Does the heart transplant procedure pose a problem regarding the fact that the heart is the locus of command?
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The Shaykh : A person who understands will understand the answer from his words. I say that what is transplanted is the body, not the face, but rather the heart, and not what he intends by accountability. He says that a person's thoughts do not change.
The questioner : Shaykh? If we say that the brain sends and the heart images it, and then the heart commands execution, based on what?The Shaykh : Based on the evidence.
The Shaykh : Did you understand, Ahmad? This man’s brain did not change and his perceptions did not change, and the heart sends and commands according to what reaches it of perceptions. So if this man is upright and righteous, what reaches his heart, the heart to which the thing was transplanted, commands it; otherwise, this is not a problem at all. It is not a problem because this heart has things that Allah the Exalted created in a state that they do not make, or they make in a state that Allah did not create.
The questioner : Shaykh? If we say that the brain sends and the heart images it, and then the heart commands execution, based on what?The Shaykh : Based on the evidence.
The Shaykh : Did you understand, Ahmad? This man’s brain did not change and his perceptions did not change, and the heart sends and commands according to what reaches it of perceptions. So if this man is upright and righteous, what reaches his heart, the heart to which the thing was transplanted, commands it; otherwise, this is not a problem at all. It is not a problem because this heart has things that Allah the Exalted created in a state that they do not make, or they make in a state that Allah did not create.