{"id":116,"date":"2020-02-11T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T00:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.147\/shariawiz\/?p=116"},"modified":"2025-11-13T20:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:51:09","slug":"is-a-health-care-directive-permitted-under-islamic-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shariawiz.com\/halaqa\/2020\/02\/11\/is-a-health-care-directive-permitted-under-islamic-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a health care directive permitted under Islamic law? | Islamic Estate Planning Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shariawiz: Is A Health-Care Directive Permitted Under Islamic law?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mg7zSG_xcdY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yes, Shar\u012b\u2018a permits and recommends healthcare directives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Islamic Law on Health Care Directives\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the Sunnah of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) supports a health care directive. Reports say that Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) told his followers not to force medicine on a sick person if he or she does not want to take it. Hadiths also report that companions and family forced medicine on the Prophet (PBUH) when he was on his deathbed. The Prophet (PBUH) complained and said he did not want any more medicine. This was reported in \u1e62a\u1e25\u012b\u1e25 al-Bukh\u0101ri.<\/p>\n<p>Muslim jurists conclude that when a person is suffering from a terminal illness with a poor quality of life\u2014and if medical intervention would be futile\u2014to prolong life artificially is unacceptable. The scholars rely on the Shar\u012b\u2018a principle that a person shall not harm himself or others to justify the suspension of treatment if the treatment does not improve the quality of life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Religious Advance Directives in the USA <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA), for example, recommends all Muslims to have a health care directive so physicians know their wishes if they are incapacitated or in a coma.<\/p>\n<p>Each Shariawiz estate plan comes with a Health Care Directive (also known as a Living Will and\/or Medical Power of Attorney) that is state-specific, legally binding, and Shar\u012b\u2018a-compliant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn if a health care directive is permitted under Islamic law for Muslim Americans.  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