باغ او حربی الخ (الدر المختار مع الشامی: 3/160، ط زکریا دیوبند)

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India