Is it permissible to confine a mentally ill person to protect against his harm?
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Question:
He says: We have a brother who is mentally ill. Sometimes he attacks his parents and siblings by beating them, and sometimes we calm him down or tie him up and confine him so that he does not harm us. Is there any sin on us for doing this?
Answer:
There is no sin on you in this, if you prevent his harm by tying him up or by any means that prevents the harm to people or his siblings, provided that this does not involve torturing him. However, if it involves torturing him, then it is not permissible to torture him. But if he is prevented without torture, by tying him up or placing him in a locked place where he is not harmed, there is no harm in that; his harm is repelled and he is not harmed.
He says: We have a brother who is mentally ill. Sometimes he attacks his parents and siblings by beating them, and sometimes we calm him down or tie him up and confine him so that he does not harm us. Is there any sin on us for doing this?
Answer:
There is no sin on you in this, if you prevent his harm by tying him up or by any means that prevents the harm to people or his siblings, provided that this does not involve torturing him. However, if it involves torturing him, then it is not permissible to torture him. But if he is prevented without torture, by tying him up or placing him in a locked place where he is not harmed, there is no harm in that; his harm is repelled and he is not harmed.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز حبس المجنون اتقاءً لشرِّه؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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