Removing the ventilator from a patient whose life is hopeless
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Question:
May Allah reward you, the best of parents. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to remove the ventilator from a patient whose life has stopped when the device is removed from him?
Answer:
This matter was presented to the councils and to the Committee of Senior Scholars regarding removing devices from a patient whose life is hopeless. They said there is no harm if his life is hopeless and there are other patients who need these devices, so there is no harm in removing them at that time, because there is no benefit in keeping them.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
May Allah reward you, the best of parents. The questioner asks: Is it permissible to remove the ventilator from a patient whose life has stopped when the device is removed from him?
Answer:
This matter was presented to the councils and to the Committee of Senior Scholars regarding removing devices from a patient whose life is hopeless. They said there is no harm if his life is hopeless and there are other patients who need these devices, so there is no harm in removing them at that time, because there is no benefit in keeping them.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، كتاب القضاء — islamhouse.com (52:58)
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