Is it true that a person who drives a car at 120 km/h and gets into an accident is considered a suicide?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question : He says: Is it true that a person who drives a car at 120 kilometers and gets into an accident is considered a suicide?
Answer : No, that is not correct, because some cars go up to 200, and in something called the "phantom" — I think it goes more than 200 — do you understand? And cars differ; in some cars, if he goes 80, he gets into an accident. So the criterion is what the experts in these matters say. Then, he is not considered a suicide, because in any case, even if he was speeding, he did not intend to kill himself, right? Yes, man, are you the questioner? Good. So he is not a suicide. The one who commits suicide is the one who throws himself off a mountain, or slaughters himself, or throws himself [into something]. As for this, what does it have to do with [suicide]?
Answer : No, that is not correct, because some cars go up to 200, and in something called the "phantom" — I think it goes more than 200 — do you understand? And cars differ; in some cars, if he goes 80, he gets into an accident. So the criterion is what the experts in these matters say. Then, he is not considered a suicide, because in any case, even if he was speeding, he did not intend to kill himself, right? Yes, man, are you the questioner? Good. So he is not a suicide. The one who commits suicide is the one who throws himself off a mountain, or slaughters himself, or throws himself [into something]. As for this, what does it have to do with [suicide]?
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 308 - 332 هل صحيح أن من يقود السيارة بسرعة 120 وصار له حادث أنه يعد منتحراً؟ ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.