Is a diabetic patient sinful if he eats sweets knowing that they harm him?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Sometimes pure, lawful food is harmful to some people because of an illness, such as the current food for one who suffers from diabetes. If this patient eats it, is he sinful because it is harmful to him?
Answer:
Yes, if he knows that it is harmful to him, or if the doctor warns him against it, it is not permissible for him to consume it; he should keep away from it[Al-Baqarah 2:195]. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Sometimes pure, lawful food is harmful to some people because of an illness, such as the current food for one who suffers from diabetes. If this patient eats it, is he sinful because it is harmful to him?
Answer:
Yes, if he knows that it is harmful to him, or if the doctor warns him against it, it is not permissible for him to consume it; he should keep away from it
and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2429 -2802] هل يأثم مريض السكر إن تناول الحلويات وقد علم أنها تضره - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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