Reference: Kayfa Nu’aalij Waaqi’unaa al-Aleem p120
Question: What is the ruling regarding suicide in Islaam?
Response: Suicide is when a person kills himself intentionally by whatever means. This is prohibited and regarded as amongst the major sins, and likewise included in the general statement of Allaah سبحانه و تعالى:
And it is established from the Sunnah on the authority of the Prophet ﷺ who said:
In reality, the one who commits suicide, generally does so because of his desperate situation, either as a direct result of an act of Allaah or a human being. So you find him unable to cope with that which has afflicted him, and in actual fact he is like one who is calling for help from the scorching heat of the fire. So he has progressed from that which was tough (bad) to that which is worse. And if he was patient, then Allaah would have assisted him in dealing with the difficulty.
