Wa alaykum assalam warahmatullah wabarakatuh

In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Mercy-Giving

All praise is due to Allah. Peace and blessings be upon His Messenger Muhammad.

 

Committing suicide is an enormous sin. Almighty Allah says, “And you shall not kill yourselves. Indeed, God is ever merciful to you.” (An-Nisaa’ 4:29)

 

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) says, “Whoever throws himself from a mountain and kills himself will be in the Hellfire falling down into it wherein he will abide forever and ever; and whoever drinks poison and kills himself will be carrying his poison in his hand and drinking it in the Hellfire wherein he will abide forever and ever; and whoever kills himself with an iron weapon will be carrying that weapon in his hand and stabbing his Abdomen with it in the Hellfire wherein he will abide forever and ever.”

 

Scholars are in agreement that no matter how hard is a circumstance for a person this does not justify committing suicide.

Rape is, of course, is very hard and painful experience for a woman. But still she may not commit suicide. She has the right to defend herself by all means and fight for the last breath; and if she dies in this fighting, her death is a kind of martyrdom.

May Allah protect all Muslim women.

Almighty Allah knows best.