Martyrdom
13 sayings
The martyred one is forgiven every sin except his debt [to others].
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 11110; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 604 link
He who faces his enemy and resists until either he is killed or he vanquishes him will not be tormented in the grave
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 10662; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 604 link
Whoever is unjustly killed is a martyr
Kanz al-`Ummal, 11205; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 605 link
Whoever loves someone passionately, then suppresses his love in order to remain chaste and dies in the process, is a martyr.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 11203; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 605 link
Whoever is wounded in the way of Allah will rise up on the Day of Resurrection, his fragrance as sweet as musk and his colour as vibrant as saffron, and he will have the stamp of a martyr on him. And whoever sincerely asks Allah to grant him martyrdom, Allah grants him the reward of a martyr, even if he dies in his own bed.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 11144 ; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 606 link
Above every act of piety is yet a greater act of piety until a man is killed in the way of Allah, and when he is killed in the way of Allah, there is no act of piety greater
al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 348, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 603 link
The most dignified way to die is to be martyred
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 100, p. 8, no. 4; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 604 link
I wish that I may fight in the way of Allah and be killed in the way of Allah, then fight again and be killed again many times over
Sahih Muslim, no. 1876; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 604 link
Nobody who dies and who has a good position with Allah that pleases him ever wishes to return back to this world, not even to be given the world and all that is in it, except the martyr, for he wishes to return to it in order that he may be martyred again because of the virtue that he has seen in martyrdom.
Sahih Muslim, no. 1877; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 604 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Verily if you are not killed then you are going to die anyway, and I swear by the One Who holds Ali's soul in His Hand, a thousand strikes of the sword on one's head is easier to bear than to die in one's bed
Kitab al-Irshad, v. 1, p. 238; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 604 link
Whoever sincerely asks Allah to grant him martyrdom, Allah makes him attain the station of the martyrs, even if he dies in his own bed
Sahih Muslim, no. 1909; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 605 link
Whoever dies loving the household of Muhammad dies a martyr.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 68, p. 137, no. 76; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 605 link
Whoever dies accepting our guardianship during the occultation of the one who will rise up [the awaited twelfth Imam, al-Mahdi], Allah will grant him the reward of a thousand such martyrs as died in the battles of Badr and Uhud
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 82, p. 173, no. 6; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 605 link
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