The Concept Of The Qur'an and Hadith In Explaining The Phenomenon Of Suicide In Muslim Majority Countries: A Study In Indonesia

Abstract

Suicide became a phenomenon and a hot topic that occurred in 2025 to early 2026 due to a series of cases that were so rampant, so that this issue became a discussion that was categorized on a national scale. This means that this suicide phenomenon raises questions "why is suicide so rampant?" and "why is this country with a Muslim majority population recorded as one of the countries with increasing suicide cases from year to year?" This article was also born from the author's and many people's concerns about the many victims of the suicide phenomenon that is currently emerging and prominent on social media, and in the midst of society. This research is interesting because it is full of questions and questions about why this always happens, isn't a Muslim majority country like Indonesia already understand the concepts of religion, social, right and wrong and divinity ? The method used by the author in this paper is library research , where the author searches for and completes this research by utilizing accurate sources, including books, scientific articles, media reports, and other accurate sources. The results of this study explain that: first, the number of suicides that occur in Indonesia has increased drastically from year to year, second, the Qur'an and hadith have very clearly prohibited every individual from taking the decision to commit suicide when faced with a problem, third, suicide occurs due to various reasons including economic problems, family, trauma, victims of violence, and so on. Therefore, in essence suicide is not the right choice in ending a problem faced by an individual, especially since Indonesian society is recorded as a Muslim majority whose religious and Islamic understanding is perhaps no longer in doubt.