A relative of mine has passed away. Is it prescribed for me to donate one of his organs? And if that is permissible, is it better to donate or not?
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The questioner : The questioner says, honorableThe Shaykh : A relative of mine has passed away. Is it prescribed for me to donate one of his organs? And if that is permissible, is it better to donate or not? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Donate what?
The questioner : Donate organs, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I mean, when he dies, they take them.
The questioner : Yes, that is it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I do not think anyone does this. When the deceased dies, he is respected exactly like the living, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sunan Ibn Majah 1616Hasan (Darussalam). The jurists mentioned the position of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him): that it is not permissible to cut anything from the deceased, even if the deceased bequeathed it. Even if the deceased said, for example, "When I die, take the kidney, or the heart, or the eye, or something similar," it is not permissible to carry out his bequest. Likewise, it is not permissible for a living person to donate any of his organs, not even to his mother or his father. Suppose the mother has kidney failure, and the doctors decide that the son must donate one of his kidneys to her. It is not permissible for him to do so, because if a kidney is taken from a person, how many does he have left? One. If that one gets sick, it may lead to his death, because one of his kidneys has been taken. Therefore, it is not permissible for anyone to donate any part of his body, neither in his lifetime nor after his death, except for one thing. That one thing is blood. That is, it is permissible for a person to donate his blood, on the condition that he is not harmed by its extraction, and that the patient benefits from it. The difference between blood and organs is that blood is replaced by other blood. When it is drawn from the veins, they do not dry out, but other blood comes in its place. And thus, he is not harmed by taking this from him. Yes.
The Shaykh : Donate what?
The questioner : Donate organs, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I mean, when he dies, they take them.
The questioner : Yes, that is it, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : I do not think anyone does this. When the deceased dies, he is respected exactly like the living, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):