(April 9, 2023 at 10:35 am)Leonardo17 Wrote:(April 4, 2023 at 9:13 pm)WinterHold Wrote: Dying for the cause of God is the highest honour a Muslim can get.
The question is: what ranks up as a death in "God's cause"?
Martyrdom = death in battle for God, death while sacrificing for God.
So if God despises your act (like causing the death of innocents -even innocent non-believers-, causing corruption on the land...etcetera) you can't claim it is death for God. God might throw you in hell instead for the sin you caused.
BTW, all countries claim they have the true "meaning of martyrdom". I know lots of Americans who threw themselves in the crematoria of Iraq and Afghanistan to be "martyrs for the USA".
I don’t agree with that thought. İf it is so, How about a child who is fighting Leukemia? Many of them are fighting more than the soldiers in Ukraine? So how can this be sacred?
As I said. This idea goes back to the Greek. İt’s called “eu teleuein” (to end one’s life well). It’s a social phenomenon that means you are giving up your life for the benefit of society as a whole. So it’s a military / social principle and the Koran seems to support that principle. That’s all. (those guys you are referring to are simply schizophrenic – That’s how I see it)
A battle is a battle; either it is in a hospital bed or against soldiers.
A sick child under attack from Cancer or Lukimea is the same as a child under attack from human soldiers.