The Inviolability of the Martyr’s Body for the Earth (a Passage from “Bayan al-Qur’an”)

Question

In “Bayan al-Qur’an” there is, in one place, the following passage: “In the hadith, the inviolability of the martyr’s body for the earth is reported; its being unaffected by anything other than earth is not reported. Accordingly, the effect of other bodies — compound ones such as weapons, medicines, foods and humours, and simple ones such as water, fire and wind — [is not excluded, for the martyr’s life] is not stronger than the life of the prophets ﵈ before death.

Answer

It has come in some narrations that the martyr’s body remains preserved: the soil does not affect it, it does not rot or decay; the martyr has a special kind of life. An objection arises against this: if it is cut to pieces with a sword, it is cut; it is also affected by fire and water; it is affected by whatever has soil mixed with something else — and this being affected is…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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