Chapter 201 – Suicide and the Wicked

201.1) Do not rend your garments for a person who commits suicide, for there is none so wicked as one who commits suicide.

201.2) Do not presume that a person is wicked. So unless there is proof to the contrary, assume that a person was murdered rather than that they committed suicide.

201.3) A minor who commits suicide is considered as one who took his life accidentally.

201.4) Those who deviate from the community and do not follow the precepts of the community are classed differently from the devout.

201.5) Relatives should observe all rules of mourning for those executed, either by the government or otherwise.

201.6) Do not mourn for an inveterate sinner.

201.7) Do not mourn for a child one or two years old who was converted with either his father or mother.

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