12 September, 2022
Q
In our religion, it is encouraged and sometimes required to get medical help whenever one is sick. At times, a person can become extremely ill to the extent where they are on life support. When do we know there is no hope? How can we determine that there is no turning back?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
In this fatwa:
You need to bring in one or two and actually preferably two or three Muslim doctors as well as scholars to analyze the particular situation of that person. If there is hope in that person being cured, then you make every effort.
However, if the prolonging is only delaying the inevitable or what seems to be the inevitable from an expert perspective, then you are not obligated to keep the plug of life support and you can pull it.
Watch this video by Sheikh Omar Suleiman to learn more:
Almighty Allah knows best.
Source: FaithIQ