Rewards for the blood donor
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Fatwa No. ( 8096 ):
Q: The blood bank gives gifts to blood donors, which are a prayer mat, a medal, or a ghutra (shemagh) or other items, and sometimes three hundred riyals. I ask for clarification of the ruling of the pure Shari'ah regarding these gifts.
A: It is not permissible to sell blood; because of what is in (Sahih al-Bukhari ), from the hadith of Abu Juhayfa who said: . The Hafiz said in (al-Fath): The meaning is the prohibition of selling blood, just as the sale of carrion and pork is prohibited, and it is forbidden by consensus, I mean: selling blood and taking its price. End of quote.
Q: The blood bank gives gifts to blood donors, which are a prayer mat, a medal, or a ghutra (shemagh) or other items, and sometimes three hundred riyals. I ask for clarification of the ruling of the pure Shari'ah regarding these gifts.
A: It is not permissible to sell blood; because of what is in (Sahih al-Bukhari ), from the hadith of Abu Juhayfa who said:
I saw my father buy a cupper, so he ordered his cups to be broken, and I asked him about that, and he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited the price of blood, the price of a dog, and the earnings of a slave woman, and he cursed the one who tattoos, the one who gets tattooed, the one who eats riba (usury or interest), and the one who makes him eat it, and he cursed the image-maker
رأيت أبي اشترى حَجَّامًا، فأمر بمحاجمه فكسرت، فسألته عن ذلك فقال: إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نهى عن ثمن الدم وثمن الكلب وكسب الأمة، ولعن الواشمة والمستوشمة وآكل الربا وموكله ولعن المصور
Source
www.alifta.gov.sa
The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.