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comment by Dominique

I apologize since this isn't really a story or anything, but I have a question. In your religion, is it considered "bad luck" to be brought back to life using CPR? As an EMT, I once responded to a home where a family member passed away but the family begged us not to do CPR and said it was just their time to go. They didn't have a DNR, so you can imagine this created a bit of an issue.

I'm just curious really and I haven't found the forum or the right person to ask without coming off rude in some way.





Cumol  ·  3459 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I might be the wrong person to ask as I am not a muslim, anymore.

But I never heard about such a situation.

What I do know is Qada qa Qadar the predestination of Allah. Wikipedia described Qadar as follows:

    Qadar is one of the aspects of aqidah. Some Muslims believe that the divine destiny is when God wrote down in the Preserved Tablet ("al-Lauḥ al-Maḥfūẓ") all that has happened and will happen, which will come to pass as written.

So according to that, God already "wrote down" (think Death Note) that a person is going to die. So I could imagine that some people could see CPR as something that defies gods will. Funnily, they didn't think it through as it is also possible that God meant for the person to have a near death experience and then be brought back to life through CPR.

Sadly, many people use this concept to surrender to things that happen to them. As in "this and that happen? God intended it to be like that" and then they stop questioning it,

This connects also to the concept of Tawakkul which is the "Trust in God's will". Muslims says that, if you encounter a challenge, you should do something about it and then leave to the hands of god. This usually gives them a feeling of relief as they hand responsibility to a higher power. And when things go bad, then its "the will of god".

But thinking about it, Tawakkul is a nice mind trick to ease on yourself...

I am getting carried away :D I hope I was able to answer your question, partially.