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The Ruling on Selling Organs and Donating Them

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The questioner:
And this, Honorable Shaykh (may Allah preserve you), is it permissible for a person to sell one of his kidneys, and is it permissible for him to donate them?

The Shaykh:
As for selling, no, it is not permissible for a person to sell any of his organs, neither the kidney nor the cornea nor any of his organs; it is not permissible for him to sell, first of all, blood, or any of his blood; it is not permissible. As for his donating one of his organs, that is permissible on the condition that he does not harm himself, that he does not harm himself by having this organ taken from him, because harm is not removed by harm. But if he does not suffer harm that affects his health, then it is permissible for him to donate to the patient with a kidney problem, or something that does not harm his body, because this falls under the category of assistance and helping, and he does not take anything for it, he does not take anything for it, because that would become a sale. Yes.

The questioner:
Inform us, Honorable Shaykh (may Allah protect you), what is the ruling if my brother or my colleague wanted
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 8 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|البيوع|فصل في حكم بيع الملامسة والمنابذة|صالح الفوزان|الفقه — youtube.com (20:27)

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