Can Ending One’s Life Ever Be Justified?
As-salamu alaykum, hope you're all doing well, insha'Allah. I've messed up big time in life, and everything has turned completely upside down. I've always had battles with my mental health, and that's where this whole disaster began. Because I wasn't well mentally, I had to quit my well-paying job. Bills kept piling up-taxes, household stuff-and I had to lean on family and friends just to stay above water. Then I made a string of bad choices that eventually left me drowning in hundreds of thousands of pounds of debt. Things got so overwhelming that I wanted to take my own life, but someone talked me out of it and promised to stand by me through this mess. Sadly, that didn't happen, and those close to me turned their backs, making even more trouble with the people I owe money to. I lost my family and my home along the way. Now I'm homeless, buried in debt, with no one to help me get back on my feet-even though I was always the one supporting my family. Through all this, I've never lost my faith, but I just can't handle the pain I go through every single day. All I want is to go home, be with my wife and kids, and try to rebuild everything. I pray, and I break down crying with every salah. I know Allah feels my pain and my struggle, and I know He has a plan for me, insha'Allah. But my question is: if the agony becomes too much and I just want it to stop, where do I even stand? I get that we humans only see the short term, and ending this temporary worldly pain won't end the pain of the Hereafter. I just don't understand anything anymore. JazakAllah khair.