What is the ruling on organ transplantation?
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Question:
This person is asking about transplanting the eye of a deceased person and placing it in a living person, meaning the well-known organ transplantation, the well-known organ transplantation. Is this permissible?
Answer:
This is permissible for the living person; it is permissible for the living person to donate something to be transplanted into another person who needs it, subject to two conditions. The first condition is that there be no harm to the person from whom it is taken, meaning there must be no harm to him. The second condition is that it must benefit the other person, the recipient of the donation, and the doctors must have determined that it is suitable for him. If there is no harm to the person from whom it is taken and it benefits the person to whom it is given, then there is no harm in it. As for the deceased, the deceased has sanctity, and nothing is ever taken from his organs. Rather, he is respected, preserved, and buried after being prepared, and he is not violated, because the sanctity of a Muslim in death is like his sanctity in life. So, the deceased has not given you permission for this? Is it not permissible to disfigure the deceased and take his organs? This is a matter that is not permissible. Moreover, the eye of the deceased does not benefit; the eye of the deceased does not benefit. When a person dies, his organs die. They are only taken from him before his death, while he is in his final moments. They say if he dies brain-dead, if he dies brain-dead, it is not permissible to take anything from his organs after that. This is torment for him and is not permissible. The point is that for the deceased, or for one upon whom death has descended, it is not permissible to take anything from his organs. This is only for the healthy living person who knows, has reason, and donates. That is the case. But if death has descended upon him, he has no authority over his wealth; he has no authority over his wealth. So how can he exercise authority over his organs? Yes.
This person is asking about transplanting the eye of a deceased person and placing it in a living person, meaning the well-known organ transplantation, the well-known organ transplantation. Is this permissible?
Answer:
This is permissible for the living person; it is permissible for the living person to donate something to be transplanted into another person who needs it, subject to two conditions. The first condition is that there be no harm to the person from whom it is taken, meaning there must be no harm to him. The second condition is that it must benefit the other person, the recipient of the donation, and the doctors must have determined that it is suitable for him. If there is no harm to the person from whom it is taken and it benefits the person to whom it is given, then there is no harm in it. As for the deceased, the deceased has sanctity, and nothing is ever taken from his organs. Rather, he is respected, preserved, and buried after being prepared, and he is not violated, because the sanctity of a Muslim in death is like his sanctity in life. So, the deceased has not given you permission for this? Is it not permissible to disfigure the deceased and take his organs? This is a matter that is not permissible. Moreover, the eye of the deceased does not benefit; the eye of the deceased does not benefit. When a person dies, his organs die. They are only taken from him before his death, while he is in his final moments. They say if he dies brain-dead, if he dies brain-dead, it is not permissible to take anything from his organs after that. This is torment for him and is not permissible. The point is that for the deceased, or for one upon whom death has descended, it is not permissible to take anything from his organs. This is only for the healthy living person who knows, has reason, and donates. That is the case. But if death has descended upon him, he has no authority over his wealth; he has no authority over his wealth. So how can he exercise authority over his organs? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم زراعة الأعضاء؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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