Tag Archives: euthanasia

is rejecting a life-saving operation = suicide?

A close friend to my mother has been diagnosed with cancer involving a tumor. Continue reading

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Urgent Pet Cancer suffering

Is it best to put [dying cat] down or let loose in woods to live last moments free? Continue reading

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Is mercy killing animals allowed?

What is the legality, in Islam, for putting down, sick or dying animals, ie. “killing them for compassion”? Continue reading

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putting an animal down

Q: Is it permissable in Islam to put down an animal if it has been suffering and if it’s quality of life will be unpleasant in the future? Continue reading

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