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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on removing medical devices from a man who has lost hope in his life and lives only on the devices?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A person was struck by an illness that caused him to lose his mind and fall into a coma, and he is living on medical devices in the hospital. Should the devices be removed from him on the basis that treating the patient is permissible, or should the devices be left on him until he dies or recovers? A decision has been issued on this matter by the Fiqh Council in Makkah and by the Council of Senior Scholars, stating that if one loses hope in his life

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and nothing remains but that he is living on the devices, and if they are removed from him he will die, then the devices are removed from him because there is no benefit in their remaining on him. Also, there are other patients in need of the devices, so the devices are removed from him in this case. It is not because the medicine is permissible, but because there is no result in their remaining on him, and it prevents them from being used by others.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [560 -2802] ما حكم رفع الأجهزة الطبِّية عن رجل يُئِسَ من حياته ولا يعيش إلا على الأجهزة؟ الفوزان — youtube.com

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