What is the ruling on donating body organs and blood?
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Question : The questioner asks: What are the things a person is permitted to donate from his body while alive or after death?
Answer : No, I do not know of anything that is permissible to donate. If we say his nails, the nails are of no benefit.
The hair, the hair of the head, if his head hair is long and he donates it to his wife. Do you have it? Yes, what is it?
Okay, so the question must be specified. We hold that it is not permissible for anyone to donate any of his organs, ever, not the kidneys or any of his organs, may Allah keep you safe, be specific.
As for the kidneys, one may donate them. The liver, one may donate it. The heart, we do not know; this is up to the doctors. Medicine is advancing now, and we do not know; perhaps one day it will be possible. In any case, no organ of the human body is permissible for him to donate, neither while alive nor dead, because your body is a trust in your keeping. For this reason, Allah said to you, "And do not kill yourselves." The Hanbali scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) stated explicitly in the book of funerals that it is not permissible to take anything from the organs of a deceased person, even if he bequeathed it. Even if a person bequeaths and says, "When I die, give my cornea to so-and-so, or give him my kidney, or the like," it is not permissible to carry out the bequest, because this is a trust.
As for blood, it is not among the organs. It is permissible to donate blood. But on the condition that the donor is not harmed by the loss of blood, meaning on the condition that the donor is not harmed if he donates some of his blood. If he is harmed, what then?
It would be forbidden, because anything you do that harms your body is prohibited. Do you not know that some of the Companions, indeed 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As (may Allah be pleased with him), wanted to fast and not break his fast, and to stand in prayer and not sleep? The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade him and said, "Your soul has a right over you." So donating blood is permissible on the condition that there is no harm to the donor. The reason for this is that when blood is drawn, other blood takes its place immediately.
Answer : No, I do not know of anything that is permissible to donate. If we say his nails, the nails are of no benefit.
The hair, the hair of the head, if his head hair is long and he donates it to his wife. Do you have it? Yes, what is it?
Okay, so the question must be specified. We hold that it is not permissible for anyone to donate any of his organs, ever, not the kidneys or any of his organs, may Allah keep you safe, be specific.
As for the kidneys, one may donate them. The liver, one may donate it. The heart, we do not know; this is up to the doctors. Medicine is advancing now, and we do not know; perhaps one day it will be possible. In any case, no organ of the human body is permissible for him to donate, neither while alive nor dead, because your body is a trust in your keeping. For this reason, Allah said to you, "And do not kill yourselves." The Hanbali scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) stated explicitly in the book of funerals that it is not permissible to take anything from the organs of a deceased person, even if he bequeathed it. Even if a person bequeaths and says, "When I die, give my cornea to so-and-so, or give him my kidney, or the like," it is not permissible to carry out the bequest, because this is a trust.
As for blood, it is not among the organs. It is permissible to donate blood. But on the condition that the donor is not harmed by the loss of blood, meaning on the condition that the donor is not harmed if he donates some of his blood. If he is harmed, what then?
It would be forbidden, because anything you do that harms your body is prohibited. Do you not know that some of the Companions, indeed 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As (may Allah be pleased with him), wanted to fast and not break his fast, and to stand in prayer and not sleep? The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade him and said, "Your soul has a right over you." So donating blood is permissible on the condition that there is no harm to the donor. The reason for this is that when blood is drawn, other blood takes its place immediately.
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