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Dawah: The Mission of Muslim Ummah
It is a fact that in Islam, suicide is something
that is completely haraam or forbidden—so
much so that even if a person who appears to be
a Companion of the Prophet and exhibits great
bravery while fighting on the battlefield but,
finally, kills himself with his own weapon, his
death will be an unlawful death on account of
his suicide. Under no pretext or excuse can it be
made legitimate.
suppose some Muslims are attacked and they
fight in defence, and, in doing so, they die. In this
case, their death is legitimate or jaiz. But if they
knowingly and deliberately strap bombs around
their bodies and then go amidst their supposed
enemies and explode these bombs and thereby
kill others and themselves, it is, very clearly, a
form of suicide, and so it is definitely illegitimate
in Islam.
It is legitimate for believers to take to self-
defence when attacked. If they are not in a
position to do so, the way for them is to exercise
patience, not to resort to suicide-bombing. But
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