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USUS BINATANG YANG DIGUNAKAN SEBAGAI BENANG JAHITAN DALAM PEMBEDAHAN
Is it permissible to use animal intestines as surgical suture thread?
Short answer
The Penang Shariah Committee ruled that using animal intestines as suture thread in surgery is permissible.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Penang State Mufti Department
- Date
- Status
- Fatwa committee decision
- Series
- Keputusan Fatwa Negeri Pulau Pinang (e-Fatwa)
- Topic
- Medicine & Health
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
The Penang Shariah Committee ruled that using animal intestines as suture thread in surgery is permissible. The ruling rests on the maxim that necessity permits what is otherwise prohibited. It is likened to the permission to consume impure substances as medicine, citing Al-Asybah wan Nazair.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Penang State Mufti Department. “USUS BINATANG YANG DIGUNAKAN SEBAGAI BENANG JAHITAN DALAM PEMBEDAHAN”, 22 February 1988. http://efatwa.penang.gov.my/fatwa_details.php?fatwaid=1109. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/animal-intestines-surgical-suture-thread/