RULING ON MARTYDOM OPERATION succide mission Al-Qāsim ibn Mukhaymarah, Al-Qāsim ibn Muhammad and ‘Abdul-Malik from among our (Mālikī) scholars have said there is no objection to a man single-handedly taking on an enormous army, if he is strong and (the action) is sincerely for Allāh. If he has no power, then that is self-destruction. It has been said (by some) that if he is seeking martyrdom and his intention is sincere, he can attack, for his goal is to kill one of the enemy forces, and that is clear in the verse, “And amongst mankind is he who sells himself, seeking the Pleasure of Allāh. And Allāh is full of Sympathy to (His) slaves.”(2:207) And the correct opinion according to me, is that of permissibility of plunging into an army one cannot withstand, for it contains four [possible] aspects: • Seeking martyrdom • Inflicting losses [on the enemy] • Encouraging the Muslims to attack • Demoralizing the enemy, by showing them that if one man can do this, what will all of the others combined together be able to do!”[ Refer to Ahkām Al-Qur’ān by Ibn Al-‘Arabī (1/116), and also Al-Qurtubī (2/363-364). ] And all of these four are fulfilled in martyrdom operations(succide mission). Al-Qurtubī said, “Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan Ash-Shaybānī, the student of Abū Hanīfah, said: If a man single-handedly plunges into and attacks 1,000 mushrikīn, there is no objection to it if there is hope of success, or inflicting loss on the enemy - otherwise it is disliked, for then he would expose himself to death without having benefited the Muslims. As for someone whose aim is to incite the Muslims to emulate his feat, it’s permissibility is not far-fetched, for it contains benefit for the Muslims in certain ways. If his intent is to terrorize the enemy, and demonstrate the Muslims’ strength of Īmān, its permissibility is not far-fetched. If there is benefit in it for the Muslims, then giving one’s life for the strengthening of the Dīn and weakening of the infidels - then it is the Noble Status by which Allāh has praised the Believers, in His Statement, “Verily, Allāh has purchased from the believers, their lives and their wealth in return for Paradise being theirs.” (9:111)And other such verses in which Allāh has extolled those who sacrifice themselves.”[ Refer to Tafsīr Al-Qurtubī (2/364). Also refer to Ahkām Al-Qur’ān by Al-Jassās (3/262-263).]
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