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Is it permissible to transplant an organ from a disbeliever to a Muslim?

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Question:
He has another urgent question because he is a traveler. After a few days, I am a blind man who went to King Khalid Eye Hospital, and the doctor decided to replace my right eye because its treatment is not beneficial. I have learned that the eye will come from abroad; it may be a disbeliever's eye. Is that permissible or not? Whether it is a Muslim's eye or a disbeliever's eye, inform us that the time...

Answer:
There is no harm in it, if Allah wills. If another eye becomes available for you, it will not harm you, if Allah wills. It is like setting a leg with a limb, or with the blood of a disbeliever, or something similar; it does not harm, if Allah wills. Yes.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 074 هل يحل نقل أعضاء جسم الكافر إلى المسلم؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com

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