Washing and praying over one who took his own life

A question on washing and praying over a person who took his own life, in which Ibn Baz answered that he is washed, prayed over and buried among the Muslims. ¹

The questioner asked whether one who has killed himself is washed and prayed over. ¹

Ibn Baz answered that he is washed, shrouded, prayed over and buried among the Muslims, because killing oneself is a sin, not unbelief. ¹ He held that it is good for the ruler, the judge, the governor of the town or others of standing to refrain from leading his funeral prayer, as a public disavowal of the act, so that no one thinks they approve of it. ¹ He said that other Muslims still pray over him. ¹

This answer is published on binbaz.org.sa, the official site of Ibn Baz's legacy, as fatwa 4006. ¹ The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.