The person who participates in (Holy battles) in Allah's cause. 3 In the hadith corpus, Muhammad the Prophet said: However, one can circumvent tawba and its requirements by giving their life in religious holy war, or jihad. In the hadith corpus and Quran, the way to atone for sins is called tawba (or tawbah), which requires one to complete a series of complex steps to receive forgiveness from Allah. 2 Unless otherwise noted, the al-Bukhari version is used in this article it is highly respected by Sunni Muslims because the author was cautious in his compilation, making sure that the stories were authentic. The most well-known are those compiled by Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari (810-70 CE) and Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817-75 CE), both of which share the title al-Sahih (The Authentic). According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, 'The development of Hadith is a vital element during the first few centuries of Islamic history, and its study provides a broad index to the mind and ethos of Islam.' 1 There are six major hadith that are accepted by Sunni Muslims. They took several hundred years to be written down and compiled. They are a primary source of Islamic law and are second only to the Quran. The hadith corpus are a series of stories and traditions about the Prophet Muhammad. The Quran is the principal text of Islam and is believed to contain direct revelations from Allah (God). The Quran and hadith corpus are major Muslim religious texts and sources of Islamic jurisprudence. Keywords: jihad, guilt, tawba, tawbah, istishadi, suicide bombing This article answers the following research questions: What role does guilt in Islam play in the motivations for male and female Sunni jihadist suicide bombers, and why is tawba not utilized? One of the understudied reasons for istishadi suicide bombings in jihadist groups is the concept of atonement. It is said that martyrdom, or istishadi, will automatically save Muslims from hell and grant access to paradise no matter the sin committed. Jihadist terrorist organizations use primarily Quranic scripture to recruit and employ suicide bombers who may have a guilty conscience for their past sins. Abstract: In the Islamic hadith corpus and Quran, the way to atone for sins is called tawba (or tawbah), which requires one to complete a series of steps to receive forgiveness from Allah (God).

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