Islams View on Organ Transplants and Donations Sheikh Ahmad Kutty, a senior lecturer and an Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, issues the following Fatwa: “Organ donation is permitted in Islam if it is done within the permissible limits prescribed by the Shari`ah.
The following are the conditions scholars have stipulated for donation: Conditions associated with a living donor: 1. He/she must be a person who is in full possession of his/her faculties so that he/she is able to make a sound decision by himself/herself; 2. He/she must be an adult and, preferably, at least twenty-one years old; 3. It should be done on his/her own free will without any external pressure exerted on him/ her; 4. The organ he/she is donating must not be a vital organ on which his/her survival or sound health is dependent upon; 5. No transplantation of sexual organs is allowed.
Conditions associated with deceased donors: 1. It must be done after having ascertained the free consent of the donor prior to his /her death. It can be through a will to that effect, or signing the donor card, etc. 2. In a case where organ donation consent was not given prior to a donors death, the consent may be granted by the deceaseds closest relatives who are in a position to make such decisions on his/her behalf. 3. It must be an organ or tissue that is medically determined to be able to save the life or maintain the quality of life of another human being. 4. The organ must be removed …
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