❖ Ruling on Giving Blood to Non-Muslims
I do not see any prohibition in this matter, because Allah عزوجل states in His Noble Book:
﴿لَا يَنْهَاكُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِينَ لَمْ يُقَاتِلُوكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجُوكُم مِّن دِيَارِكُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُوا إِلَيْهِمْ﴾
[Al-Mumtaḥanah: 8]
“Allah does not forbid you from being kind and just towards those who have not fought you on account of your religion, nor expelled you from your homes.”
✔ Permissibility Based on Kindness and Need
- Allah ﷻ has informed us that He does not prohibit us from showing kindness and good conduct toward non-Muslims who have not fought us nor expelled us from our homes.
- A person in urgent medical need is in a state of necessity, and aiding such a person is a form of kindness.
🌟 Example from the Sunnah: Asmā’ bint Abī Bakr رضي الله عنها
During the period of truce between the Prophet ﷺ and the people of Makkah:
- The mother of Asmā’ bint Abī Bakr, who was a disbeliever, came to visit her daughter and sought support in the form of family ties.
- Asmā’ رضي الله عنها asked the Prophet ﷺ for a ruling regarding this, and he ﷺ responded:
❝Maintain ties with your mother.❞
Even though her mother was a disbeliever, the Prophet ﷺ permitted and encouraged the act of kinship.
✔ Blood Donation for Muʿāhad or Non-Hostile Disbelievers
If a Muʿāhad (a disbeliever under a treaty) or a non-hostile disbeliever in a land where peace has been established is in need, then:
- There is no harm in donating blood to such an individual,
- Just as it is permissible for a person to eat carrion if compelled by necessity,
- Similarly, you may assist the one in need, and you shall be rewarded for this act,
- Because there is no prohibition in helping someone in dire need of medical assistance.
[Ibn Bāz: Nūr ʿala al-Darb: 1/375]
