Some doctors declare brain death while the heart remains alive, so the deceased's guardians donate the heart to a heart patient, and some bequeath the removal of an organ from them after

The questioner : Some people are involved in traffic accidents, and the doctors declare brain death while the heart remains alive. The guardians of the deceased donate this heart to this man, and he dies at that time.

The Shaykh : Excuse me, did I say "last" before the other case?

The questioner : The doctors declare brain death while the heart remains alive. The guardians of the deceased donate the heart of this man, whose brain death the doctors have declared, stating that his life cannot continue. They donate his heart to another man who is a heart patient, another patient, of course. The heart is removed while the heart is alive, during brain death, and the life of that patient or the person in the accident ends. The other case is that some people bequeath the removal of some of their body organs after their natural death, such as the cornea, for example. What is the Islamic ruling in both cases? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : No. We do not see any type of action, whether before death or after death, as permissible. It is not permissible for a living Muslim to donate any of his organs, and it is not permissible to bequeath that such and such be taken from him after his death. All of that is not permissible. As for if he is alive, the matter is clear, because that involves harm to himself, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: That is, just as it is not permissible to harm others, it is not permissible to harm yourself. Rather, as he (peace be upon him) said in the chapter of charity: So you should not neglect yourself and do good to others while harming yourself. So if he is alive, there is no harm and no reciprocating harm. As for if he bequeaths it after his death and his worldly life has ended, its ruling is the same ruling, but based on the evidence of his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): So playing with the eye of the deceased and taking the cornea from him is of this nature, and it falls under the category of mutilation or disfigurement, which the Messenger (peace be upon him) forbade Muslims from engaging in, even with disbelievers who are killed on the battlefield. Therefore, the leniency of some people in issuing fatwas permitting the type related to the living or that type related to the deceased is an unacceptable leniency and does not conform to the aforementioned Islamic evidence. That is all? Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance.