critique of ethan kohlberg's views on the martyrdom of early muslims

The special place of martyrdom in islam has caused researchers to pay attention to this issue; theissue of martyrdom in islam has also attracted the attention of orientalists. ethan kohlberg is one of theislamologists who has dealt with the subject of martyrdom in his research. medieval muslim views onmartyrdom (medieval muslim views on martyrdom) he concludes that the concept of martyrdom inislam is to give up life and seek an opportunity to reach death. in another part of the article, kohlbergdiscusses the relationship between suicide and martyrdom, and challenges the issue of boycotting suicidein islam and its ugliness. he believes that attacking the enemy is a form of suicide. arguing againsthistorical narrations, he considers suicide permissible in islam. in this study, after briefly introducing theconcepts of martyrdom and suicide in islamic verses and hadiths, in the content critique section, toexpress and explain the citations of this orientalist about his views on martyrdom, the ruling on suicide inislam, and that martyrdom seeks suicide. we will pay and the inaccuracy of his views will be revealed.