Suicide Is Not a Viable Answer to Problems of Life, Such As Difficulties, Pains or Sorrows
By
Ghulam Ghaus Siddiqi, New Age Islam
28
September 2021
Is
Committing Suicide The Answer To Our Problems?
Main
Points
1. It
is our duty to protect this life, which is one of God's most valuable gifts.
2. All
that is required is that we put up an effort to succeed and advance in our
careers while also strengthening our faith and trust in God Almighty.
3.
Suicide is a bigger sin, and those who commit it will be punished in
hell.
4. How
can a person who can't handle even the tiniest amount of sadness in this life
bear the horrors of the grave, let alone these shards of hell?
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This life
is one of the most valuable gifts from God Almighty. Even if we thank God a thousand
times for His blessings, it will not be enough. Allah Almighty created men and
women, bringing them into this mortal world. He lavished inexhaustible
blessings on each and every human being. He gave some people less money, others
more, some people more beauty, and others less beauty, but he gave everything
its strengths and flaws. Some people have one virtue while others have another.
Now it is our obligation to protect this life and steer it in the right
direction, and the one who follows Allah Almighty's path and perseveres in his
afflictions is the most cherished in Allah Almighty's eyes.
Allah
Almighty exceedingly loves His servants, which is why He puts them through so
many tribulations. From the time of Hazrat Adam and Eve, there has been a series
of trials. It was a test for them when they were given paradise. Each Prophet
was put to the test in the same way as Adam and Eve (peace be upon them) were
put to the test in Paradise. And as a result of their perseverance, they became
Allah Almighty's favoured servants. Similarly, studying the Prophet's life
exposes the numerous tribulations that our beloved Prophet [peace be upon him]
endured.
Trials
occur in everyone's life, sometimes in the form of wealth, sometimes in the
form of health, and occasionally in the shape of something else entirely. Allah
Almighty continues to put His slaves to the test, not because they are weak and
want to give up life and accept death, but because their faith grows stronger
and they become more and more Allah Almighty's cherished servants. Those who
are patient and grateful during these trials will succeed in both worlds, while
those who are impatient and ungrateful will fail in both.
Life is
full of problems, difficulties, pains, and sufferings, but they do not define it. Suicide is not a viable answer to problems of
life, such as difficulties, pains, or sorrows. All of these things are simply
transient and do not last forever. If today is challenging, tomorrow will be
simple. Allah creates ease after hardships, just as day follows night. Allah is
the Most Merciful, the Most Gracious, and bestows everything on His servant in
proportion to his or her level of happiness or sorrow. Everything has a time
and place, and it changes with time. Life does not always have challenges, just
as the sky does not always have clouds.
We need to
find answers to the questions that pop into our thoughts, just as we need to
find solutions to the questions that arise in our heads. It does not follow
that if we are unable to discover an answer to a question, it should be
deleted. The only way to solve the problem is to locate the solution, which is
not the same as removing the question. Similarly, rather than ending our life
by killing ourselves, we should try to find a way to solve our difficulties.
Suicide isn't an option for dealing with our difficulties.
Take a look
around today's world and you'll notice that everyone is worried about his or
her future. Our young people, in particular, have grown psychologically unwell
as a result of their anxiety about the future. But have we ever considered who
has power over the future and what we could gain from worrying about something
we can't change? Whatever our future holds, we won't be able to see it in
advance, and we won't be able to change it. It belongs to Allah Almighty, and
He is the best judge. All that is required is that we put up an effort to
succeed and advance in our careers while also strengthening our faith, hope and
trust in God Almighty.
How many
people have given up life and welcomed death only because they are terrified of
the future, resulting in a dreary future and perpetual darkness? Perhaps Allah
Almighty had something written in his future that would have greatly improved
his life. We shall always do our best and never lose hope in life if we work
hard and believe that the future is in Allah Almighty's hands and that He shall
provide us with what we deserve.
We must
realise that this life is entrusted to God Almighty, and He has sole authority
over it. Suicide is a greater sin, and those who commit it will be punished
into hell. If a suicidal person believes that the suffering of this world is
more excruciating than the sin of this world, he will never die if he remembers
the torment of the grave, the torment of Hell. Regrettably, suicide has become
a game in today's society. Some want to die, but they do not want to know what
happens to them after they die.
How can a
person who can't handle even the tiniest amount of sadness in this life bear
the horrors of the grave, let alone these shards of hell? How can there be
survival if there is no alternative to death and no way to flee?
We must
also remember that Allah Almighty created us as marvellous creatures capable of
thinking and understanding and that our beloved Prophet (peace be upon him)
commanded us to help one another in times of need. As a result, rather than
producing problems for others, we must try to help them. Today, man has become
his own worst enemy. If one man commits suicide as a result of the actions of
another, the latter is a co-conspirator in his sin. We should work to better
the lives of others because we care about them, not because they care about us.
These days,
we hear about suicide on a daily basis, and those who commit suicide are not
illiterate people, but educated ones. What, after all, is missing in our
society? We have left behind a dearth of moral education as well as a lack of
understanding of the Qur'an and Sunnahs. Parents should not disregard their
children’s moral education in order for them to have a strong faith in God
Almighty and avoid serious sins like suicide.
May Allah
solve our troubles; strengthen our faith, trust and hope. Aameen
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A regular Columnist with NewAgeIslam.com,
Ghulam Ghaus Siddiqi Dehlvi is a Classical Islamic scholar and
English-Arabic-Urdu Translator.
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