Someone came to the Messenger of Allah and said that Qarnan had been martyred.

Someone came to the Messenger of Allah and said that Qarnan had been martyred. He (S) said: 'Allah will do with him as He wishes.' Then so meone came and said that he had killed himself. The Messenger of Allah said: 'I bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah.'4 4 Related from Abu Sa'id al-Khudari who said: 'We used to go out on military excursions together in groups of twenty.

We used to divide up the work; some of us handled the baggage, others doing tasks for our companions, watering the beasts and making food, and another group used to go to the Prophet (S). It so happened that there was a man amongst us who used to do the work of three men; sewing, watering the animals, and making the food. This was mentioned to the Prophet (S) who said: 'This man is destined for the fire. ' We subsequently met with the enemy and fought with them.

This man went out and took an arrow and killed himself with it. The Pro phet (S) said: 'I bear witness that I am the Messenger of Allah and His servant.' Related from Najiah, from Muhammad al-Baqir (A) who said in a hadith: 'The believer will be tried to the utmost and will die to the utmost but he does not kill himself.' 4 3 The Holy Qur'an: Women (4): 29-30.

4 4 This is to indicate that the Messenger of Allah (S) had foretold of Qarnan 's position before receiving the report of his suicide from the people. That is the Messenger of Allah (S) knows the unseen by the will of Allah. The parent may not kill his child even if illegitimate Related from Ibrahim ibn Abi al-Balad, from Imam Saadiq (A) who said: 'During the time of Amir-ul-Mu'mineen, there was a pious woman called Umm Qanan.

One of the companions of 'Ali came to her and found her aggrieved so he said to her: 'Why is it I find you aggrieved?' She said: 'I recently buried a friend of mine but the earth spat her out twice.' So the man went to Amir-ul- Mu'mineen 'Ali (A) and related the story to him.

He said: 'The earth will accept the Jew or the Christian so what is up with her other than her being tormented with Allah's torment?' Then he said: 'If she was to take the earth from the grave of a Muslim man and throw it on her grave she will be still.' So the man went to Umm Qanan and told her what to do so she took some earth from the grave of a Muslim man and threw it on her grave and she was still. The man asked about her and he was told that she had a…