إنهاء حياة المريض الميئوس من شفائه: قتل الرحمة: دراسة فقهية

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Mercy killing has different types and forms, characterized in ending the life of a terminal ill patient through a painless medical means.

it is a type of premeditated murder, and there is a difference between ending the life of the brain-dead, and ending the life of a patient with a disease, which has no hope of recovery.

the brain-dead has no hope of recovery if the brain stem has died, unlike this patient, whom god is capable of restoring his health.

the Islamic law urges on the permissibility of medication, and forbids mercy killing in all its types and forms.

deliberate or coercion to kill the patient out of mercy is a premeditated murder that is a felony by the doctor and the enforcer, or blood money if retribution is not applied.

atonement is not applicable in this case according to the correct opinion.

it also prohibited for the patient and his family to give permission to kill the patient out of compassion and mercy.