Ruling on amputating a limb to escape military conscription
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In our country, some young men aspire to have their plumbing apprenticeship removed. It is a delay in military service, because this delay prevents them from being counted and extends to three years. Is that permissible?
Answer:
Is it permissible for a person to torment himself by amputating a limb? No, it is not permissible, because this is tormenting the self and depriving oneself of one of its limbs. This is not permissible. Military service can be escaped without amputating a limb. One can escape it through various means of exemption, or one can be patient with it, since relief will come for him. As for amputating a limb, this is not permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In our country, some young men aspire to have their plumbing apprenticeship removed. It is a delay in military service, because this delay prevents them from being counted and extends to three years. Is that permissible?
Answer:
Is it permissible for a person to torment himself by amputating a limb? No, it is not permissible, because this is tormenting the self and depriving oneself of one of its limbs. This is not permissible. Military service can be escaped without amputating a limb. One can escape it through various means of exemption, or one can be patient with it, since relief will come for him. As for amputating a limb, this is not permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 70 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الجنايات|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:14:05)
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