The Ruling on a Person Killing Himself and Suicide

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Question:
The brother Bihats Ismail Mahmoud, residing in the Kingdom, asks: What is the ruling on a person killing himself, whether by suicide or otherwise?

Answer:
Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:

And do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful.

وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا

[An-Nisa 4:29]

He the Exalted said:

and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]

وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ

[Al-Baqarah 2:195]

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed that the one who kills himself will be in the Fire. He said (peace and blessings be upon him):

he who killed himself by falling from (the top of) a mountain would constantly fall in

من تردى من جبل فقتل نفسه فهو يتردى في جهنم

Sahih Muslim 109a

And the one who kills himself with poison

the poison will be in his hand (on the Day of Judgement) and he will drink it in Hell-fire and he will live in it eternally.

فسمه في يده يتحساه في نار جهنم خالدا مخلدا فيها

Sunan Abi Dawud 3872Sahih (Al-Albani)

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He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Whoever stabs himself with a weapon and dies, or strikes himself, his weapon is in his hand, and he keeps striking himself with it in Hellfire

من طعن نفسه بحديدة فمات أو وجأ نفسه فحديدته بيده يجأ بها نفسه في نار جهنم

So it is not permissible for a person to kill himself under any circumstances. He does not kill himself and does not commit suicide, as they call it nowadays. The believer is patient and does not kill himself, ever. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you and may Allah bless you.

Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/160 — archive.org (15:26)

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