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Assisted Suicide; Right to Die in Islam & Secularism - Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi

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Channel: Jaffari Community Centre · 2016 · Nonprofits & Activism

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- Supreme Court's decision on the right to die, also known as assisted suicide
- Order upon the government to write out specific legislation to regulate it
- While this may not affect the majority of Muslims directly, it may affect those who work with affected patients
- The complicated situation of people willing to die, and the various factors in play
- Someone may be suicidal this week, month, or year, but the feeling may pass when various factors change in their life
- Various religious groups have released statements condemning this move
- Even from a secular point of view, there are problems with the new legislation
- Complications in the medical field regarding assisted suicide
- The meaning of suffering takes on a very different meaning when it is within the context of God as the Supreme being, who tests us through various trials
- The trials of suffering is the way a persons true self comes forth
- The hardest test for people being the loss of children, as stated in the Qur'an
- Holding patience through trials is the best way to improve one's will and strength as a human being and a Muslim
- Whenever confronted with a tough situation, a true Mu'min would always remember the saga of Karbala, as a source of strength and a way to position their own troubles relatively.

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Friday Juma Khutba
Recited By: Maulana Syed Muhammad Rizvi
Date: March 4th, 2016

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