THE act of saving lives is considered one of the highest merits and imperatives in Islam. Doctors must do everything they can to prevent premature deaths.
But it ceases to be mandatory when death is imminent, and the available therapies are evaluated as futile. Islam recognises that there are times when a doctor needs to realise his own limits and let death take its natural course.
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