Islamic Attitudes Towards Transplant Surgery

Question 1

+ Qur’an

Answer 1

‘Whoever saves the life of one person it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind’ the Qur’an.

Question 2

+ One Kidney

Answer 2

Doesn’t affect full bodily resurrection (one kidney)

Question 3

+ The Muslim Law Council

Answer 3

The Muslim Law Council supports organ transplantation as a means of alleviating pain or saving life on the basis of the rules of shari’ah law.

Question 4

+ Hadith

Answer 4

‘There is no disease that Allah has sent down except that He has also sent down its treatment’ Hadith.

Question 5

• Shirk

Answer 5

Sanctity of life/Playing God. Shirk = acting against God which is the greatest sin of Islam.
‘To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He creates what He pleases.’
(Surah 42:50)

Question 6

• The Shari’ah

Answer 6

The Shari’ah teaches that nothing should be removed from the body and opposes post-mortems because in the Qur’an it says that the body should be buried asap after death.

Question 7

• The Last Day

Answer 7

On the Last Day all organs are needed, full bodily resurrection.

Question 8

• Questionable

Answer 8

10,000 black market organ donations every year. Who gets the organ? Can you put a price on human life?