Suicide...

geminifromkhi · August 28, 2015, 6:02pm

Re: Suicide…

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Havent seen the video yet but its a good question.

I’m not a pyschologist but anyone wishing suicide for him/herself is more coming from a sad and depressing scenario. So the key element would be to come out of depression or bring your loved ones out of that depressing modes where they really arent on their own. They just can do anything including suicide.
One of the better ways would always be to motivate them, to make them count all the blessings whether physical or otherwise. And then all the good options they have got to make their lives better.

Its one of the worst condition when one person goes so deep down in anxiety and depression that he/she starts getting suicidal thoughts.

And NO, just saying that suicide is haram, is definitely not enough. A person in worst state of depression needs far more than a religious fatwa. A very big effort of consolation and motivation is required which can actually be a real struggle.

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.