What is the ruling on donating blood?
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The questioner : In English
Another questioner : Giving blood using machines to keep a person alive during a surgical operation. Transplanting organs from one person to another, of course, after the death of the donor.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : What do you say about this?
The Shaykh : Every question is distinct from the others and must be clarified. Let us begin with blood transfusion.
The questioner : In English
The Shaykh : Regarding blood transfusion, is the question about its permissibility or impermissibility, or is it about another aspect?
The questioner : In English
Another questioner : Is it about its permissibility or impermissibility?
The Shaykh : Yes, blood transfusion is permissible to save a Muslim or a non-Muslim who is not an enemy of the Muslims, either from death or from an illness that may lead to death.
The questioner : In English
The Shaykh : So, it is not permissible to transfer the blood of a British Muslim to a British person.
The questioner : In English
Another questioner : British...
The Shaykh : What is the second question?
Another questioner : The second one: there are operations where a person, for example, undergoes open-heart surgery, is placed on a machine, and the machine takes over the function of the heart and lungs. The heart is opened and the operation is performed on it, and then it is restored. So they ask: is it permissible to use...
The questioner : In English.
Another questioner : Giving blood using machines to keep a person alive during a surgical operation. Transplanting organs from one person to another, of course, after the death of the donor.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : What do you say about this?
The Shaykh : Every question is distinct from the others and must be clarified. Let us begin with blood transfusion.
The questioner : In English
The Shaykh : Regarding blood transfusion, is the question about its permissibility or impermissibility, or is it about another aspect?
The questioner : In English
Another questioner : Is it about its permissibility or impermissibility?
The Shaykh : Yes, blood transfusion is permissible to save a Muslim or a non-Muslim who is not an enemy of the Muslims, either from death or from an illness that may lead to death.
The questioner : In English
The Shaykh : So, it is not permissible to transfer the blood of a British Muslim to a British person.
The questioner : In English
Another questioner : British...
The Shaykh : What is the second question?
Another questioner : The second one: there are operations where a person, for example, undergoes open-heart surgery, is placed on a machine, and the machine takes over the function of the heart and lungs. The heart is opened and the operation is performed on it, and then it is restored. So they ask: is it permissible to use...
The questioner : In English.
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