The Test of illness

According to many scholars, organ and tissue transplantation from a
living donor is allowed when necessary provided the donor's consent is
taken, and they are not placed in any significant danger, as one life
cannot be sacrificed to save another. Therefore blood transfusions and
bone marrow transplants would be considered permissible as the
donor is not put at any major risk.
“…and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved
the life of the whole people.”
Qur’\n, al-M\’idah, 5:32
In relation to transplanting materials from the dead, some scholars
permit it as long as the deceased's consent was given prior to their
death and their sanctity is maintained in removing the organs or other
material. This is because the Prophet of All\h r strictly forbade
mutilating a dead body.
`Imr\n ibn *u]ayn t narrated, “The Prophet did not deliver to us a
sermon but (in each one of them he) ordered us give charity and
forbade us from mutilating (the human body).”
al-*\kim
Other scholars insist that permission can only be granted if the
deceased’s relatives also consent to the removal of organs.
The scholars permitting organ transplantation have also ruled organ
donation permissible, therefore permitting Muslims to carry donor
cards. It is worth noting organ donation is allowed, but the sale of
organs or any other part of a human is strictly forbidden in Islam.
Therefore, to even take a payment for giving blood would be classed as
earning unlawfully.
One must however, remember that this is not the view of all, and so a
person should take the views of their local scholars.
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