The mercy and favours of Allah are manifestupon Muslims in many ways. Of these, He has made martyrdom of different kinds and did not limit it to dying in His way on the battlefield. In this hadeeth, the Prophet ﷺ informs us about one kind of martyr,i.e., one who dies because of plague, which is wounds that appear in different parts of the body, like armpits, elbows, hands and so on, andit comes with swelling and severe pain. It is said that plague is a term used to describe any type of epidemic. This kind of disease is called in Arabic Ta’oon (plague) because of its quick fatal impact. With that said, whoever dies because of plague is considered a martyr in the sense that he receives the reward of martyrdom in the Hereafter, but he is not treated as such in this life i.e., the rulings pertaining to martyrs who die on the battlefield are inapplicable to them, likethe rulings that martyrs should not be washed or shrouded, and that they should be buriedin the same clothes in which they were killed. It is saidthat the reason dying because of plague, drowning, stomach disease, falling masonry, and that which has been mentioned in hadeeths, is considered martyrdom is due to the severity of pain resulting from them, which leads to a terrible death. For this reason, Allah rewards them, out of His mercy and generosity, by giving them the reward of martyrs. .