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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. [5] [6] The first martyr for Islam was a woman.
Shahid is a male Muslim name and Arabic in origin. The name is common in Asian countries such as Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. It is not to be confused with a different word, a religious term, written and pronounced differently, Shahid ( Arabic : شهيد , romanized : šahīd , plural شُهَدَاء šuhadā , female šaheeda ...
According to one tradition, Sumayyah was one of the first seven "to display Islam", the other six being Muhammad, Abu Bakr, Bilal, Khabbab, Suhayb and her son Ammar. [1]: 178 "To display Islam" might refer to something other than conversion since, according to another tradition, Ammar was not converted until after the Muslims had entered the house of al-Arqam "after thirty men".
It was also known as Martyrs of the trench, or alternatively dubbed as Martyrs of Najran by Irfan Shahid. [16] The Ashab al-Ukhdud were considered as Shahid , or martyrs in Islam, due to their sacrifice to keep their faith despite being threatened to be thrown in a ditch of which lit with fire by Dhu Nuwas , a king of Himyarite Kingdom which ...
Shahid (given name) Shahidi ( Persian : شهیدی ) is a common surname in Iran , Afghanistan and Tajikistan . Like the given name Shahid , it is a Muslim theophoric name , from Aš-Šāhid ( الشهيد ), one of the 99 names of God in the Qur'an .
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 ...
Shahid is an alternate spelling for shaheed, a word that means "male martyr" in Arabic. The word is used in Islam and some non-Muslim communities. Shahid or Shaheed may also refer to:
Zayn al-Din al-Juba'i al'Amili (1506–1558) was the Second Martyr, and the author of the first Sharh of Shahid Awwal's Al-Lum'ah ad-Dimashqiya (The Damascene Glitter) titled as Ar-Rawda al-Bahiyah fi Sharh al-Lum'ah ad-Dimashqiya (الروضة البهيّة في شرح اللمعة الدمشقيّة) (The Beautiful Garden in Interpreting the Damscene Glitter).