Muslim Attitudes Towards Transplant Surgery: For

Question 1

What are four points?

Answer 1

Qur’an says that Muslims should save the lives of others
Live donations are less controversial because people can survive with one kidney, for example. So they resurrection would be unaffected
The Muslim Law Council (1995) issued a fatwa allowing Muslims to carry donor cards and have transplants
It is an effective and proven method of curing life-threatening diseases (e.g. heart or kidney malfunction) and improving people’s lives (e.g. cornea grating giving sight to the blind)

Question 2

Qur’an says that Muslims should save the lives of others

Answer 2

“Whosoever saves the life of one person it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind.” (Qur’an 5:32)
Saving the life of another person is what Allah wants
One donor can save upto nine lives and improve 50 more through tissue donation

Question 3

Live donations are less controversial because people can survive with one kidney, for example. So they resurrection would be unaffected

Answer 3

Many Muslims would allow living donor transplants if the donor was a close relative
Islam aims to do good and is not intended to put burdens on people which they cannot bear

Question 4

The Muslim Law Council (1995) issued a fatwa allowing Muslims to carry donor cards and have transplants

Answer 4

Muslim lawyers said it was permissible
fatwa = religious opinion
Supports it when it alleviates pain or saves a life on the basic rules of Shari’ah law

Question 5

It is an effective and proven method of curing life-threatening diseases (e.g. heart or kidney malfunction) and improving people’s lives (e.g. cornea grating giving sight to the blind)

Answer 5

Suggests you should take advice of local imam or scholar

“There is no disease that Allah has sent down except that He also sent down its treatment.” (Hadith)