❖ Ruling on Kidney Transplantation and Its Trade ❖
◈ Kidney Transplantation and Sale – A Shari‘ah Perspective
✔ Permissibility of Kidney Transplantation:
It is permissible for a compelled person to undergo a kidney transplant, provided that it is carried out through a lawful means.
✔ Prohibition of Selling One’s Organs:
However, it is not permissible for any person to sell his kidney or any part of his body. This is because a stern warning has been mentioned regarding the one who sells a free man and consumes his price:
[صحيح البخاري، رقم الحديث 2227]
The sale of any body part is included in this prohibition, since a person is neither the owner of his body nor of any of its parts.
❀ Associated Harms and Cautions:
① One of the concerns is that this practice might lead to the commercialization of human organs.
② In the words of the scholar: “It appears to me that this is exactly what might happen.”
③ Furthermore, this act is impermissible because it could lead to oppression against the poor, where their organs may be stolen out of greed for wealth.
[الفوزان: المنتقى: 60]
