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Does it become permissible for me to commit suicide because I was raped?

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Suicide, by killing oneself, is a major sin that necessitates eternal dwelling in Hellfire, based on the Almighty's saying: (And do not throw yourselves with your own hands into destruction), and His saying: (And do not kill yourselves. Indeed, Allah is ever Merciful to you). And based on the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "Whoever throws himself down from a mountain and kills himself, he will be in the Hellfire, falling down in it and abiding therein eternally. And whoever drinks poison and kills himself, his poison will be in his hand, and he will be drinking it in the Hellfire, abiding therein eternally. And whoever kills himself with a piece of iron, his iron will be in his hand, and he will be stabbing his belly with it in the Hellfire, abiding therein eternally." The one who commits suicide is a transgressor and an oppressor to himself. Some scholars have said that he should not be washed or prayed over. It was also said that his repentance is not accepted. Suicide is among the gravest major sins after associating partners with Allah the Almighty.

As for what happened to the questioner, he is not held accountable for it for two reasons: First, it occurred when he was a child, and the pen is lifted from the child. Second, he was coerced into it, and whoever is coerced into disbelief, his heart is at peace with faith, so there is nothing against him. So what about something less than that?

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