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Thoughts on Euthanasia | Mufti Abu Layth

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video · 1:53 · 2,900 views · 26 Jun 2020 · Open on YouTube

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Oh Oh somebody had asked about euthanasia yeah yeah I mean hmm you see what I had said is I feel that they should be and but they should be room in Islam in my understanding for euthanasia everybody agrees on some aspects all Muslim scholars accept some aspects of euthanasia so they accept the involuntary passive that you know you they switch that the doctors switch it off or the relatives

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switch it off that is still used in Asia but they don't accept the for example the you know the voluntary active so if a person was to say that look okay I want I want to switch it off or I want to take something to kind of like in my life now you see I feel that they would be a that there is room for that discussion in Islam I don't feel that being compelling so and I think it's an

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act of cowardice to force people to to kind of live their lives in that state and I'm not just saying people who are sad or depressed I'm talking about people who are in a stage of life where there is no you know it's just suffering so that's why it so that I feel that there is room for that discussion people may disagree with me but like I care

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2020, June 26). Thoughts on Euthanasia | Mufti Abu Layth [Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/0ijq7_cgdqw/
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Mufti Abu Layth. 2020. "Thoughts on Euthanasia | Mufti Abu Layth." Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded June 26, 2020. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/0ijq7_cgdqw/
BibTeX 
@misc{abulayth-0IJQ7-CgDqw,
  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Thoughts on Euthanasia | Mufti Abu Layth}},
  year = {2020},
  month = {6},
  date = {2020-06-26},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/0ijq7_cgdqw/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/0ijq7_cgdqw/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}