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Is it considered suicide if a patient with a malignant disease refuses to amputate or remove an infected organ—if death is the inevitable result of inaction—and is he sinful for saying that death is better than living disfigured?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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If an illness leads to death and can only be removed by amputating the affected limb, then its amputation is obligatory; otherwise, it would be a form of suicide. If an injured person allows their wound to bleed until they die, they are disobedient to Allah Almighty and a killer of themselves. The decaying or diseased limb must be amputated if its retention poses a danger to life; otherwise, not. As for medical treatment in general, its ruling varies between permissibility, recommendability, and obligation, and it may be obligatory if it preserves life from perishing.

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