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Re: Suicide…

@geminifromkhi

I havent watched the video either, just btw.

A person usually considers suicide when he thinks that he is trapped, and there is now way out, and the only way to escape the sufferings is death. If he is a Muslim, and is still contemplating suicide, it means he is feeling so hopeless that he would rather be in hell or aalam e barzakh than stuck in his present situation. Or maybe he thinks he wont end up in hell after all, because according to him suicide seems to be the only way out.

Now, if you tell him he is doomed, and he will burn in hell because suicide is haram, chances are he wont listen. But if you tell him why suicide is haram, why hopelessness is a sin, why patience is a virtue, how dua changes destiny, he might understand.

I find it funny how people put Islam aside sometimes. Islam is a way of life. By all means get professional help if needed. But dismissing everything that is related to religion and tagging it as fatwa doesnt make sense.

Suicide rate is much higher in USA and Canada than Pakistan, even though people there have more access to sociologists and psychologists, and even though there are a lot more problems in Pakistan. I am pretty sure religions has something to do with it.

Umm..few things right while few wrong as per my opinion and ofcourse i can be wrong like anyone else.

you are right when you say that a person is kinda trapped when he starts thinking of suicide. I put it in this way that he/she starts considering himself as in dark hole , and there is no way out so all he can do is to jump further dive in and finish himself to get out of misery.
Now pulling him out of hat condition is a real uphill task. It needs a lot of effort and determination. So one needs to say all what I’d said in earlier post, dont feel like repeating here. And yes then on the top of it you can add that religiously suicide is haram and u’ll get eternal punishment for that. But honestly if he’s considering suicide he’ll probably think you are speaking German to him.
I think If he’s like a real good muslim he’ll definitely not even think about suicide.
But this condition of depression and anxiety has very little to do with religion. And if you are trying to help such person, consider him as a human person and then later touch the religious side of him/her.

Now comparison b/w suicide rates of Pakistan with Canada/US is soo wrong. Its like apples and oranges. You think people dont commit suicide much in Pakistan becuz they are great muslims? Now wut about the ratio of other crimes? I’m sure murder rate is far more in Pak than here so wut about that?
Wrong comparison, wrong results..its that simple.