If a man is in a coma, and his heart and other organs function only through machines, what is the ruling?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a man is in a coma, and his heart and other organs function through machines, and if these machines were removed from him, he would die. The question is: should these machines be removed from him? And what is the criterion for that?
Answer:
There is a decision on this from the Fiqh Academy in Makkah and from the Council of Senior Scholars. If his life depends solely on the machines, and the hospital needs the machines for people who can be resuscitated with them, and there is no hope for him, then they are removed from him. They are removed from him and used for those in whom there is hope of life, and who need resuscitation. Yes, and this is left to the mercy of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. If a man is in a coma, and his heart and other organs function through machines, and if these machines were removed from him, he would die. The question is: should these machines be removed from him? And what is the criterion for that?
Answer:
There is a decision on this from the Fiqh Academy in Makkah and from the Council of Senior Scholars. If his life depends solely on the machines, and the hospital needs the machines for people who can be resuscitated with them, and there is no hope for him, then they are removed from him. They are removed from him and used for those in whom there is hope of life, and who need resuscitation. Yes, and this is left to the mercy of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [922 -954] الرجل إذا كان في غيبوبة، وقلبه وباقي أعضائه لا تعمل إلا من خلال الأجهزة، فما الحكم؟ — youtube.com
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