O you who have believed, do not consume one another's wealth unjustly but only [in lawful] business by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful.
[Qur'aan 4:29]
"And do not kill yourselves" [meaning] do not kill one another because you are all one since you are all on the same Religion [i.e. Islam]. Thus, Allah made all of the people of Islam a part of one another. And he made the Muslim who kills any other Muslim like the one who kills himself since both the killer and the one killed are all part of the same hand against those who oppose them.
Imaam Al-Qurtubi says that all of the scholars of Qur'aanic interpretation agree that this [portion] of the Verse refers to one person killing another. Then, its words also include the person who kills himself. Suicide is forbidden. 'Amr bin Al-'aas used this Verse as evidence to not take a bath with very cold water when he entered into a state of major ritual impurity fearing that he would die.
Narrated Amr ibn al-'As:
I had a sexual dream on a cold night in the battle of Dhat as-Salasil. I was afraid, if I washed I would die. I, therefore, performed tayammum and led my companions in the dawn prayer. They mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
He said: Amr, you led your companions is prayer while you were sexually defiled? I informed him of the cause which impeded me from washing. And I said: I heard Allah say: "Do not kill yourself, verily Allah is merciful to you." The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) laughed and did not say anything.
Abu Dawud said: 'Abd al-Rahman b. Jubair is an Egyptian and a freed slave of Kharijah b. Hudhafah. He is not Jubair b. Nufair
[Sunan Abi Dawud - Purification (Kitab Al-Taharah) - Chapter: When The Sexually Impure Person Is Afraid Of Suffering From The Cold, Does He Perform Tayammum? - Hadith No. 334]
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