The Ruling on Suicide Operations
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What do you say about suicide operations in Palestine? Are they martyrs?
This has been answered previously, and we said: Whoever does this has killed himself, and he will be punished in the Fire of Hell with the very thing by which he killed himself, remaining therein forever, as established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And this is forbidden for him;Because Allah said: [Al-Nisa: 29]; but these ignorant people who did what they did, if they were ignorant and thought that this would bring them closer to Allah (Mighty and Majestic), then I hope that they will not be punished with this punishment; but they have no reward; because what they did is a sin if they intended it, but they are those who interpret the ruling, so they are excused. Then, we do not intervene in intentions: is this so that the word of Allah is the highest, or is it revenge for themselves only? We do not know; this is something whose knowledge is with Allah; but we must note the difference between one who fights the enemy for revenge and one who fights so that the word of Allah is the highest. Who is in the path of Allah? The one who fights so that the word of Allah is the highest. As for the one who fights for revenge against a people who transgressed against him, he is not a fighter in the path of Allah. Therefore, we must use our reason so that victory does not elude us. The reasons why victory eludes the Islamic nation, which numbers millions of millions, against the tyrants of the Jews or the polytheists or others, are that they did not proceed as they should.First: Their sins are many and their negligence is great. You will find one of them going, for example, to fight the enemy, but he does not pray; he himself does not pray. So we must strive against our own souls above all else, and correct our path to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) before we fight; and we must try to correct the path of others.
In any case, the answer in brief is: Suicide is forbidden, and whoever does it has killed himself and exposed himself to the great punishment, for he will be punished in the Fire of Hell with the very thing by which he killed himself, remaining therein forever; but whoever does it out of ignorance or interpretation, we hope that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) will not subject him to this punishment.
This has been answered previously, and we said: Whoever does this has killed himself, and he will be punished in the Fire of Hell with the very thing by which he killed himself, remaining therein forever, as established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And this is forbidden for him;Because Allah said:
And do not kill yourselves [or one another]
وَلا تَقْتُلُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْIn any case, the answer in brief is: Suicide is forbidden, and whoever does it has killed himself and exposed himself to the great punishment, for he will be punished in the Fire of Hell with the very thing by which he killed himself, remaining therein forever; but whoever does it out of ignorance or interpretation, we hope that Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) will not subject him to this punishment.