What is the ruling on selling, transplanting, or donating organs from a living person or a deceased person?

Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: What is the ruling on selling, transplanting, or donating organs from a living person or from the deceased? He says: What is the ruling on selling, transplanting, or donating organs from a living person or from a deceased person?

Answer:
First, selling organs is not permissible; it is forbidden. Second, taking organs from a deceased person is not permissible, because he has sanctity. Breaking his bone while he is dead is like breaking it while he is alive. A deceased person has sanctity, so it is not permissible to take anything from his organs. As for transplanting an organ from a healthy person to a sick person as a form of first aid, this is permissible if it does not harm the donor and benefits the recipient, provided the donor is of sound mind and has reached the age of maturity, in which case there is no harm in it.