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Content*>*Rulings related to death and dissection*>*Organ transplant after brain death
Q: What is the ruling on*transplanting organs after brain death?
A:*A Muslim should be respected whether alive or dead. It is an obligation not to harm or disfigure a deceased by, for instance, breaking or cutting their bones. A Hadith is reported to the effect that:*Breaking a deceased person’s bone is akin to breaking it when alive.*This constitutes evidence of the impermissibility of mutilating the dead in favor of the interests of the living, such as taking their heart or kidney, for this is more grievous than breaking their bones.
However, scholars disagreed over the permissibility of organ donation. Some say this benefits the living due to the increased number of kidney failures; but this is disputable. The opinion that I consider more correct, based on the above-mentioned Hadith, is that it is not permissible to do this because this entails manipulation and abuse of the organs of the dead. Moreover, heirs who are entitled to the deceased’s property rather than to their body may be dazzled by money and thus pay no heed to the sanctity of the deceased. May Allah grant us success.

[Issued by His Eminence Shaykh*`Abdul-`Aziz ibn `Abdullah ibn Baz,*may Allah be merciful to him]

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