Is it permissible to perform an autopsy on the body of a Muslim after he has been injured in an accident? We ask for your guidance on this matter.

The questioner : This is your brother, the listener Muhammad Hamed, from the Arab Republic of Egypt, Faculty of Education. He says in this question: O honorable Shaykh, is it permissible to perform an autopsy on the body of a Muslim after he has been injured in an accident? We ask for your guidance on this matter?

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and I send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. The blood, wealth, and honor of a Muslim are forbidden (inviolable), and a Muslim is respected in his life and after his death. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: narrated by Abu Dawud. If this is known, then performing an autopsy on the body of a deceased Muslim after his death is not permissible unless there is a pressing need or dire necessity for it. If there is a pressing need or dire necessity for it, then this is measured by the extent of the need. Then the body is restored to its original state, meaning that when we finish with the thing we need to examine, for example, it is returned to the body, sewn up, washed, shrouded, prayed over, and buried with the Muslims. Yes.