Islam View on Organ Transplants and Donations
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2/08/2007 9:04:27 PMHrmm, i'm not sure. My dad told me that since i didn't sign nothing, i will be in automatically as an organ donor.
I think i will be more worried about my life after death rather then what are people on earth gonna do with my organs. Why not make use and recycle my body parts. I'm all for recycling....like the idea of my body parts living on after i'm dead..like pieces of me alive. keewwll..
There was a hindi movie i watched on the plane (yeaa..im no fan of hindi movies but i didn't know what else to watch) Dono what's it called, this ex gf of Salman Khan who dies, donated her heart to an unknown patient. And because this unknown patient has the other gals heart..she posses her characteristic and her love for Salman. well corny plots..only happens in Bollywood :P
One of the concerns regarding this i heard some time back, (as this have been a topic for a long time) is if it's dangerous to be an organ donor coz doctors will probably treat your life lightly if you are in the hospital. All because they would like to harvest your organs.
well that a common thing that happened sometimes, but we live in an ideal world :P
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3/08/2007 12:18:31 AMI've always been interested in donating my organs, but being the PROCASTINATOR that i am (hehehe), i also procastinate in pledging to be a donor. I'm in favour of this donation thing & hope will remember to become a donor soon.
Long before this Fatwa thing abt organ donatiion in Islam came along, i always felt that there's nothing wrong or sinful for a Muslim to donate his organs IF HE HAS GOOD INTENTIONS. For example, if my intention is to HELP OTHER PEOPLE, but the stupid doctor breaches my trust by treating my body wrongly or selling my organs in the black market for personal gains, i believe insyallah God will STILL give me some credit for MY ORIGINAL INTENTIONS.
In S'pore, the sad scenario is that quite a number of people who badly need new organs are Muslims but only very very few donors are Muslims. Some Muslims have this selfish/ignorant/silly perception that it's a waste' if their donated organs end up in a nonMuslim's body & hence these Muslims prefer 'not to take that risk', and hence they dont want to become organ donors.
I'm not surprised if such unfavourable perceptions still & will always exist even after a Fatwa has been released regarding this issue. However personally i very much hope to be an organ donor one day.
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3/08/2007 12:38:28 PMactually i'm a bit disappointed that the majlis fatwa or MUIS made the decision for us to include muslims into the HOTA act, before we have proper understanding on the issue (for me at least). it is certainly not in Islam to do something or act upon something without proper understanding, especially issues regarding the deen (religion).
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5/08/2007 5:13:48 PMOrgan donation topic have been around for these pass few years now. I see it more as our duty to seek for knowledge/ understanding in the issues that we are not clear off.
For starters Islam online is a good resource page to find out about fatwas. I've attached a paragraph on the criteria and rulings of Organ donation in Islam.
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 donor’s death, the consent may be granted by the deceased’s 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 only from the deceased person after the death has been ascertained through reliable medical procedures.
5. Organs can also be harvested from the victims of traffic accidents if their identities are unknown, but it must be done only following the valid decree of a judge."
You can also read:
What Does Islam Say about Organ Donation?
http://www.islam-online.net/fa...
Donating Organs to non-Muslims
http://www.islamonline.net/ser...
Donating an Organ after Death
http://www.islamonline.net/ser...
Other reads on this topic:
http://www.islamicvoice.com/au...
http://infad.kuim.edu.my/modul...
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6/08/2007 2:00:32 AMthanks for the wonderful links sultana. :)
i think Fatwas permitting organ donations has been around since the early 1990s? so there shoudnt be much argument in not doing so - at least in the Fiqh point of view.
but i'm more interested in the individual's emotional/phsycological aspect of donating organs. Why are we Muslims not donating them?
(specifically in the Singaporean Muslim's context, but Muslims from other regions are welcomed to give comments too :)
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6/08/2007 4:18:54 PMThere is hikma in why people need to be intact upon death. I once heard from a ustad who says that are you going to help a kafiir from furthering his activities against Islam. If your donation is going to do just that, think twice.... we have no control over what happens and who benefits. The fatwa says it is ok to donate, what does your heart say ? Go with that clear conscience and Insya Allah everything will be good.
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7/08/2007 1:52:03 PMTks for being honest. As a muslim, I am disappointed to see this kinda of thinking. The fatwa is all for donating organ..and wht does Islam says...?? :)
Muslim are still busy being a victim rather than playing an active role in the society weather it's helping non- muslim or not. If you read form the reports, many Muslim kidney patients for example died from waiting for kidney donors. I dono how many of you have to go through having your life depending on an organ transplant but I would not like to be one of them, knowing that i will be unlikely to find a doner coz my muslim community do not want to donate them. So i guess it's ok for a Muslim to receive an organ form a non-mulsim doner??
We don't live in this world just for ourselves, neither are we here to hate non-muslim. What they do is up to them. it have never stopped some anti-muslim for attacking Islam with or without an organ donation. It's not your fault if they choose to use what they have in that way. I can actually imagine the opposite. How inspiring for a non-muslim to find out that his/her doner is from a muslim.
If Muslims are concern about activities against Islam, then they need to get off their backs and start behaving more like a team player.If muslims in Singapore are united ( i mean individual Muslims not organisation) and they are there for each other, do you think anyone will take advantage of us?
You can't say that because non-muslim might further anti-muslim activity means you stop being a citizen of the world? Allah has given them a fair chance just like everyone else in this world. he's given them a body with organs and a brain. Now, Allah has given you the last opportunity to do something good in the world. This all stamps from fear and lack of awareness especially in the lives of patients whose life could be saved if people are open to this.
Inshallah i hope more Muslim would look into this and understand it better to know that they have nothing to fear about.
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9/08/2007 2:19:49 PMshukran sultana for the links. my actual concerns regarding this issue is;
during the preparation of a mayat for burial, we were told to be extra careful and handle the body carefuly.
and yet, harvesting organs from the deceased, you would have to cut into the dead body. doesn;t this fall into the category of `menyeksa mayat'?? or mistreatment/ill-treatment of a dead body?? (post mortem issues excluded).
and what if the person is not dead yet, but deemed by doctors as a `hopeless' case, and there are people `waiting' for organs?? who makes the decision to `end' that life prematurely? can we end a life prematurely in Islam?
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9/08/2007 8:29:08 PMi know a lot of people will not mind if their donated organs goes to non-Muslims - and maybe "bad" people. As LeroyBrown mentioned its, that cutting up of the corpse to take out the donated organs that is uncomfortable.
I, personally, am convince that my mother will go crazy if the doctors touch my corpse. So the deciding factor for me is not whether i want to donate or not (i want to) but the bruhaha - and maybe possible legal actions? - that may happen if family/friends finds it disgusting that my body will need to be cut-up.
c'mon guys. more repliesand ur opinions! =)
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14/10/2007 11:56:25 PMIt is not our mangly fleshed body that will reach God, it is piety and faith.
I have something against the idea that harvesting organs follows that the corpse is deformed.
1. What do you think happens anyway deep in the ground when our dead body rots, gets eaten up by bacteria, worms and other organisms.
2. Because of vanity (how you happen to look), you're preventing another person of a chance to live. Astaghfirullah.
Also, what a waste to let your approved organs rot away when other people are waiting for them for years, suffering.
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If you're Singaporean, this is the hottest topic for the local Muslim community the last few weeks (khutbahs, media reports galore etc..)
MUIS Booklet/Guide to Organ Donation (pdf)
http://www.muis.gov.sg/cms/vie...
I definitely see organ donation as a good muslim act. to help people in dire need. it is after all a dead body. dont need it anymore. (in the spirit of Live Earth, reuse! =)
i was wondering if you guys will do it (and have u done it)? If not, why? What is stopping you? will be interesting to hear opinions of others. thanks.
Me - i've not done it...yet. i have been postponing my donation pledge for a few years now due to family/friends unapprovable. - Theres this psychological factor of your loved ones knowing that your corpse have been "disturbed" etc.. but to me a body is just body. what matters is your soul. I am slowly "brainwashing" them that its ok not to have a "complete body upon death". haha. Hopefully i can pledge in the next few yrs.
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