Shahid

The word shahid in Arabic means "witness". Its development closely parallels that of Greek marturos "witness", the origin of the term martyr . Shahid occurs frequently in the Quran in the generic sense "witness", but only once in the sense "martyr; one who dies deliberately for his faith"; this latter sense becomes standardized in the hadiths . "The word shahid (plural shahada) has the meaning of “martyr” and is closely related in its development to the Greek martyrios in that it means both a witness and a martyr [...] in the latter sense only once is it attested (3:141)." David Cook, Oxford Bibliographies

Arabic title For other uses, see Shahid (disambiguation) . ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Wounds of war in Syria . "Mercy for the martyrs" ( , alrahmat lishuhada), Bab Tuma gate, Damascus , 2013. Shahid , or Shaheed ( šahīd , plural: شُهَدَاء šuhadāʾ ; female: šahīda ), originates from the Quranic Arabic word meaning "witness" and is also used to denote a martyr in Islam . The word shahid in Arabic means "witness". Its development closely parallels that of Greek martys ( – "witness", in the New Testament also "martyr"), the origin of the term martyr . Shahid occurs frequently in the Quran in the generic sense "witness", but only once in the sense "martyr; one who dies for his faith"; this latter sense acquires wider use in the hadiths . The term is commonly 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 Islamic beliefs. Like the English word martyr , in the 20th century, the word shahid has come to have both religious and non-religious connotations, and has often been used to describe those who have died for non-religious ideological causes. This suggests that there is no single fixed and immutable concept of martyrdom in the Muslim world .

Martyr in Islam For other uses, see Shahid (disambiguation) . ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Not to be confused with Shahada . Shaheed ( , fem. شهيدة , pl. شُهَدَاء ; ) denotes a martyr in Islam and Sikhism . The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); the latter sense acquires wider usage in the hadith . The term is commonly 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. Like the English-language word martyr , in the 20th century, the word shahid came to have both religious and non-religious connotations, and has often been used to describe those who died for non-religious ideological causes. This suggests that there is no single fixed and immutable concept of martyrdom among Muslims and Sikhs .

Martyr in Islam For other uses, see Shahid (disambiguation) . ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Shahid ( Arabic : شهيد , romanized : Shahīd [ʃahiːd] , fem. شهيدة [ʃahiːdah] , pl. شُهَدَاء [ʃuhadaː] ) denotes a martyr in Islam . The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); the latter sense acquires wider usage in the hadith . 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. The term is commonly 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. Like the English-language word martyr , in the 20th century, the word shahid came to have both religious and non-religious connotations, and has often been used to describe those who died for non-religious ideological causes. "Martyrdom and the Struggle for Power: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Martyrdom in the Modern Middle East (Editorial)" .