Martyr
Issue No.603- As it was said earlier, it is obligatory to give bathe and shroud the dead body of a Muslim. However, two groups are exception to this rule:The first group: “The Martyrs in the way of Allah” i.e. those who have been killed in a battlefield in a holy war for the cause of Islam while accompanying the Prophet (pbuh) or the Infallible Imam (a.s.) or his special deputy. Also those who are killed while fighting the enemies of Islam during the occultation of Imam Mahdi, the Imam of Time (may our souls be sacrificed for him), bathing, shrouding and embalmment are not obligatory, irrespective of whether those who are killed are men or women, adult or child; they should be buried with their same dresses on after offering prayers for them.
