What is the ruling on using a fetus by placing a substance in it to preserve its position for the purpose of education and dissection?
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The questioner : Regarding Ahmad’s question, Shaykh, there is a doctor at the university who brings a fetus and gives a lecture to the students about it. This fetus is given a substance that keeps it preserved while he explains it to them. What is the ruling on this?
The Shaykh : Is it alive or dead?
The questioner : Dead.
The Shaykh : Yes, please, how was this fetus obtained? One must look at the method. If the method is also prescribed, then it is permissible. But if the method is not prescribed, for example, if the mother died and the fetus was in her womb, and they cut open the mother’s belly and took out the fetus, that is not permissible.
The questioner : Glory be to Allah, the Great.
The Shaykh : Is it alive or dead?
The questioner : Dead.
The Shaykh : Yes, please, how was this fetus obtained? One must look at the method. If the method is also prescribed, then it is permissible. But if the method is not prescribed, for example, if the mother died and the fetus was in her womb, and they cut open the mother’s belly and took out the fetus, that is not permissible.
The questioner : Glory be to Allah, the Great.