A child whose life depends on machines; if the machines are removed, he dies. Is it permissible for him to consent to the removal of the machines?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A man has a child in the hospital whose life depends on machines. If the machines are removed from him, he will die. The doctors told him that the machines must be removed. Is it permissible for him to consent to the removal of the machines, knowing that if they are removed, he will pass away?

Answer:
There is nothing wrong with that. A ruling has been issued on this matter by the Council of Senior Scholars, and a ruling has been issued by the Fiqh Academy in Makkah. This is because if his life is sustained only by the machines, they are removed from him so that they can be used for others, as people are in need of the machines. So, leaving them idle and wasting them on one whose life is hopeless, there is nothing wrong with removing them from him, because his life is hopeless. Yes.