Is it Permitted to Take Ones Own Life Before One is Getting Tortured?
Warning: This sensitive topic speaks about murder and injury
Divine Code for December 4, 2022
Today: Pages 328-331
Part 2:2 -- 2:3
One who is about to be caught by enemies and is certain that they will torture and kill him (and he has no natural means of being saved) is permitted to take his own life before he is attacked, as it says, ''But your blood of your souls I will demand'' - the word ''but'' implies the exclusion of a case when suicide is permissible.
The victim is even permitted to ask someone else to take his life (even before the unavoidable attack occurs), and the person who is asked is permitted to comply.
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Sources
The Divine Code (Third Edition)
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