The Ruling on a Person Donating or Selling Some of His Organs
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Question:
Regarding some people, when they, for example, despair of being cured of a certain illness and are closer to death, they may donate some of their organs, such as the eyes, or perhaps sell them. What is the ruling on this?
Answer:
As for me, the permissibility has not yet become clear to me. Some of our brothers have permitted what a person donates if it does not harm him, or after his death if it does not lead to a dispute among the heirs or to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation).
As for me, what appears to me is that it is not permissible; because these are matters that Allah has given to the servant, and he has no right to dispose of them. Rather, it is obligatory for him to stay within his limits and not dispose of his organs. Also, mutilation is forbidden in life, and this is a type of mutilation, in that he allows himself to be mutilated by having his heart taken, or his kidney taken, or something similar. I fear that it falls under the prohibition of mutilation, and I fear that there is harm for him in doing this.
So I am in a state of suspension regarding this, and I lean toward prohibition. As for some of our brother scholars, they permit some of this. Yes.
The presenter: Even the sale?
The Shaykh: Yes?
The presenter: Even the sale?
The Shaykh: As for the sale, I do not know of anyone who has permitted it. I do not know of anyone who has permitted it now. I say: I do not recall any of our brothers who has permitted the sale. I do not know of anyone.
The presenter: Is the disagreement only regarding the donation?
The Shaykh: Regarding the donation, the permissibility of the donation. Yes.
The presenter: Regarding the donation. May Allah reward you.
Regarding some people, when they, for example, despair of being cured of a certain illness and are closer to death, they may donate some of their organs, such as the eyes, or perhaps sell them. What is the ruling on this?
Answer:
As for me, the permissibility has not yet become clear to me. Some of our brothers have permitted what a person donates if it does not harm him, or after his death if it does not lead to a dispute among the heirs or to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation).
As for me, what appears to me is that it is not permissible; because these are matters that Allah has given to the servant, and he has no right to dispose of them. Rather, it is obligatory for him to stay within his limits and not dispose of his organs. Also, mutilation is forbidden in life, and this is a type of mutilation, in that he allows himself to be mutilated by having his heart taken, or his kidney taken, or something similar. I fear that it falls under the prohibition of mutilation, and I fear that there is harm for him in doing this.
So I am in a state of suspension regarding this, and I lean toward prohibition. As for some of our brother scholars, they permit some of this. Yes.
The presenter: Even the sale?
The Shaykh: Yes?
The presenter: Even the sale?
The Shaykh: As for the sale, I do not know of anyone who has permitted it. I do not know of anyone who has permitted it now. I say: I do not recall any of our brothers who has permitted the sale. I do not know of anyone.
The presenter: Is the disagreement only regarding the donation?
The Shaykh: Regarding the donation, the permissibility of the donation. Yes.
The presenter: Regarding the donation. May Allah reward you.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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