FatwaFederal TerritoriesMedicine & Health
AL-KAFI #1552 : ADAKAH ORGAN YANG DIDERMA PERLU DITANAM ASING SETELAH MATI?
Is it obligatory to remove a donated organ, such as a kidney, when the recipient dies and bury it separately?
Short answer
A donated organ is attributed to the body of the recipient once it functions in the new body.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Medicine & Health
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
A donated organ is attributed to the body of the recipient once it functions in the new body. Therefore, it is not prescribed to remove it after the recipient dies in order to bury it separately. Doing so is regarded as desecrating the corpse, which is forbidden by Islamic law. This rests on the ruling that organ donation is permissible subject to its conditions.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Justeru, tidak disyariatkan untuk mengeluarkan organ itu setelah penerima meninggal dunia untuk dikebumikan secara asing, apatahlagi perbuatan tersebut dianggap perbuatan menghina mayat yang diharamkan oleh Hukum Syarak.
Read the full fatwa on the Federal Territories website (new tab)
How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “AL-KAFI #1552 : ADAKAH ORGAN YANG DIDERMA PERLU DITANAM ASING SETELAH MATI?”, 22 January 2020. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/4040-al-kafi-1552-adakah-organ-yang-diderma-perlu-ditanam-asing-setelah-mati. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/must-donated-organ-be-buried-separately-after-death/