Darul Ifta, Darul Uloom Azaadville

Blood Transfusions vs Organ Transplants

· 2 Rabiʻ II 1443 AH1 min readEnglish

Question

Please differentiate between the ruling of blood transfusion and organ transplant. Shouldn’t blood transfusion also be prohibited due to the same reason which organ transplant is prohibited i.e. the sanctity of the human body and all that related to it?

Answer

The difference between organ transplant and blood transfusion is that in the former (organ transplant) the giver/donator stops benefiting from the organ in totality and its harms and adverse repercussions are more than the benefits and advantages and, in the latter (blood transfusion), it is a temporary loss which the body later recovers by generating more blood. Therefore, in dire need the latter will be admissible.

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

سعيد باب التداوي تنشيط الاذهان في ترقيع باعضاء الانسان ..

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