Suicide

Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet (peace
be upon him) said, “None of you should wish
for death because of a calamity befalling him;
but if he has to wish for death, he should say:
“O Allah! Keep me alive as long as life is
better for me, and let me die if death is better
for me.’ ”
Sahih Al-Bukhari – Book 70 Hadith 575
Narrated Thabit bin Ad Dahhak: The Prophet
(peace be upon him) said, “Whoever
intentionally swears falsely by a religion other
than Islam, then he is what he has said, (e.g.
if he says, ‘If such thing is not true then I am
a Jew,’ he is really a Jew). And whoever
commits suicide with piece of iron will be
punished with the same piece of iron in the
Hell Fire.” Narrated Jundab, the Prophet
(peace be upon him) said, “A man was
inflicted with wounds and he committed
suicide, and so Allah said: My slave has
caused death on himself hurriedly, so I forbid
Paradise for him.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari – Book 23 Hadith 445
Narrated Qais bin Abi Hazim: We went to pay
a visit to Khabbab (who was sick) and he had
been branded (cauterized) at seven places in
his body. He said, “Our companions who died
(during the lifetime of the Prophet) left (this
world) without having their rewards reduced
through enjoying the pleasures of this life, but
we have got (so much) wealth that we find no
way to spend it except on the construction of
buildings. Had the Prophet (peace be upon
him) not forbidden us to wish for death, I
would have wished for it.” We visited him for
the second time while he was building a wall.
He said, “A Muslim is rewarded (in the
Hereafter) for whatever he spends except for
something that he spends on building.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari – Book 70 Hadith 576
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “Whoever purposely throws
himself from a mountain and kills himself, will
be in the (Hell) Fire falling down into it and
abiding therein perpetually forever; and
whoever drinks poison and kills himself with
it, he will be carrying his poison in his hand
and drinking it in the (Hell) Fire wherein he
will abide eternally forever; and whoever kills
himself with an iron weapon, will be carrying
that weapon in his hand and stabbing his
abdomen with it in the (Hell) Fire wherein he
will abide eternally forever.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari – Book 71 Hadith 670
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said, “He who commits suicide by
throttling shall keep on throttling himself in
the Hell Fire (forever) and he who commits
suicide by stabbing himself shall keep on
stabbing himself in the Hell-Fire.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari – Book 23 Hadith 446
Narrated Abu Huraira: We were in the
company of Allah’s Apostle in a ghazwa, and
he remarked about a man who claimed to be a
Muslim, saying, “This (man) is from the
people of the (Hell) Fire.” When the battle
started, the man fought violently till he got
wounded. Somebody said, “O Allah’s Apostle!
The man whom you described as being from
the people of the (Hell) Fire fought violently
today and died.” The Prophet (peace be upon
him) said, “He will go to the (Hell) Fire.” Some
people were on the point of doubting (the
truth of what the Prophet (peace be upon him)
had said) while they were in this state,
suddenly someone said that he was still alive
but severely wounded. When night fell, he lost
patience and committed suicide. The Prophet
(peace be upon him) was informed of that, and
he said, “Allah is Greater! I testify that I am
Allah’s Slave and His Apostle.” Then he
ordered Bilal to announce amongst the
people: “None will enter Paradise but a
Muslim, and Allah may support this religion
(i.e. Islam) even with a disobedient man.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari – Book 52 Hadith 297
Narrated Thabit bin Ad Dahhak: The Prophet
(peace be upon him) said, “Whoever swears by
a religion other than Islam, is, as he says; and
whoever commits suicide with something, will
be punished with the same thing in the (Hell)
Fire; and cursing a believer is like murdering
him; and whoever accuses a believer of
disbelief, then it is as if he had killed him.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari – Book 78 Hadith 647
Narrated Abu Huraira: We witnessed (the
battle of) Khaibar. Allah’s Apostle said about
one of those who were with him and who
claimed to be a Muslim,”This (man) is from
the dwellers of the Hell-Fire.” When the battle
started, that fellow fought so violently and
bravely that he received plenty of wounds.
Some of the people were about to doubt (the
Prophet’s Statement), but the man, feeling the
pain of his wounds, put his hand into his
quiver and took out of it, some arrows with
which he slaughtered himself (i.e. committed
suicide). Then some men amongst the
Muslims came hurriedly and said, “O Allah’s
Apostle! Allah has made your Statement true;
so-and-so has committed suicide.” The
Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “O so-and-
so! Get up and make an announcement that
none but a believer will enter Paradise and
that Allah may support the religion with an
unchaste (evil) wicked man.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari – Book 59 Hadith 515
Narrated Sahl bin Sad As Saidi: Allah’s
Apostle (and his army) encountered the
pagans and the two armies fought and then
Allah’s Apostle returned to his army camps
and the others (i.e. the enemy) returned to
their army camps. Amongst the companions
of the Prophet (peace be upon him) there was
a man who could not help pursuing any single
isolated pagan to strike him with his sword.
Somebody said, “None has benefited the
Muslims today more than so-and-so.” On that
Allah’s Apostle said, “He is from the people of
the Hell-Fire certainly.” A man amongst the
people (i.e. Muslims) said, “I will accompany
him (to know the fact).” So he went along with
him, and whenever he stopped he stopped with
him, and whenever he hastened, he hastened
with him. The (brave) man then got wounded
severely, and seeking to die at once, he
planted his sword into the ground and put its
point against his chest in between his breasts,
and then threw himself on it and committed
suicide. On that the person (who was
accompanying the deceased all the time)
came to Allah’s Apostle and said, “I testify
that you are the Apostle of Allah.” The Prophet
(peace be upon him) said, “Why is that (what
makes you say so)?” He said “It is concerning
the man whom you have already mentioned as
one of the dwellers of the Hell-Fire. The people
were surprised by your Statement, and I said
to them, “I will try to find out the truth about
him for you.” So I went out after him and he
was then inflicted with a severe wound and
because of that, he hurried to bring death
upon himself by planting the handle of his
sword into the ground and directing its tip
towards his chest between his breasts, and
then he threw himself over it and committed
suicide.” Allah’s Apostle then said, “A man
may do what seem to the people as the deeds
of the dwellers of Paradise but he is from the
dwellers of the Hell-Fire and another may do
what seem to the people as the deeds of the
dwellers of the Hell-Fire, but he is from the
dwellers of Paradise.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari – Book 59 Hadith 514
Narrated Thabit bin Ad Dahhak: who was one
of the companions who gave the pledge of
allegiance to the Prophet (peace be upon him)
underneath the tree (Al-Hudaibiya) Allah’s
Apostle said, “Whoever swears by a religion
other than Islam (i.e. if somebody swears by
saying that he is a non-Muslim e.g., a Jew or
a Christian, etc.) in case he is telling a lie, he
is really so if his oath is false, and a person is
not bound to fulfill a vow about a thing which
he does not possess. And if somebody
commits suicide with anything in this world,
he will be tortured with that very thing on the
Day of Resurrection. And if somebody curses a
believer, then his sin will be as if he murdered
him. And whoever accuses a believer of Kufr
(disbelief), then it is as if he killed him.”
Sahih Al-Bukhari – Book 73 Hadith 73
There was amongst those before you a man
who had a wound. He was in [such] anguish
that he took a knife and made with it a cut in
his hand, and the blood did not cease to flow
till he died. Allah the Almighty said: My
servant has himself forestalled Me; I have
forbidden him Paradise.
Hadith Qudsi – 28