Is it permissible to discharge a dying cancer patient from the intensive care unit, knowing that he will die if discharged, and given that the costs of his stay are exorbitantly high? And to whom does the decision to discharge him belong: the doctors or the family?

If your brother is afflicted with late-stage cancer, and three trustworthy specialist doctors have determined that his death is certain if life support is withdrawn, and that there is no benefit from treatment, then there is no need to use a life support machine. The fatwas of the Permanent Committee have clarified the cases in which resuscitative measures should not be taken for a patient, including: if the patient's condition is not suitable for resuscitation, or if his illness is incurable, or if he is suffering from a chronic illness such as advanced cancer or chronic heart and lung conditions with repeated arrests, or irreversible brain damage, or if resuscitation is futile.