What is the ruling on praying over a man who killed his wife and then killed himself?
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The questioner : He says, "O Shaykh, a questioner asked: A man killed his wife and then killed himself. Is he to be prayed over?"
The Shaykh : Yes, he is to be prayed over, because killing oneself does not take one out of Islam. The evidence that it does not take one out of Islam is the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:[Al-Baqarah 2:178] from his brother. He made the killer a brother to the one killed. If it had taken him out of Islam, he would not have been his brother. But the matter is severe; that is, even though it does not take one out of Islam, the punishment is severe. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: [An-Nisa 4:93] Five punishments: Hellfire, and abiding therein, the anger of Allah upon him, His cursing him, and He prepared for him a great punishment.
So the matter is not light, but it does not take one out of Islam. He is to be prayed over, and supplication for forgiveness is made for him, and the favor of Allah is vast.
No, no, just say that the people in Unaizah have no right to ask.
The Shaykh : Yes, he is to be prayed over, because killing oneself does not take one out of Islam. The evidence that it does not take one out of Islam is the saying of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:
O you who have believed, prescribed for you is legal retribution for those murdered - the free for the free, the slave for the slave, and the female for the female. But whoever overlooks from his brother anything
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْقِصَاصُ فِي الْقَتْلَى الْحُرُّ بِالْحُرِّ وَالْعَبْدُ بِالْعَبْدِ وَالْأُنْثَى بِالْأُنْثَى فَمَنْ عُفِيَ لَهُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ شَيْءٌBut whoever kills a believer intentionally - his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him and has cursed him and has prepared for him a great punishment.
وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِناً مُتَعَمِّداً فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِداً فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَاباً عَظِيماًSo the matter is not light, but it does not take one out of Islam. He is to be prayed over, and supplication for forgiveness is made for him, and the favor of Allah is vast.
No, no, just say that the people in Unaizah have no right to ask.