Coping with suicide from the Islamic perspective

NOWADAYS, suicide is a phenomenon that is rife in our society. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as “the act or an instance of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally especially by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind”.

Suicide involves people from all walks of life and across ethnic groups. Often enough, we read of press reports on individuals who jumped off either the Penang Bridge or some high-rise buildings, hanged or poisoned themselves.