The Status of a Suicide in Terms of Disbelief
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Does one who kills himself become a disbeliever by this act? Does one who kills himself become a disbeliever by this act?
The Shaykh:
No, this is considered committing a major sin among the major sins. Committing a major sin among the major sins, and he is not considered a disbeliever. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
If he considered it permissible, if he considered killing his own soul or the soul of another permissible, then he has committed disbelief. But as long as he did not consider it permissible, he does not commit disbelief. However, it is considered a major sin among the major sins, and he is subject to the severe warning for one who intentionally kills a believer. Yes.[An-Nisa 4:29-30] It is obligatory for the Muslim to preserve his own soul, and to preserve the souls of those whose blood is inviolable, and not to transgress against anyone. And as for him becoming a disbeliever, no. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Does one who kills himself become a disbeliever by this act? Does one who kills himself become a disbeliever by this act?
The Shaykh:
No, this is considered committing a major sin among the major sins. Committing a major sin among the major sins, and he is not considered a disbeliever. Yes.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
If he considered it permissible, if he considered killing his own soul or the soul of another permissible, then he has committed disbelief. But as long as he did not consider it permissible, he does not commit disbelief. However, it is considered a major sin among the major sins, and he is subject to the severe warning for one who intentionally kills a believer. Yes.
And do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful. (30) And whoever does that in aggression and injustice - then We will drive him into a Fire.
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا وَمَن يَفْعَلْ ذَٰلِكَ عُدْوَانًا وَظُلْمًا فَسَوْفَ نُصْلِيهِ نَارًا
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