what happens to mentally ill Muslims when they Die?

Question

Do they get tested or go straight to Jannah?
can they intercede for their families?

I asked because I have a sister who is special needs person. She is 20 now and I know she will go straight to jannah. I was just curious because if she were to intercede....I will be extra especiall to her now..lols:) we love her to death.
in a way she is lucky because the next life is more important. In this life she has a family that loves her and in akhira she will not be tested.

Answer 1

Asalam Alaikum
I found this fatwa that may answer you question inshaAllah.

Question:
My sister was born brain damaged meaning that even though she had a physical appearance of a 16 years old, She had the mental age of a 4 year old, She was unable to write nor read.
My sister died about a month ago, and i was wondering whether she would go to Heaven or Hell?

Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.

and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allaah.

We ask Allaah to have mercy on her, and to join you with her in the Gardens of Delight (Paradise).

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Every child is born in state of fitrah (the natural disposition of man), then his parents make him a Jew or a Christian or a Magian.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1296; Muslim, 4803).

And he said: “The pen is lifted from three (i.e., their deeds are not recorded): the sleeper until he awakes, the child until he grows up, and the insane until he regains his sanity or regains consciousness.” This was narrated by the authors of Sunan and classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Irwa’, no. 297.

If a child is born lacking mental faculties or brain-damaged, and his parents are Muslim, then he is Muslim too. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: “The ruling on one who is insane is like the ruling on a child: if his parents are Muslim then he is also Muslim. This is according to the consensus of the Muslims. The same applies if his mother is Muslim, according to the majority of scholars such as Abu Haneefah, al-Shaafa’i and Ahmad. Similarly, one who become insane after becoming Muslim is also regarded as a Muslim. An insane person who was born in a Muslim society is also regarded as being outwardly Muslim, like his parents or the people of the society, as is also the ruling on children. The children of the Muslims and their insane will be like their fathers (i.e., they will be counted as Muslims) on the Day of Resurrection.”

(Majmoo’ al-Fataawa, 10/437)

Ibn Hazm (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: “As for the insane who have no mental faculties until they die, as we have already mentioned, they are born as ‘haneefs’ (monotheists) and believers, and they do not change their faith, so they die as believers and so they will go to Paradise.” (al-Fasl 4/135).

So if your sister had no mental faculties or power of discernment, and she did not understand the meaning of worship or how to do it, then the pen was lifted from her (and her deeds were not recorded), so she was still adhering to the fitrah, and we hope that she will enter Paradise. But we cannot testify that any specific person will go to Paradise, apart from those whom the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) testified would go there.

But if she had mental faculties and could understand things, then she is accountable like everyone else, and she will be rewarded or punished for whatever she did after she reached adolesence. If she was fine sometimes and not at others, then she will be rewarded or punished for whatever she did at the times when her reason was sound.

And Allaah knows best.

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Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid

Answer 2

I do not think they will go straight to Jannah, they will be judged for deeds they made while sane so to say unless of course their illness has never given a break. They are not judged for deeds or sins they did when they were not sane. The only one who will intercede for all of man kind is Prophet Mohammed(saw). It really goes on an individual basis.

Answer 3

God knows everyone has their own free will, so we can choose whatever we want in life, either good or evil.. so basically he knows what we were going to do, before we were even born, because God is out of time and space, he is everywhere all the time. So say a baby was aborted, the baby would go to Heaven, because he or she was an innocent soul.. Also for the deaf, blind, and mentally ill... If the mentally ill person killed a man, God knows the intentions, and when he or she dies, it just means that either they choose to reject God, and go to Hell, or God knows what the intentions were, and if it was out of pure evil, or if it was the illness. My mom is deaf, and does drugs, and that was a result of having to go to a state school, because she had no rules or regulations.. So just like the baby or mentally ill person, God knows our reason, and overall it is up to Him to decide our final destination!

Answer 4

The go to Jannah for they had impaired judgement of all things in Life. It is not their fault that they were unable to choose between right and wrong.

Answer 5

No they go straight to Jinnah because they are crazy and have the mind of a child therefore they don't know right from wrong. I'm not sure if they can intercedee for their families. I think the only people who can interced for their families are Muslim men who die in Jihad.

Answer 6

They go to Jannah because (La haraja alayhim).

Answer 7

wished i was mental or some kind lol...
Jannah right away...MashaAllah

Answer 8

Allah Knows.

Answer 9

Yeah they go to hell. just kidding. God makes the last Judgement. So do not ask man, ask GOD.