Is it permissible in islam to donate organs? What about recieving organs?
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do a search in here, there were some really useful threads you may find on the same topic
Personally I think it is permissible In Islam, as to what I have read so far...both ways
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In his response to the question, Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi, former president of the Islamic Society of North America, states the following:
“This question is very much debated by the jurists in past two decades. 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 organ can be taken from the body of a living person with his/her consent and approval and also from the body of a dead person. In the case of a living person, the jurists have stipulated that this donation should not deprive him/her of vital organs. It should also not cause risk to his/her normal life.
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.
It is important to note that most of the jurists have only allowed the donation of the organs. They do not allow the sale of human organs. Their position is that the sale of human organs violates the rules of the dignity and honor of the human being, and so it would be haram in that case.
Some jurists suggest that because people have become too materialistic and it may not be possible to find a free organ, under necessity one can purchase the organs, but a Muslim should never sell his/her organs.”
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Source: islamset.com/ioms/Code2004/Islamic_vision2.html#12
Organ Transplantation
This is the procedure where the organ taken from a living donor or a dead one who has made the donation in his will, or taken with the approval of the donor's guardian, and implanted in the body of a patient to save his life.
The majority of contemporary jurisprudence (fiqh) scholars approve this procedure, whether the donor is alive or dead. They base their opinion on the following evidence:
**1. **The command of God, the Most Sublime: "Cooperate in charity and piety" (Al-Maaedah V: 2). No charity could be more commendable than saving the life of a believer who is on the verge of dying and can only be saved by such a donation.
2. God's words, ". . . And if he saves a life, it is as if he has saved the lives of all people" (Al-Maaedah V: 32). The transplantation of a kidney to a patient who needs it may serve to save his life.
**3. **The statement of the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, "Whoever relieves a Muslim suffering one of the agonies of life on earth will be relieved of one of the agonies of the Day of Resurrection." Could there be an anguish worse than eminent death that can only be escaped by the transplantation of a kidney, for example?
**4. **The Prophet's statement that "Charity is an obligation for every Muslim." People said, "What if he has nothing to give?" He said, "He should work with his hand, brings gain to himself, and gives charity." They asked, "What if he cannot or would not." He said, "He should help a distressed person in need."
Advocates of this point of view argue that the lawfulness of the donation is not in conflict with the prohibition of physical or moral self-injury. Injury inflicted in God's service is actually a benefit, because God's reward is greater. Moreover, the injury suffered by the donor may be only partial or moral, but it is perhaps much easier than the suffering of the patient threatened by death or loss of eye-sight unless the donor's organ is transplanted.
His Eminence the great Imam Jaad Al-Haq, former Sheikh of Al-Azhar, says:
If an experienced Muslim physician, or non-Muslim one according to the Maliki school, confirms that cutting open any part of the body of a living person, with his consent, and removing an organ, or a part of an organ, to implant it in another living human being for the sake of treatment - if such a physician confirms that the action does not cause harm to the donor (for harm is not to be removed by harm) and benefits the receiver, it is legally acceptable, provided that the transplanted organ is not sold or given in return for something. The sale of a free person or of a part of him is void in Islamic Law. . . . I am permitting donation under these conditions because the donor has a form of a guardianship over himself as implied by the two Quran verses: "Do not kill yourselves" (IV: 29) and "Do not cast yourselves into destruction with your own hands" (II: 195).
Some scholars argue that it is unlawful to transplant an organ from one person to another, even when it is donated. A human being may donate what he owns, they say, and a person is only a safe keeper, [rather than the owner,] of his body. One of the scholars who advance this opinion is His Eminence Sheikh Muhammad Mitwalli Al-Shi'raawi. He says, "Donating something is contingent on owning it. You donate what you own or part of what you own. You cannot, however, donate something you do not own. Such a donation is void. A person does not own his 'self' as a whole or segments or parts of that self. The body is a property of God, the Most Sublime. He has created it. Nobody can claim otherwise."
The Al-Shi'raawi's argument that organ transplantation is unlawful when it is from one living human being to another, applies even more strongly in the case of transplantation from a dead body to a living person. If a person does not own his body while he is alive, it stands to reason that his heirs do not own it after his death. Some scholars consider transplantation after death a violation of human dignity and contempt for the dead person's human nature.
Some scholars counter the argument that transplantation is unlawful by saying: Cutting off certain parts for the treatment of others does not involve a destruction of human parts, nor a desecration of human dignity, that would render it unlawful. It is an act of saving lives and of keeping the removed part alive as long as the person treated with it continues to live. There is no insult involved, but rather an act of rescue, of saving lives, and of extending help. the general principles of Islamic Law are not opposed to this; they rather promote and encourage it.
Jurisprudence (fiqh) academies and legal decisions (fatwas) endorse the view that transplantation of the human organ of living and dead persons is lawful, but they set conditions for this procedures that have to be complied with. Details of that are as follows:
Several legal decisions (fatwas) have been advanced by Daar Al-Iftaa Al-Masriyah (The Egyptian House for the Deduction of Legal Decisions) permitting skin, cornea, and organ transplants. On Safar 5, 1400 H. (December 24, 1979), the Legal Opinion (Fatwa) Authority at the Kuwaiti Ministry of Endowments (Waqfs) passed resolution 32/79, permitting organ transplantion from living and dead donors. On 6.11.1402 H. (25.8.1982), the Senior Scholar Authority in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia passed a decision permitting organ transplantation. In its seventh session, the Jurisprudence (Fiqh) Academy of the Islamic World Association passed a decision to the same effect. Likewise, the Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) Academy, in its fourth session, discussed organ transplantation and passed resolution (1) D 4/08/88 permitting the procedure. The decision allows autografts, as well as transplantation from one person to another, provided that it is a free donation and that no harm befalls the donor, who must be fully competent. The Academy also permits the transplantation of dead persons' organs, provided that they have given their consent while alive, their heirs give permission, or permission is obtained from the leader of the Muslim community if the identity of the dead person is unknown or when he has no heirs. All these cases are subject to the condition that no organ sale takes place. The Seminar on The Islamic View of Certain Medical Practices says:
In light of the legal position taken by jurisprudence (fiqh) academies and legal opinion committees in the Islamic World, which permit organ transplantation to patients under the circumstances and conditions stipulated by Islamic Law, the seminar discussed the subject of organ sale and reached the following conclusions:
1. The ideal way of obtaining organs is that which is the outcome of mutual compassion among people in the form of organs from dead people donated in their wills or obtained with the consent of heirs, or from dead people whose families are unknown.
2. The majority also believe that it is also lawful to obtain organs through the donation of a living person to another, subject to the approved conditions and restrictions, which include that the donor suffers no harm and is not subjected to any coercion.
3. It is not lawful to sell organs. If, however, they cannot be obtained through free donation and can only be acquired in return for money, it is permissible to do so according to the majority of participants, who consider this a case of a prohibited thing rendered permissible due to necessity. Some scholars, however, find it unlawful.
I hope this may help. Wallah Aalam
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my mom donated a kidney to my dad last jan its been a year and mashallah they are both well. it is as if my dad got a new life. mashallah
thanks to allah (SWT)
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^ wow..ur mom is a brave lady ! :k:
I guess if donating an organ can save someones live then why not?
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I think it's also considered a Sadaqa, but don't quote me on it.
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my mom donated a kidney to my dad last jan its been a year and mashallah they are both well. it is as if my dad got a new life. mashallah
thanks to allah (SWT)
Oh mashallah - hats off to your mum! I hope Allah keeps in good health forever inshallah.
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But i'm not sure - a few days ago , I heard on QTV(quran tv )
that it is not permissible to donate organs
other than blood
maybe in extreme conditions it is :)
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no you are not allowed to donate any organ, not even your blood (until someone is on the death bed) because you are not the owner of your body.
this is why committing suicide is also haram. :)
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my mom has been heart tranplanted last year. Alhamdolillah... i was dying to see her health like this for ages... shes doing very well, by the grace of Allah.
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Those Ulemas who are against the donation and transplant if their life or life of their near and dear was at stake, will not hesitate for one second to give their consent for organ donation and transplant.
I have seen so much hypocrisy in religious circle that I started to enhance my own knowledge on this beautiful dean. The Ulemas who allow organ donation and organ transplant have much stronger arguments then the ones which do not favor it.
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Those Ulemas who are against the donation and transplant if their life or life of their near and dear was at stake, will not hesitate for one second to give their consent for organ donation and transplant. I have seen so much hypocrisy in religious circle that I started to enhance my own knowledge on this beautiful dean. The Ulemas who allow organ donation and organ transplant have much stronger arguments then the ones which do not favor it.
will you specify some of those arguments?
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Ok i havent been through the whole thread but i have donated most of my organs but after i die...is it ok? is it allowed in Islam?
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will you specify some of those arguments?
as an example see post # 7.
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no you are not allowed to donate any organ, not even your blood (until someone is on the death bed) because you are not the owner of your body. this is why committing suicide is also haram. :)
Ok, I am not owner of my body, fine. But Allah has given me free will to do whatever I want to do with it, right ? Free will .
Then can I not use this body for some good dead, such as donate some part of it to help someone who needs it to better his/her quality of life, to save someone's life.
Will Innamal amal o bin neeyat , not apply in this case.
If I use this body to go to heera mundi and use it for my wordly pleasure , yes it will be khayat with this body . But if I donate whole or part of it for a good cause that will be a good use of this same Allah key Amanat. Nahee ?
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I think it's also considered a Sadaqa, but don't quote me on it.
You are Correct to say so :)