Is permissible to perform Namaz-e-Janaza of a person who has committed suicide by hang or taking poision? Urgently I need the answer.
Answer:
(Fatwa: 702/697=M)
Committing suicide is a major sin, but this does not make a person kafir until one commits considering it lawful. And, since it is difficult to find out; therefore regarding him a Muslim his salah of janazah will be performed: فی الدر المختار: من قتل نفسہ ولو عمداً یغسل و یصلی علیہ الخ
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband