Discover the meaning of the term Astshhd (استشهد) in Islamic vocabulary.
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Updated on 11 April 2026 at 1:05 AM
📖 1 min readIstashhada someone: to ask him to bear witness. In the Noble Quran: 'And call to witness (istashhidu) two witnesses from among your men. But if there are not two men, then one man and two women from among those you approve as witnesses, so that if one of the two errs, the other will remind her' (Al-Baqarah, 282). Ustushhida: to be slain as a martyr.