Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31467977-20170307141325/@comment-25926288-20170307141815

Well, it depends on how magic works. There's issues with this. The Author's quill snapped in two, meaning that it "died". However, Amara didn't die from being snapped in two.

Perhaps it's like intense surgery, plus at best, it's a life for a life, so Jafar probably siphoned someone's lifeforce to save her (his staff). It's in his character to do something so heinous.