Martyrdom in Islam is mainly an "economic bargain" as discussed in detail in the article, Islamic Martyrdom: The Economy of Death in the Quran, cf. also the entry on SUICIDE BOMBERS.

Additional recommended reading:

True Martyrdom: Loving Life, Not Death

Further points regarding martyrs in Islam:

• 5 types of martyrs, One who dies of plague, one who dies of an abdominal disease, one who dies of drowning, one who is buried alive (and) dies and one who is killed in Allah's cause." (Sahih Bukhari 1.624, Sahih Bukhari 1.688)

• buried in blood, not cleaned, (Sahih Bukhari 2.427, Sahih Bukhari 2.430, Sahih Bukhari 2.431)

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