Transplanting and Anatomy
Issue No. 2444- It is permissible to transplant a heart or a kidney or any other parts of a body, whether it is removed from the body of an alive or a dead person, or from a Muslim or non-Muslim. However, if amputating a limb from a dead Muslim for transplanting it to another body is the only way of keeping a Muslim alive, then it is permissible. The position is the same if protecting a major limb of the body, e.g. an eye, depends upon amputating and grafting the limb. In any case, the precaution is that the person who amputates the limb of a dead Muslim should pay compensation for it in accordance with the rules explained in the detailed books of Jurisprudence.
