Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Permissibility of organ donation

“Is donation of blood, eye, and kidney permissible in Islam?”Asked by Sheikh Abdul Rafiq, Jalgaon

He answers at 1:18:38 in Purpose of Human Life · 2 min 18 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:18:38
Ji Maulana, agla sawal aaya hai Jalgaon se Mr. Sheikh Abdul Rafiq sahib ka. Unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke kya donation of blood eye and kidney is it permissible in Islam ? Bilkul permissible hai. Is mein koi, is mein, is mein koi sawal yeh nahi ke is mein permissible na ho. Jo log fatwa dete hain, woh kuch jante hi nahi bilkul. Aksar fatwe bekhabri ke fatwe hote hain in sab mamlaat mein. Jante kuch nahi, fatwa dete hain khwamkhwah. Is mein koi bhi harj nahi, koi bhi khilaf Islam nahi, kuch bhi nahi hai. Yeh log jo hain, misaal ke tor par, main ek misaal ek sahib se baat hui meri, ek jo unhon ne fatwa de rakha tha ke aankh ka durood sharif jo hai haram hai.
1:19:27
To main ne kaha kyun haram bhai? To unhon ne kaha ke yeh masla hai. Masla kehte hain disfigure karne ko. Jab kisi bali ko marne ke baad aap disfigure karein us ko, to us ko kehte hain masla. To main ne kaha masla, aap jante hain kuch bhi nahi, fatwa de dala hai aap ne. Jab aankh se nikala jata hai woh, to plastic ka andar is mein daal diya jata hai. dekhne mein kuch farq nahi lagta ke nikala gaya hai.
1:19:56
aisa nahi ke wo is ko masla jaisa dikhai de, wo aisa kuch bhi nahi hai. jo doctor nikalta hai, wo isi waqt is ke andar plastic bani hui is mein daal deta hai. to dekhne mein kuch bhi nahi. yeh musalmanon ke aitbar se hai. waqai hindu log to is ko jala dete hain, wahan to koi masla hi nahi hai. bahar bilashuba jaiz hai, aur yeh mein is ko sadqa e jariya kehta hoon. sadqa e jariya is ko kehte hain ke aap dunya mein na rahen, aap ka koi amal logon ko faida pohanchata rahe. to pehle zamanay mein log kunwan khodte thay, talab banate thay, is ko samajhte thay sadqa e jariya.
1:20:46
is zamanay mein naye naye item aaye hain, naye naye item sadqa e jariya ke. is mein se aik yeh bhi hai, yani azaa ka donation. is mein koi harj nahi hai, bilkul sahi hai. maulana, agla sawal mr daniyal ka hai patna bihar se.
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