“I believe that the giving and taking of life is God’s only right and protection,” he said, speaking before MPs debated the changes.
“The decline in assisted dying devalues this and it practically means that it is better to be dead than terminally ill.”
Mufti Zubair, who is also a hospital chaplain in Leeds and a trustee at the Bradford Council for Mosques, added: “There is always wisdom in God’s decisions, but we may not understand it.”
He said the bill would “change the way not only Muslims but society views the elderly, the seriously ill and the disabled”.
After Friday’s vote, Mufti Zubair said: “Now we must work together to ensure that appropriate safeguards are fully implemented and to protect our most vulnerable from any unwanted consequences.”
He said he was concerned that “once this issue is no longer in the spotlight,” safeguards could be “watered down.”
“We need to redouble our efforts to make sure that doesn’t happen,” he said.
None of Bradford’s MPs voted in favor of the bill.
Judith Cummins, MP for Bradford South, did not vote, while Anna Dixon, MP for Shipley; Naz Shah, MP for Bradford West; Imran Hussain, MP for Bradford East; and Robbie Moore, MP for Keighley and Ilkley, all voted against the bill.