Question
What is the ruling in the Shariah regarding a person whose heart stops beating? Is it allowed for Medical Personnel to use the defibrillator? Many times the patient comes back into consciousness and then lives for months, even years or as long as Allah Ta‟ala allows them too. I have heard many Muslims in the UK have signed waivers of not wanting to be resuscitated should they stop breathing. What is the correct stance on this issue.
Answer
Revivication of a patient is the evidence for the fact that he/she has not died. A dead person can never ever be revived. It is not permissible to sign such waivers.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 27 No 11
- PDF page
- 9
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