Are mercy killings right or wrong and why ??

Dearest Dtians,

I think this question has been raised quite a no. o ftimes during the last 2 years .be it Yasser Arafat or Pramod Mahajan !!

Your view in this debat ewill be ur ultimate test of intelectuality !!

The person suffering from such a disease or a painful condition that leaves no option other than euthanasia should be the one to decide whether or not one should "let him die" or "allow him to die."

I for one am neither against euthanasia nor in favor of it.

Brother,

Life and death is entirely in the hands of ouyr creator,Hes the ultimate decider.I am with you.But what if the person is unable to decide.the mental condition is severly discarded..I would like to hear your opinion on this one !

Totally against it.. like u said Yunus life and death is entirly in the hands of Allah (swt).. he gave us life nd nly he has the right 2 take it.. 4 a muslim e.tin in life is seen as a test includin hardships, suffering and illnesses.. surely we will be failin the test set by Allah (swt) by taking our life during our test??
Evry Muslim shud no that nly Allah has da rite 2 decide wen it is the end of our life.. Euthanasia and suicide are nt among the reasons allowed 4 killing in Islam...

"Do not take life, which Allah made sacred, other than in the course of justice." (Qur'an 17.33)

Destroy not yourselves. Surely Allah is ever merciful to you." (Qur'an 4.29)

The Prophet said: "Amongst the nations before you there was a man who got a wound, and growing impatient (with its pain), he took a knife and cut his hand with it and the blood did not stop till he died. Allah said, 'My Slave hurried to bring death upon himself so I have forbidden him (to enter) Paradise.' " (Sahih Bukhari 4.56.669)

Beautifully expressed MEZ...

Endurer..whats ur view after the replies ??

many people in one way or the other are connected to one self. and if one of them is killed surely the affect can be harmful as mostly people take it like wat u get is wat u want to give back thrice. if one of ur member is killed then the other will kill two.
now the point is mercy killing.
movies teach us a lot if anyone of u have seen movie "kyun ki" of actor salman khan and actress kareena kapoor then surely u know i am pointing at which scene in the film.
for those who didnot see the movie.
to be short in dat movie it is shown dat jackie shroff being a doctor and a brother to salman khan kills Salman khan who is a patient in mental hospital ....he cant move neither talk.....but can surely show his emotions and breath for his entire life mean living like dead. Jackie shroff couldnot see him in dis situation so he kills him although he loved him unlimited. The affected are the once who love them and kareena(in shock) jackie shroff(cant forgive himself for wat he did although he says he did right) kareena's father(who wished good will for his daughter must have died crying maybe for his entire life seeing his daughter....) is the result.

i dont favour killing so whether it is psyche, dushmani or merciful killing i am not wid it. killing is not the right option whether taken positively or negetively.

if the mental condition is really discarded then surely that doesnot mean to kill the person. mana woh mentally beemar hai aur us ka case hopeless of recovery lekin jab tak woh zinda hai kisi na kisi ke liye jeene ki umeed hai.
ex- a brother will work hard for his sister (mentally discarded and in hospital) and pay for her sister recovery although he knows she cannot be recovered but she is his umeed to live in dis world when their is no one else jisse hum apna keh sake.....

Rahen..your last post was definitely explainable.When there is no chance of recovery ,and the person who is providing for the medications and stuff becomes the guardian and this person can decide whether he /she can support him further.Money isnt infinite.Wasting resources is again considered onscene.

Waiting for your reply.

if we want to support, we can also support them by keeping them under responsible guardian instead of in the hospital.
life on this earth has a reason. no one here is useless and when there is time for death it will surely come but there is no reason still made on earth to give death before death itself.
if one door is closed make another door. if there is short of money then find for other ways.
ex. parents are lovable but (Allah na kare kabhi unko koi problem ho) unhe koi aisi waisi problem ho jaye to hum unhe chore ge to nahi chahe we have less money, small house....

I can see you are right to a point.Ill suggest the guardian

Just Saintly..

Sure.I think its soon going to be nicer outside.

Hummmm?? Btw JazakAllah

Mercy plaintiffs are normally o ventilators..i think thats barring death.Doesnt that co-relate !!