It is established among medical experts that heart valves made from pork are superior to others; what is the ruling?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: In heart valve transplant operations, valves made from pork are used, and it has been established among medical experts that they are superior to others for transplantation and that they are suitable for the human body. Is this action permissible?
Answer:
This is for dire necessity. Yes, if the situation reaches the point of dire necessity, there is nothing wrong with it. However, if the situation has not reached dire necessity and there are permissible alternatives that suffice, it is not permissible to use them. It is only permissible in cases of dire necessity. Yes, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:[Al-An'am 6:119], yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says: In heart valve transplant operations, valves made from pork are used, and it has been established among medical experts that they are superior to others for transplantation and that they are suitable for the human body. Is this action permissible?
Answer:
This is for dire necessity. Yes, if the situation reaches the point of dire necessity, there is nothing wrong with it. However, if the situation has not reached dire necessity and there are permissible alternatives that suffice, it is not permissible to use them. It is only permissible in cases of dire necessity. Yes, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
excepting that to which you are compelled
إِلَّا مَا اضْطُرِرْتُمْ إِلَيْهِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [316 -954] ثبت عند أهل الطب أن صمامات القلب المصنوعة من الخنزير أفضل من غيرها فما الحكم؟ — youtube.com
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