Organ Donation

24-12-2003 | IslamWeb

Question:

Is it permissible for Muslims to participate in organ donation?
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

For more benefit on organ donation and its conditions, please refer to Fataawa 86647, 85514, and 323434.

The assembly of the Islamic Fiqh Council of the World Islamic Conference which was held in Makkah in 1405 A.H. issued the following Fatwa about organ donation:

Taking an organ of the body of a living person and planting it in the body of another living person to save his/her life or to restore the function of one of his/her essential organs is lawful and even considered a good deed provided the following conditions are met:

1- That the amputation of this organ does not harm the donor or cause clear disadvantages in him/her life.
2- That the donor gives his/her organ without any compulsion.
3- That the amputation of this organ is the only way available to treat this sick person.
4- That the success of both the amputation and plantation operations be reasonably or most probably certain. It is also a condition that the one to whom the organ is donated be a Muslim or a Kafir (infidel) who is not at war with Muslims.

Allah knows best.

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