SUICIDE - Is it allowed by Islam?

I am not an Imam or Islamic Teacher (ustaz). Neither do I am as an Islamic graduate or philosopher. But I am a Muslim and a Malaysian who have right to voice my opinion so long as it is not against any law or legislation in the country.

I always thinking about why are people committed suicide. Are their lives meaningless? Why they kill themselves? To the worst, why they kill themselves and other people too like the suicide bombers?

In my opinion, Islam never allow its followers to commit suicide, whether alone or what more involving other person's life. The suicide itself is forbidden by Islam. A Muslim committed suicide will never taste and smell the heaven, what more to be inside there. A Muslim cannot take the lives of other persons for whatever reasons, whether that persons are Muslims or else. There is no right for a Muslim to take a revenge save and except leaving it to the God's hand and the responsible Authority to punish the criminals.

There is no law or procedure in Islamic Laws which allow a Muslim to kill himself at large causing the death of  innocent young children like the act of  the suicide bombers. If you do not like one person...then go after that one person only, not to that person's wife, children or friends or other passing by persons.

The September 11 attack was an example of non Islamic way executed by non Muslim or a violent renegades known as Khawarij's descendants, today known as Al Qaeda. These isolated group and representing small percentage from the total of Muslims around the world have their own laws and orders. They are not the faithful follower of Islam because they promoted suicide bombing and killing people at large.

A Muslim is not allowed to kill his Muslim brother. What was happened today in suicide bombing really against the Islamic Religious. They just do not care whether one or more than one Muslim are at large. They will sacrifice themselves and their innocent Muslim brothers and sisters...or the young ones for nothing...perhaps in my opinion for hell......

Sadly, their leaders live safely even though the series of event of suicide bombing or killings were executed one after another.

Our lives are supposed to be under the hands of the God. For Muslims, Allah has absolute right and power to decide the live and the death of a person. Wherefore, a Muslim cannot take his or her own live or other person's lives with his own hands for whatever reasons. The act of revenge is not encouraged under Islam. One can avenge up to the extent of what was done to him by the offender. But Allah prefers that the victim just 'redha' or leave it to the God.

To me, those who have committed suicide were the persons who have lost everything, their lives in this world and their lives in heaven. I think they will end their lives in hell!