I Say “No” to Euthanasia

According to Oxford Dictionary, Euthanasia is painless killing of people who have a painful incurable disease. Shortly, when someones get ill or disease, they are sick and tired of the ill that can not be cured because the disease is too serious, so they ask doctor to help them suicide intentionally by their permission. The suicide can be done by injecting or drinking some medicine which contains high dosis to patients in order to stop their suffering so they can die unpainfully. To do Euthanasia is required some qualifications that should be completed by patients. If the qualifications are not complet, it can not be done. However, Euthanasia is another type of suicide and homicide in right reasons and a lot of countries allow this process legally.

In my opinion, there are three reasons why I disagree with Euthanasia. First, in terms of religion, as Moslems, we know that suicide or homicide is a big sin. Not only Islam, but also other religions forbid hard about it. God is the only one who should take someone’s life. He is The Causer of Death and he is The Ever-living. In Islam’s law, for homicide, killing back is equal reply for killers except family’s victim apologizes them. Suicide is action that violates the rules of God and denies his fate. Hell is retaliation for someones who do suicide or homicide. Euthanasia is application of despair of someones toward their God. To stop their suffering, they decide to end their life. Life is favor and authority that are given by God so that people can be grateful to him. Hardship that is given to human in order to strengthen their faith. Allah SWT also said in his kitab, along with the hardship is ease. Disease is one of erasers of the sin. It is one of God’s benefits that we don’t realize. As His servatns, we should not despair and stand still.

Second, Euthanasia breaks the code of ethics of a doctor. As doctors, their duty to heal and cure people who get ill. An awesome and true doctor will do everything and try hard to save its patient. Doctors take oath to respect all forms of life from zygote. Moreover, there is possibility that Euthanasia can be the cause of declining qualities of medical because it can be short way for doctors to end someones’ life without struggling hard to heal first. In other hand, sometimes the power of heart and positive mind of patient to heal that can be panacea. It is very wise for doctors to convince their patients that they always have opportunities to heal eventhough it is only one percent.

Last, Euthanasia is not the best way to end someone’s life no matter what. It is wrong to use “compassion” as reason to do Euthanasia in order to stop patient’s suffering. Basically, no ill that can not be healed. Patients who are got verdict of having serious and incureble disease, they are just losing hope to heal. They are sick and tired of their ill because the verdict is such as suggestion that they make psychologically. Roles of families, friends, or beloved ones are important to support, motivate, and give hope to them. For instance, we can see now, there are a lot of social institutions that works for giving motivations and supports to people who have serious disease such as cancer, HIV, and etc. These place consist of people who know-when-their-maximal-time-will-end. However, when someone finds or gathers with others who have the same fate like him/her, then they interact and share their story each other. They find happiness that in the fact, they are not the only ones who are miserable. It can be power and strength for each of them to stand and to be willing. They are given advice, support, motivate so they can be strong to face their disease and enjoy their life, and those work. They try and let God decides what will happen to them. Is it better way than doing Euthanasia, right?

When you get ill, the best place is staying around people who you love. No matter severe the ill is, you can always get support from your beloved people. Whatever the reasons are, Euthanasia is not right way to solve the problem. There is will, there is hope. Eventually, everyone is gonna die. You are gonna die, I am gonna die, and we are gonna die. How we die is God that has secrets. As His slaves, we have no right to interfere in His affairs. We only can try, do, and ask for the best, and let God determines the remains.