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1068. Jābir bin Samurah narrated: “A man killed himself, so the Prophet ﷺ did not perform Salāt over him.” (Sahīh)
Abū ‘Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan (Sahīh), and the people of knowledge differ about this. Some of them said funeral prayer should be performed on every person who prayed towards the Qiblah, as well as the one who killed himself. This is the view of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī and Ishāq.
Ahmad said that the Imām is not to pray over the one who killed himself, but those besides the Imām may pray over him.
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Commentary
Committing suicide is prohibited in Islam. Respected scholars should not participate in the funeral and burial rituals of a person who committed suicide. Such a base and unlawful action should be discouraged by all the society and especially by the elites.
