The Ruling on Hunger Strikes as a Means of Protest
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is a hunger strike in prisons or elsewhere considered a means of expressing an opinion, or is it considered a failure to preserve one's health and a contribution to destroying oneself?
Answer:
This is one of the practices of the disbelievers, and this is harming oneself. It is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Is a hunger strike in prisons or elsewhere considered a means of expressing an opinion, or is it considered a failure to preserve one's health and a contribution to destroying oneself?
Answer:
This is one of the practices of the disbelievers, and this is harming oneself. It is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/3320] حكم الإضراب عن الطعام كوسيلة للاحتجاج - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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