Question
A person is in a coma. The doctors say he has suffered cerebral death, but he is on a ventilator and the heart etc. are functioning according to the monitor, but he is not responding to medication or sound or touch etc. What do we read from the Quran etc. in his presence? The law of UAE does not allow for the ventilator to be removed until it is certain the person has passed away. Kindly advise. Today is day four he is in this condition.
Answer
Yes, it is correct. The ventilator may not be removed. As long as his heart or other organs are functioning, he is alive. Recite Surah Yaaseen and the Kalimah.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 27 No 12
- PDF page
- 9
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