What is the ruling on one who becomes insane due to narcotics, and is he held accountable for his actions?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If a Muslim’s insanity is by his own choice, and that is through disobeying Allah, such as one who uses narcotics until he becomes insane because of these narcotics, which category does he fall into? And is he held accountable for that?
Answer:
This is not insanity; this person was affected by narcotics in his nerves and his thinking. The narcotics affected him. This is not insanity. So he sins for his action because he harmed himself, because he harmed himself. But now there is treatment; I think they treat those afflicted with these things. Some of them may be cured and regain their senses, praise be to Allah. As long as there is treatment, this alleviates the matter. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If a Muslim’s insanity is by his own choice, and that is through disobeying Allah, such as one who uses narcotics until he becomes insane because of these narcotics, which category does he fall into? And is he held accountable for that?
Answer:
This is not insanity; this person was affected by narcotics in his nerves and his thinking. The narcotics affected him. This is not insanity. So he sins for his action because he harmed himself, because he harmed himself. But now there is treatment; I think they treat those afflicted with these things. Some of them may be cured and regain their senses, praise be to Allah. As long as there is treatment, this alleviates the matter. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [204 -858] ما حكم من جُنّ بسبب المخدرات وهل يحاسب على أفعاله؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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