assalamoalikum 
Can anyone tell me (with the relevant passages from the Qura’n) as to what the Islamic position is on Organ Donation? I mean Organ donation after death, as well as say, kidney donation, when the donor is alive.
Thanks a lot! 
The Quran does not address these issues. The mainstream muslims will tell you that you cannot donate your organs as you HAVE to be buried with your whole body intact. The Quran doesn't say that, it's 'hadith' that says that. So if you believe in 'hadith', then you cannot donate your organs, but if you believe in the Quran only as a source of law, then there's nothing wrong with it as it has not been specifically prohibited.
Quite the contrary to above, organ donation is very much permitted in “mainstream” Islam. You can donate body parts while alive as well as permit them to be donated when dead.
There are certain stipulations, though, but they are more like common sense stipulations, e.g. you can not donate a vital body organ while you are alive (e.g. can’t give away your heart) cz that will be deemed suicide. Or secondly you can not sell your body parts, cz it is considered dishonor for human body. Or also, for example, no one can/should force you to donate any body part.
For detailed ruling on this subject, check these three links
QUESTION
What is the Islaamic ruling on organ donation? Can a Muslim write in his will for someone to receive one or more parts of his body?
ANSWER by Shaykh Muhammad 'Umar Baazmool, instructor at Umm Al-Quraa University in Makkah
Organ donation, in reality, is an issue that has a lot of issues related to it, so it requires us to specify the issue more clearly.
Otherwise, then the sacredness of a Muslim that has died is like the sacredness of the living Muslim. So while it is not permissible for a Muslim to have an organ removed from his body to be given to someone else while he is alive without any dire necessity or emergency, then likewise he may not do this after his death.
Secondly, the body that has been given to a person is a trust. It is not for him to do with it as he likes, things that Allaah has not ordered him with nor has He legislated.
Thirdly, who will this organ go to? Will it go from the Muslims to other Muslims, or will it go from the Muslims to the disbelievers? As for the first case, then this is the focus of our discussion, since the second case is strictly prohibited. It is not permissible for a Muslim to donate one of his organs to a disbeliever. This is what seems apparent to me, and Allaah knows best.
So in the first case, a Muslim donating to another Muslim, this is the focus of our discussion. What seems apparent to me is that a fatwaa must be sought from a scholar for each and every situation, since each situation has its own distinct and specific details.
So the scholar will look into each case separately. Does this patient's life depend solely upon this organ? Or is this donor dead or only brain-dead? The scholars of fiqh have discussed this issue - Is being brain-dead considered a true death or not?
So the reality is that each and every situation requires an independent study. We are not able to issue one general verdict for all of these different cases, due to the great number of factors and problems involved.
So I say that each case must be studied independently by a council of the people of knowledge and specialization who look into all the details of the operation, so they can issue a verdict about the permissibility of taking that organ or not.
Some of the brothers have mentioned to me that a large number of kidney transplants, or the majority of them, are not successful. They also mentioned that the majority of liver transplants are unsuccessful as well. Usually the doctors acknowledge the likely rate of success, but the people do not heed this and they seek to donate their organs and promote transplanting, to the point that some people actually gather organs and sell them. All of these kinds of affairs are dangerous violations of the Sharee'ah.
What is obligatory on us is to restrict this issue to the individual verdicts of the people of knowledge and specialization who consult trustworthy doctors. They research each case and issue a verdict specific to it, and Allaah knows best.
SOURCE
This was translated exclusively for www.bakkah.net from a cassette recording with the knowledge and permission of the shaykh, file no. AAMB039, dated 1423/8/17.
Allahu aalim
"It is not permissible for a Muslim to donate one of his organs to a disbeliever"
These kind of beliefs are what give fatwas or mullahs or ayatollahs or clerics or sheiks or councils or whatever a bad name. If a Christian or anyone else said the same thing, I'd also call it arrogant, self-righteous, racist, cruel, ignorant, myopic, extremist.
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QUESTION
It is not permissible for a Muslim to donate one of his organs to a disbeliever. This is what seems apparent to me, and Allaah knows best.
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how about vice versa? is it permissible for muslims to take organs of non-muslims? biologically speaking, what difference exists between muslims and non-muslims organs? why does such discrimination exist?
and does blood qualify as an organ? how do blood transfusions stand up? how about artificial organs (artificial heart, dialysis etc.)?
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It is not permissible for a Muslim to donate one of his organs to a disbeliever. This is what seems apparent to me, and Allaah knows best.
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The whole post is full of ambiguities and vague references. The fatwa-giver repeatedly mentions that each case is different and a scholarly opinion must be sought for each case.
About the only area where Shaykh Muhammad 'Umar Baazmool attempted to give a clear answer, the basis and the actual ruling also defies common sense. I did not see such a restriction in any rulings I have read on this topic. The three links I posted do not mention any such restriction. If that be the case, I would hope Shaykh Muhammad 'Umar Baazmool is in a minority opinion if he has ruled that muslims can not donate organs to "disbelievers" (I am assuming it means non-muslims).
The clear permission for organ donation is as per the following authorities (as mentioned in the links I gave earlier):
The Supreme Council of `Ulama in Riyadh (in their resolution no. 99 dated 6 Dhul Qi'dah 1402) has allowed both organ donation and organ transplantation in the case of necessity.
The Fiqh Academy of the Muslim World League, Makkah also allowed organ donation and transplantation in its 8th session held between 28 Rabi'ul Thani- 7 Jumadal Ula, 1405.
The Fiqh Academy of the Organization of the Islamic Conference in Jeddah, during the year 1408, and the Mufti of Egypt Dr. Sayyed At-Tantawi also allowed the use of the body organs of a person who has died in an accident, if the necessity requires the use of any organ to cure a patient, provided that a competent and trustworthy Muslim physician makes this decision.
Re: organ donation in islam!!!!
Survival has the highest priority in Islam. Anything that can help a live man stay alive is perfectly allowed in Islam even if that includes eating dead raw human flash or pork or blood or drining urine. Again, its just my humble opinion not a religous verdict.
if that sheikh is of the opinion organ donation is against islam
then he would not mind that if he is undergoing going surgery no blood is given to him to save his life?
some people make me sick to the stomach!!!
Ulema without clear understanding of the problems should not give their opinions on that matter..
same way they ask people who do not have knowledge of Islam to give fatwas on Islam.
Once my aunt showed me a book by some supposedly Pakistani 'religious' scholar..
it was about blood donation..
the guy was under the impression that genious people have Type AB blood group..
and so does he.. lo and behold.. was there any doubt!!
Wallahe!!
Who the heck needs a fatwah to know that if you die accidently or by disease if your eyes can help someone see, if your lungs can't help someone breath, if your heart, liver or kidneys can help someone else... then give em.
Thats all there is to it.
I doubt that God would judge one harshly on that.
I don't seem to understand why all so called traditional muslims INSIST on relying on fatwas, rulings by sheikhs and so called scholars. Why not turn to the Quran, which is the ONLY source of law? You and I can read the Quran just as easily as these so called scholars. The Quran doesn't address the issue at all, so it stands to reason that the Quran does not prohibit and anything that the Quran does NOT specifically prohibit is lawful. Period. But I'm sure a lot of you guys like to complicate everything, so if you need a "sheikh" or "scholar" to tell you how everything is, be my guest.