I am 28 years old.I performed Haj three years back and after my return from saudi i faced a lot of tensions in my business and life.
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ASAK
I am 28 years old.I performed Haj three years
back and after my return from saudi i faced a lot of tensions in my business
and life.
Today
I am in a position where by only Suicide is the option left to me. since i am
very badly debt ridden to the tune of 30 lacs my only concern is not about
killing myself which is against islam .
my
concern greater than this is about my widow mother ?
what
might happen to her ?
and so
on..
kindly
suggest
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Answer:
Suicide option
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Beloved brother in Islam,
suicide should never ever be an option for the one who sincerely believes in
Allah and the Last Day; for no matter what the reason, if one commits suicide,
the punishment for this abomination of a sin is guaranteed Hell Fire in the
life Hereafter!
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisaa verse 29:
O ye who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves in
vanities: but let there be amongst you traffic and trade by mutual
good-will: nor kill (or
destroy) yourselves: for verily Allah hath been to you Most Merciful.
The Messenger of Allah (saws) warned that whoever commits
suicide, his punishment will be
guaranteed Hell Fire, and he will be
eternally tortured in the same manner in which he killed himself.
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 2.445 Narrated by Thabit bin
Ad Dahhak
The Prophet
(p.b.u.h) said, "Whoever commits suicide with a piece of iron will be
punished with the same piece of iron in the Hell Fire." Narrated Jundab
the Prophet said, "A man was inflicted with wounds and he committed
suicide, and so Allah said: My slave has
caused death on himself hurriedly, so I forbid
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 2.446 Narrated by Abu
Huraira
The Prophet (saws)
said, "He who commits suicide by throttling shall keep on throttling
himself in the Hell Fire (forever) and he who commits suicide by stabbing
himself shall keep on stabbing himself in the Hell-Fire."
Dear and beloved brother, we
urge you to fear Allah Subhanah, and be patient with whatever befalls you in
the life of this world, for Allah is our witness, whatever calamities and
afflictions befall man in this world are nothing but a trial set upon them by
their Lord. Beloved brother in Islam, we
assure you from the guidance of the Quran and Sunnah, that no matter what
befalls one in the life of this short and transitory world, it is only a test
and a trial ordained and decreed for them by their Lord……. the real life is
indeed the everlasting life of the Hereafter alone.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verses 155-157:
155 Be sure We shall test you with something of fear, and hunger, some
loss in goods, or lives, or the fruits (of your toil); but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere.
156 Who say when afflicted with calamity: "To Allah we belong and
to Him is our return."
157 They are those on whom (descend) blessings from Allah and Mercy, and
they are the ones that receive guidance.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 57 Surah
Hadid verses 22-23:
22 No misfortune can happen on earth or in your souls but is recorded
in a Decree before We bring it into existence: that is truly easy for Allah.
23 In order that ye may not despair over matters that pass you by, nor
exult over favors bestowed upon you. For
Allah loveth not any vainglorious boaster
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 268:
268 The Shaytaan threatens you with poverty, and bids you to conduct
unseemly. Allah promises you His Forgiveness
and Bounties, and Allah Cares for all, and He Knows all things.
Dear and beloved brother in Islam, rest absolutely assured
that whatever is happening to you and around you, is nothing but a set of
conditions pre-ordained and Decreed by The All-Knowing, All-Wise Lord. Man has absolutely no control over the conditions
of good and bad which he finds oneself in…….these conditions are no more than a
trial set upon each individual and/or nation by the Lord Most High, to see who
amongst them is grateful when bestowed with good, and who amongst them is
patient when afflicted with evil. We
reiterate again that man has absolutely no control over the conditions of good
and/or evil he finds himself in…..but what man does control, and will
definitely be accountable for is how he conducts himself in the given set of
good or evil conditions which was ordained for him.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 21 Surah
Anbiyaa verse 35:
35 Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test you by evil and
by good (only) by way of trial: to Us must ye return.
Dear and beloved brother in Islam, taking one’s own life in
desperation and hopelessness is not the answer, nor the solution to all the
evil one is witness to……for without an iota of a doubt, at the One Call of the
Lord, everything, absolutely everything, good and evil, will perish and cease
to exist one day….the period of tests and trials ordained by the Lord will end,
and all mankind will be gathered by the Lord to give a full accounting for
their deeds!
Thus brother, the answer or solution is not to bring this
chaos of life to an end or try to run away or hide oneself from the ‘test of
life’ ordained by the Lord….but the answer is to immerse oneself wholeheartedly
and unreservedly into doing deeds which would bring upon oneself the Pleasure
and Good-Will of the Lord, and to abstain from doing deeds which would bring
upon oneself the Wrath and Anger of the Lord Most Majestic, Most Supreme!
Your Question: since
i am very badly debt ridden to the tune of 30 lacs my only concern is not about
killing myself which is against islam
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 29 Surah
Ankabut verse 62:
62 Allah enlarges the sustenance (which He gives) to whichever of His
servants He pleases; and He (similarly) grants by (strict) measure (as He
pleases): for Allah has full knowledge of all things.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 42 Surah
Shura verse 12:
12 To Him belong the keys of the heavens and the earth: He enlarges and
restricts the sustenance to whom He Wills: for He knows full well all things.
Dear and beloved brother in Islam, the amount of
sustenance (rizk) of each and every animate being depends entirely and solely
upon the Will and Decree of the Lord Most Gracious, Most Bounteous.
The Lord Most High, Most Supreme tests some amongst His
slaves by providing with abundant sustenance…to see whether or not they are
grateful and thankful to their Lord for His innumerable favors. Similarly, the Lord Most Gracious restricts
the sustenance of some amongst His creation as a test to see whether or not
they are patient with the Decree of their Lord.
These alternate conditions in life whereby one touches dust and it
becomes gold or one touches gold and it becomes dust is no more than a test
from their Lord….only to determine who amongst man is grateful to their Lord
and who is impatient and ungrateful.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 21 Surah
Anbiyaa verse 35:
35 Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test you by
evil and by good by way of trial: to Us must ye return!
Thus my beloved brother in Islam, when afflicted with a
trial, never never ever despair of the Mercy and Grace of your Lord….but rather
remain patient and grateful and keep your hope and trust in none save your Lord
Most Gracious, Most Bounteous. The good
and evil condition one experiences in life are no more than a trial and a test
bestowed upon man by their Lord to see and determine who amongst His slaves are
grateful and who amongst them are ungrateful.
Beloved brother, the absolutely best dua or supplication
one can and should make when afflicted by a trial of a financial nature is the
one which the Prophet (saws) taught the believers to make; it is expected that
your Lord Most Gracious will respond to your supplications and make your trial
easy for you.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh
4.131b
Ali related that a
slave, who had agreed on terms of his freedom with his master, came to him and
said, "I cannot pay my master as I agreed in the terms of freedom, so help
me." Ali said to him, "Let me
teach you the supplication that the Prophet (saws) taught me. If you say it, Allah will cause your
debt to be paid even if it be as great as a mountain. Say, 'O Allah, make Your lawful bounties sufficient for me so as
to save me from what is unlawful, and from Your Grace grant me sufficient
abundance to make me free from the need of all except You'."
Related by
Tirmidhi.
Dear and beloved Brother in Islam, whatever situation or
condition you might find yourself in, as your brothers and sincere well-wishers
in faith, in absolute humility we beseech and implore you to never never ever
despair of the Mercy of your Lord Most Merciful and even let the thought of
suicide enter your mind. Keep your full
trust and belief in the Mercy and Grace of your Lord Most Gracious, for He Who
has laid this seemingly severe trial upon you Alone can remove it from you.
Allah Says in His Holy Quran Chapter 35 Surah
Fatir verse 2:
2 What Allah out of His Mercy doth bestow on mankind there is none who
can withhold: what He doth withhold there is none who can grant apart from Him:
and He is the Exalted in Power, Full of Wisdom.
May Allah Subhanah make your trial easy for you, and
bestow you with the wisdom to make decisions which are pleasing and acceptable
to Him.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
