Illness and Dying
113 questions
Does a suicide victim have a right over his family that necessitates forgiving and pardoning him?
Can recurrent disturbing dreams related to one's husband, accompanied by wishing for death and contemplating suicide at the slightest disagreement, be a sign of magic (sihr), and can one treat oneself without informing the husband or performing ruqyah on him?
Is dying from cancer, which may have been caused by a harmful drink, considered suicide, given prior knowledge of the drink's harm and its potential to cause illness?
Is a patient with chronic schizophrenia held accountable and liable, and how can they cope with their illness, and is it permissible for them to end their life due to the difficulty of the chronic illness?
Is it permissible to play the Quran, such as Surat Ya-Sin, at the grave of the deceased, and does its reward reach the deceased, and what is the ruling on that?
Is it permissible for a person to have sexual intercourse with his mother or sisters under threat of death from armed individuals, and is his killing for refusing considered suicide?
Is it permissible for someone unjustly sentenced to death to kill himself to avoid the expected brutal and painful method of execution?
How can one reconcile the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) dying instruction not to pray over him with an imam after his death, because he is the master of imams, with his prayer behind Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) during his illness?
What is the ruling on a schizophrenic and depressed patient who is aware of the ruling on suicide, hates life, and prays to God for martyrdom—are his visions true or from Satan, and does God answer the distressed?
Is a girl who threw herself from a flat window to escape rape and died considered a suicide and a sinner, or will she be rewarded for her action? And what is the ruling on the young men who abducted her and caused her death, and should they be killed in retribution?
Is it permissible for a Muslim not to attend the funeral of a person known for cruelty and brutality?
What is the ruling on covering the coffin with a cloth on which Quranic verses or "Lā ʾilāha ʾillā Allāh" (There is no god but Allah) are written?
What is the way to deal with a wife who refuses intimacy and neglects her appearance, which causes the husband's unhappiness and his desire for divorce, along with his intense fear of being away from his daughter should it occur?
What should a wife do if her husband is addicted to drugs, fears Allah, she has three children with him, and she fears his condition might worsen or he might commit suicide if she leaves him?
Is it permissible to pray over someone known for committing sins such as smoking, shaving his beard, and dealing in usury, and if it is not permissible, what should be done?
Is the death of a female relative who burned herself and whose condition improved in the hospital a day before her death considered a normal death or a suicide, especially given that a perpetual charity and Umrah were performed on her behalf?
Which is easier: to continue in adultery with a married woman who threatens suicide, or to incite her to leave her husband and marry her, knowing that incitement (takhbib) is one of the grave sins?