Dr. Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Qadri

Shaykh Ul Fiqh, Jamia Nizamia; Founder - Director


Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center

Mufti Maulana Syed Zia Uddin Naqshbandi Quadri

Shaik-ul-Fiqh - Jamia Nizamia


Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center

Scholarly Articles

Suicide is a great sin


<p class="MsoNormal">This world is a place of test and trial.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>The Lord, Allah Ta&rsquo;ala, who created human beings, who protects them from the mother&rsquo;s womb to the last moment of life, and who grants human beings the bounty of peace, the same Lord, Allah Ta'ala&nbsp;tests us through difficulties and hardships.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>At every step in life, we have to face new difficulties and hardships.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Only that person is considered a winner here who faces all kinds of difficulties with courage.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>The person who loses patience and hastily ends up taking his/her own life does not have peace even after death.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Allah Ta&rsquo;ala says: and make not your own hands contribute to (your) destruction.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Surah Baqarah-(2:195).</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">If any (one) does that in rancour and injustice,&#8213; soon shall We cast him into the Fire: and easy it is for Allah.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>(30).<span style="">&nbsp; </span>An Nisa-(4:30)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">If we face any difficulty, then by ending our life we will not be able to run away from that difficulty.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: Those who commit suicide will be punished in the same way as they killed themselves.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>There is a Hadith in Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim on the authority of Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (May Allah Ta&rsquo;ala be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: The person who committed suicide by throwing himself/herself from the top of a mountain, in the fire of Hell, that person will keep throwing himself/herself.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>The person who committed suicide by drinking poison, the poison will be in that person&rsquo;s hand and in the fire of Hell, that person will be drinking it forever.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>The person who commits suicide using any metal weapon will keep tearing his/her stomach with it in the fire of Hell.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">There is a Hadith in Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said: &hellip;&hellip;.never ever desire death.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>The maximum that one can say is that O Allah Ta&rsquo;ala ! Keep me alive until life is better for me and if death is better for me than grant me death.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Those minor problems to run way from which people commit suicide, much bigger problems await them after death.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>We should not commit suicide because of failing in exams or because of some problem in life.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Instead, we should have the conviction (strong belief) that life is a great bounty of Allah Ta&rsquo;ala.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Today&rsquo;s difficulty will be removed tomorrow.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Today we did not succeed, tomorrow we will.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">According to the example set by the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), we should acquire <i style="">Tawakkal alal Allah</i> (Trust in Allah Ta&rsquo;ala ).<span style="">&nbsp; </span>We should be happy with what Allah Ta&rsquo;ala has decided for us.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Human beings should not be sad on any difficulty, but should accept everything that is from Allah Ta&rsquo;ala wholeheartedly.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>We should be happy with whatever Allah Ta&rsquo;ala has given us.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Human beings should keep on making efforts to get what is better than what is given, but human beings should be happy accepting it as the best possible ni&rsquo;mah (bounty) of Allah Ta&rsquo;ala.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Also human beings should not be sad because they did not get something, but we should have faith in Allah's TA&rsquo;ALA <span style="">&nbsp;</span>Mercy and keep trying and one day <i style="">Insha Allah</i> success and victory will be ours.</p>