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Plaque commemorating Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, written in Urdu. (Translation: "Place of Martyrdom, Ms. Benazir Bhutto martyred.") Benazir Bhutto was killed in 2007, along with 23 supporters, by a 16-year-old suicide bomber using a Explosive belt who also used a gun.[1][2][3]
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Shaheed (Arabic: شهيد, romanized: Shahīd [ʃahiːd], fem. شهيدة [ʃahiːdah], pl. شُهَدَاء [ʃuhadaː]) is an Arabic word for martyr,[4] that has been adopted as a loanword in a wide variety of languages and cultures.[4]

The word usually retains a similar or broader meaning,[4] but has been recently adopted in Modern Hebrew and Israeli English (Hebrew: שהיד, romanized: Shahid, a loanword from Palestinian Arabic) with a different meaning. According to Haaretz the word "Shahid" has become "synonymous" with "terrorist" among Hebrew speakers in Israel.[5]

The Arabic word is used frequently in the Quran in to mean "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); the association with Martyrdom acquires wider usage in the hadith.[6][7] The first martyr for Islam was a woman. The term's usage is also borrowed by non-Muslim communities where persianate Islamic empires held cultural influence, such as amongst Hindus and Sikhs in India. One of the most famous is Shaheed Bhagat Singh, a revolutionary executed by the British in Lahore in 1931. The movie 23rd March 1931: Shaheed is about Bhagat Singh, and the 1948 Bolywood film Shaheed was also made about the movement.

Like the English-language word martyr, in the 20th century, the word shaheed came to have both religious and non-religious connotations, and has often been used to describe those who died for non-religious ideological causes.[8][9]

The word is controversially sometimes used as a posthumous title for those who are considered to have accepted or even consciously sought out their own death in order to bear witness to their beliefs.[9]

History

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In Arabic, the word shahid means "witness". Its development closely parallels that of the Greek word martys (μάρτυς, lit. 'witness'; also "martyr" in the New Testament), the origin of the term martyr.[10][11][12][13]

In the course of the eighteenth century, there were several wars of independence within the colonial territories of the Muslim World. Many of the soldiers who died during these conflicts were given the title shaheed upon their burial.[14]

Arabic

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Classical Arabic

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Further information: Classical Arabic, Quran, Hadiths, and Martyrdom in Islam

There are at least five different kinds of martyrs according to Hadith.

Allah's Apostle said, "Five are regarded as martyrs: They are those who die because of plague, abdominal disease, drowning or a falling building etc., and the martyrs in Allah's cause.

— Collected by Muhammad al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari[15]

Palestine

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Further information: Palestinian Arabic and Martyrdom in Palestinian society

In modern political usage, various Palestinian groups consider all Palestinians killed in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict to be martyrs for the cause, whether they be civilians or fighters.[16] Militant groups such as Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad consider martyrdom as the highest form of sacrifice for the Palestinian cause.[17][18][additional citation(s) needed]

Palestinian militant groups:

Lebanon

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Arab Christians

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Main articles: Arab Christians, Christian martyr, and Military saint

Arab Christians used the word Shaheed, which also means witness, before Islam, as it literally means those who saw Christ, and was originally used for the early Christians who saw Jesus with their own eyes and were later killed for their faith. The word is still used by Christians in Arab-speaking countries, including the names of churches. Examples are the Forty Martyrs Cathedral (Arabic: كنيسة الأربعين شهيد) in Aleppo, Syria and the "Saint George the Martyr Cathedral" (Arabic: كنيسة القدّيس الشهيد مار جرجس)[19] in Damascus.[citation needed]

Gender

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Further information: Women in Islam, grammatical gender, and Arabic grammar

A woman is considered "shahida" (Arabic: شَهِيدَة šahīdah) if she dies during the fulfillment of a religious commandment. A woman can also be considered a martyr if she dies during childbirth.[20] There are examples of women fighting in war such as Nusaybah bint Ka'ab. The first martyr (male or female) in Islam was Sumayyah bint Khayyat, who was executed for her conversion to Islam. After stabbing her abdomen, Abu Jahl, an anti-Muslim leader of the Quraysh, asked her to renounce her Muslim faith, to which she replied by spitting at him and calling him lower than an insect she'd crush under her feet. She died after Abu Jahl physically tortured her by stabbing her while she was tied to the ground.[21] Though her name is not common in the modern Muslim dialogue, ancient Islamic literature makes note of the events at the end of her life.[22]

Israel and Modern Hebrew

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The word usually retains a similar or broader meaning,[4] but has been recently adopted in Modern Hebrew and Israeli English (Hebrew: שהיד, romanized: Shahid, a loanword from Palestinian Arabic) with a different meaning. According to Haaretz the word "Shahid" has become "synonymous" with "terrorist" among Hebrew speakers in Israel.[5]

Different words in Jewish scriptures

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The concept of martyrdom exists in Judaism, but uses words with different etymology. In Judaism, martyrdom is one of the main examples of Jews performing kiddush Hashem, a Hebrew term which means "sanctification of the Name".[23]

Indo-European languages

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosnians who died during the Bosnian War and the Bosnian genocide are considered martyrs by many due to them being killed for being Muslim.[citation needed]

Martyrdom in colonial British India

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Shaheed Bhagat Singh

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Husaineevaala Raashtreey Shaheedee Smaarak
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National Martyrs Memorial Hussainiwala (Husaineevaala Raashtreey Shaheedee Smaarak), in Firozpur, in Punjab, India.
Statues of Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar.
Main article: Hussainiwala National Martyrs Memorial
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The Hussainiwala National Martyrs Memorial (Hindi: हुसैनीवाला राष्ट्रीय शहीदी स्मारक, romanized: Husaineevaala Raashtreey Shaheedee Smaarak) is a monument to 3 Indian freedom fighters at Hussainiwala village, near Firozpur in Punjab, India.[24] The monument marks the location on the banks of the Sutlej river where Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru were cremated on 23 March 1931, after they were hanged in the Lahore Central Jail.[25] The BSF has showcased the pistol with which Bhagat Singh killed British officer Saunders.[26] The memorial was built in 1968.[27] It is 1km from the India–Pakistan border, on the Indian side. After the Partition of India, the cremation spot became a part of Pakistan, but on 17 January 1961, it was returned to India.[28] Part of remains of a railway line that previously connected Firozpur with Lahore is also preserved here.[29]

Every year, on 23 March, the Shaheedi Mela is observed at the memorial and a daily flag lowering ceremony at Hussainiwala-Ganda Singh Wala border, similar to the Wagah-Attari border ceremony is also held here jointly by the Indian and Pakistan Armed Forces.[30][31]

Shaheed Minar in West Bengal

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The Shaheed Minar in Maidan, Kolkata, West Bengal, formerly known as the Ochterlony Monument.
Main articles: Shaheed Minar, West Bengal, East Pakistan, Indian freedom movement, and British East India Company

The Shaheed Minar is in Maidan in Kolkata in West Bengal in India. It was originally built 200 years ago, in memory of Major-general Sir David Ochterlony, commander of the British East India Company, to commemorate both his defense of Delhi against the Marathas in 1804 and the victory of the East India Company’s armed forces over the Gurkhas in the Anglo-Nepalese War.[32] On 9 August 1969, it was rededicated to the memory of the martyrs of the Indian freedom movement and renamed the "Shaheed Minar", which means "Martyrs' Monument" in both Bengali and Hindi.

Bangladesh

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Shaheed Minar, Dhaka

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Central Shaheed Minar কেন্দ্রীয় শহিদ মিনার in 2014.

The Shaheed Minar (Bengali: শহীদ মিনার, romanized: Shohid Minar, lit. 'The Martyr Tower') is a national monument in Dhaka, Bangladesh, established to commemorate those killed during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations of 1952 in then East Pakistan.[33][34] On 21 and 22 February 1952, students from Dhaka University and Dhaka Medical College and political activists, were killed when the Pakistani police force opened fire on Bengali protesters who were demanding official status for their native language, Bengali.[35] The massacre occurred near Dhaka Medical College and Ramna Park.[36][37]

Shaheed monuments at the University of Rajshahi

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Shaheed Minar, University of Rajshahi.
Shabash Bangladesh commemorates the Bangladesh Liberation War.

The Shaheed Minar Complex at the University of Rajshahi in Bangladesh has many murals and the Shaheed Minar (Martyrs' monument). A mural near the Golden Jubilee Tower depicts the struggle of men and women. The obelisk of martyred professor Shamsuzzoha has a mural depicting him. The Bangabandhu Hall, Sher-e-Bangla Hall and Syed Ameer Ali Hall have murals of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, AK Fazlul Haque and Syed Ameer Ali respectively. The campus also had the Shaheed Minar, Mass-Graveyard monument and the Shabash Bangladesh. The sculptures are the martyred intellectual memorial monument near the central library, Sfulingo in the Shaheed Samsuzzoha Hall premises, and martyred professor Habibur Rahman's sculpture on Shaheed Habibur Rahman Hall's entrance.[38][39]

Martyrdom in Pakistan

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Flag of the Pakistan Peoples Party.
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Flag of the PPP (SB).

In Pakistan, the term Shaheed is mainly used for martyrs of the Armed Forces, or civilians killed in terror attacks.[citation needed] The Pakistan Armed Forces' ideologies are largely motivated by Islamic teachings of sacrificing ones self in the name of God (Allah), and protecting innocents.[citation needed]

Shaheed Benazir Bhutto
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Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan and leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), was assassinated in a terrorist attack on 27 December 2007.[1][40][41] Benazir and 23 other people were killed by a gunshots and a suicide bomber.[2]

Following this, many schools and universities were named in honour of her martyrdom:

Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto)
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The Pakistan Peoples Party (Shaheed Bhutto), abbreviated PPP-SB, was one of three breakaway factions of the Pakistan Peoples Party.[42][43] The party was headed by Ghinwa Bhutto, the widow of Murtaza Bhutto.[44][45] Ghinwa was a refugee from the Lebanese Civil War.[46]

Martyrs and martyrdom in Iran

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Shahid Beheshti

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Iranian drones

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Other languages

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Turkish

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In Turkish the word is Şehi̇d (Romanized: Shahidh).[47]

North Caucasus

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The first suicide bomber was possibly a Russian revolutionary in 1881.[48]

"Shahidka" is a Chechen word for female Islamist suicide bombers.[citation needed]

In China

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The Muslim General Ma Fuxiang stated on how Chinese Muslims were willing to die to accomplish tasks assigned to them.[49] Imams sponsored by the Kuomintang called for Muslims to go on Jihad to become martyrs in battle, where Muslims believe they will go automatically to heaven. Becoming a shaheed in the Jihad for the country was encouraged by the Kuomintang, which was called "glorious death for the state" and a hadith promoting nationalism was spread.[50] A song written by Xue Wenbo at the Muslim Chengda school, which was controlled by the Kuomintang, called for martyrdom in battle for China against Japan.[51] The Muslim General Bai Chongxi himself was a member of a Dare to Die corps in the Xinhai revolution.[52]

Some activists have referred to victims of the Uyghur genocide in China as martyrs.[citation needed]

Religious texts

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Not to be confused with Shahada, Shahid (name), or Shahid (streaming platform).

Quranic references

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A shahid is considered one whose place in Paradise is promised according to these verses in the Quran:

Think not of those who are slain in Allah's way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord; They rejoice in the bounty provided by Allah. And with regard to those left behind, who have not yet joined them (in their bliss), the (Martyrs) glory in the fact that on them is no fear, nor have they (cause to) grieve.

— Quran 3:169–170[53]

Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain: a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur’an: and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? then rejoice in the bargain which ye have concluded: that is the achievement supreme.

— Quran 9:111[53]

The Quranic passage that follows is the source of the concept of Muslim martyrs being promised Paradise:

Those who leave their homes in the cause of Allah, and are then slain or die,- On them will Allah bestow verily a goodly Provision: Truly Allah is He Who bestows the best provision. Verily He will admit them to a place with which they shall be well pleased: for Allah is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.

— Quran 22:58–59[53]

Hadiths

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The importance of faith is highlighted in the following hadith:

It has been narrated on the authority of Anas b. Malik that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: Who seeks martyrdom with sincerity shall get its reward, though he may not achieve it.

— Collected by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, "Sahih Muslim"[54]

It is thus not the outcome that determines the placement in Heaven but rather the intention.[citation needed]

Nonetheless, Paradise for a shahid is a popular concept in the Islamic tradition according to Hadith, and the attainment of this title is honorific.[citation needed]

Muhammad is reported to have said these words about martyrdom:

By Him in Whose Hands my life is! I would love to be martyred in Allah's Cause and then get resurrected and then get martyred, and then get resurrected again and then get martyred and then get resurrected again and then get martyred.

— Collected by Muhammad al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari[55]

The Prophet said, "Nobody who enters Paradise likes to go back to the world even if he got everything on the Earth, except a Mujahid who wishes to return to the world so that he may be martyred ten times because of the dignity he receives (from Allah).

— Collected by Muhammad al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari[56]

Several hadith also indicate the nature of a shahid's life in Paradise.[citation needed] Shahids attain the highest level of Paradise, the Paradise of al-Firdous.[citation needed]

Haritha was martyred on the day (of the battle) of Badr, and he was a young boy then. His mother came to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle! You know how dear Haritha is to me. If he is in Paradise, I shall remain patient, and hope for reward from Allah, but if it is not so, then you shall see what I do?" He said, "May Allah be merciful to you! Have you lost your senses? Do you think there is only one Paradise? There are many Paradises and your son is in the (most superior) Paradise of Al-Firdaus.

— Collected by Muhammad al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari[57]

Furthermore, Samura narrated:

The Prophet said, "Last night two men came to me (in a dream) and made me ascend a tree and then admitted me into a better and superior house, better of which I have never seen. One of them said, 'this house is the house of martyrs.'

— Collected by Muhammad al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari[58]

A Muslim who is killed defending his or her property[ambiguous] is considered[who?] a martyr.[59]

One who dies protecting his property is also considered a martyr according to Hadith:

I heard the Prophet saying, "Whoever is killed while protecting his property then he is a martyr.

— Collected by Muhammad al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari[59]

While the Qur'an does not indicate much about martyrs' death and funeral, the hadith provides some information on this topic. For example, martyrs are to be buried two in one grave in their blood, without being washed or having a funeral prayer held for them. The following Hadith highlight this:

The Prophet collected every two martyrs of Uhud in one piece of cloth, then he would ask, "Which of them had (known) more of the Quran?" When one of them was pointed out for him, he would put that one first in the grave and say, "I will be a witness on these on the Day of Resurrection." He ordered them to be buried with their blood on their bodies and they were neither washed nor was a funeral prayer offered for them.

— Collected by Muhammad al-Bukhari, Sahih al-Bukhari[60]

Baháʼí Faith

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In the Baháʼí Faith, martyrs are those who sacrifice their lives serving humanity in the name of God.[61] However, Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, discouraged the literal meaning of sacrificing one's life. Instead, he explained that martyrdom is devoting oneself to service to humanity.[61]

Sanskrit

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Further information: Martyr § Hinduism, Sanskrit language, and Indo-Aryan languages

In South Asia, Hindus adopted the word "shaheed" as a synonym to the Sanskrit word "hutātmā" (हुतात्मा in Devanagari and হুতাত্মা in Bengali; हुत् and হুত্ hut = sacrificing, आत्मा and আত্মা ātmā = soul, thus hutātmā = sacrificing soul / martyr), to denote Hindu martyrs.[citation needed]

Sikh scripture

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Sculpture at Mehdiana Sahib of the execution of Banda Singh Bahadur by Mughals in 1716.[citation needed]
Detail of Taru Singh being scalped alive from a 19th century Sikh drawing depicting his martyrdom.[citation needed]
Further information: Martyrdom in Sikhism and Punjabi language

Martyrdom (called shahadat in Punjabi) is a fundamental concept in Sikhism and represents an important institution of the faith. Sikhs believe in Ibaadat se Shahadat (from love to martyrdom). Some famous Sikh martyrs include:[62]

The word shahid (Punjabi: ਸ਼ਹੀਦ) is also found in Sikhism, a religion founded by Guru Nanak in the northwest part of the Indian subcontinent (now Pakistan and India). It means a martyr.[63][64][65]

The term was borrowed from the Islamic culture in Punjab when Sikhism was founded, and before the start of the British Raj it referred to the Sikh people who met death at the hands of oppressors.[63] Another related term is shahid-ganj, which means a "place of martyrdom".[63][66]

The most discussed shahid in Sikhism have been two of their Gurus, namely Guru Arjan and Guru Tegh Bahadur for defying Islamic rulers and refusing to convert to Islam.[65] Guru Arjan was arrested under the orders of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir and asked to convert to Islam.[67][68] He refused, was tortured and executed in 1606 CE.[67][69] Historical records and the Sikh tradition are unclear whether Guru Arjan was executed by drowning or died during torture.[67][70] His martyrdom, that is becoming a shahid, is considered a watershed event in the history of Sikhism.[67][71]

Guru Tegh Bahadur's martyrdom resulted from refusing to convert and for resisting the forced conversions of Hindus in Kashmir to Islam because he believed in freedom of conscience and human rights.[72] He was publicly beheaded in 1675 on the orders of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in Delhi.[73][74] Gurudwara Sis Ganj Sahib in Delhi marks the shahid-ganj, or place of execution of the Guru.[75]

The Sikh have other major pilgrimage sites, such as the shahid-ganj in Sirhind, where two sons of Guru Gobind Singh were bricked alive[76] by the Mughal Army in retaliation of their father's resistance. In Muktsar, near a lake is a shahid-ganj dedicated to forty men who died defending Guru Gobind Singh.[66]

Films called Shaheed

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References

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