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Sunan an-Nasai 4096 — Martyrdom While Resisting Injustice
The One Who Fights to Protect Himself Against Injustice
Resisting Injustice Hadith: The Killed Defender Is a Martyr
Sunan an-Nasai : 4096
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4096
أَخْبَرَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ دِينَارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الأَشْعَثِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْثَرٌ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ، عَنْ سَوَادَةَ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ مُقَرِّنٍ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَنْ قُتِلَ دُونَ مَظْلَمَتِهِ فَهُوَ شَهِيدٌ " .
Abu Ja'far Narrated from:
I was sitting with Suwaid bin Muqarrin, and he said: The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "Whoever is killed defending himself against injustice, he is a martyr."
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4096In-book reference : Book 37, Hadith 131English translation : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4101
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4096
This resisting injustice hadith reports that whoever is killed while defending himself against an unjust wrong is a martyr. The setting given by the narrator is simple: Abu Ja’far was sitting with Suwaid bin Muqarrin, who quoted the Messenger of Allah [SAW]. The statement focuses on the person who has suffered or faces a wrong and is killed while defending against it. It does not describe the person as the one who began the aggression. The core topic is defense from injustice and the status of the killed defender. Because the report is brief, it should not be expanded into a promise for every conflict. Its wording applies to the stated case of a person killed while resisting an unjust harm.
What we learn from this hadith
- The report concerns a person facing an unjust wrong.
- The person is killed while defending against that injustice.
- The Messenger of Allah [SAW] calls the killed defender a martyr.
- The statement does not describe the defender as the initiator of harm.
