Will Janaazah salaah be performed for a person who has committed suicide?
Published as Janazah Salaah and burial of a person who has committed suicide
Question
Will Janaazah salaah be performed for a person who has committed suicide? Will the person who has committed suicide be buried in a Muslim cemetery?
Answer
Janaazah salaah will be performed on such a person and he will be buried in the Muslim cemetery.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
(من قتل نفسه) ولو (عمدا يغسل و يصلى) به يفتى (الدر المختار مع رد المحتار 2/211)
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- Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)
Where scholars differ, it’s safer to take the more cautious view.
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