Muhammad considered committing suicide a major sin

السيرة النبوية

Muhammad considered committing suicide a major sin

 Muhammad put it in these words: “Whoever kills him/ herself with a piece of metal, he/she will be resurrected on the Day of Judgment holding the same piece of metal and killing him/herself continuously in the Hellfire forever, and whoever kills him /herself with a poison, he/she will be resurrected holding the same poison and swallowing it continuously in the Hellfire forever, and whoever kills himself/herself by throwing himself/herself from a high place such as a mountain, he or she will do the same in the Hellfire forever.”

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