He said: "Martyrdom is seven besides being killed." He added to what was mentioned in this report: "One who dies in a fire (30), one who dies of pleurisy (31), and a woman who dies in childbirth (32) is a martyr (33)." All of these are washed and the funeral prayer is performed over them, because the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) refrained from washing the martyr on the battlefield due to what it entails of removing the blood that is legally pleasant, or because of the difficulty of washing them due to their large number, or due to the wounds they have, and none of that is present here.
Section: If the dead of the Muslims become mixed with the dead of the polytheists and they cannot be distinguished, the funeral prayer is performed over all of them, with the intention for the Muslims. Ahmad said: "He places them between himself and the Qiblah, then prays over them." This is the opinion of Malik and al-Sha'fi'i. Abu Hanifah said: "If the Muslims are the majority, he prays over them, otherwise he does not, because the consideration is given to the majority, as evidenced by the fact that in the land of the Muslims, Islam is apparent due to the large number of Muslims in it, and the opposite is the land of war (dar al-harb) due to the large number of disbelievers in it." Our evidence is that it was possible to pray over the Muslims without harm, so it is obligatory, just as if they were the majority,
= 4/284. And al-Bukhari, in: The Chapter on the Excellence of Hastening to the Noon Prayer and the Chapter on the First Row, without the wording "and the martyr...", from the Book of the Adhan, and in: The Chapter on Seven Types of Martyrdom Besides Killing, from the Book of Jihad. Sahih al-Bukhari 1/167, 184, 4/29. And Muslim, in: The Chapter on the Clarification of Martyrs, from the Book of Leadership. Sahih Muslim 3/1521. It was also recorded by al-Darimi, in: The Chapter on What is Considered Martyrdom, from the Book of Jihad. Sunan al-Darimi 2/207, 208. And Imam Malik, in: The Chapter on What Has Been Narrated Regarding the Night and Morning Prayers, from the Book of Congregational Prayer. Al-Muwatta 1/131. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 2/310, 325, 522, 3/489, 5/314, 315, 317. And without the wording "and the martyr..." in: 3/400, 401, 6/465, 466. (30) Meaning a martyr. (31) Dhat al-janb (pleurisy): A sore or sores that afflict a person inside their side. (32) Tumutu bi-jam': Meaning she dies while there is a fetus in her womb. (33) Recorded by Abu Dawud, in: The Chapter on the Excellence of One Who Dies of the Plague, from the Book of Funerals. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/167, 168. And al-Nasa'i, in: The Chapter on the Prohibition of Weeping over the Dead, from the Book of Funerals, and in: The Chapter on Whoever Betrays a Warrior in His Family, from the Book of Jihad. Al-Mujtaba 4/12, 6/43. And Ibn Majah in abridged form, in: The Chapter on What One Hopes for Martyrdom, from the Book of Jihad. Sunan Ibn Majah 2/937. And Imam Malik, in: The Chapter on the Prohibition of Weeping over the Dead, from the Book of Funerals. Al-Muwatta 1/234. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 5/446.
