Abstract
Organ donation is a widely debated issue in Islamic scholarship. Muslim jurists, however, have produced a substantial amount of evidence supporting its legality. Despite this, previous research has revealed that Muslim communities around the world are still wary of organ donation. The main reasons for this attitude are motivational and educational in nature. To address these two problems, the purpose of this research is to look into the Quranic conceptual background, which could help to expand the justification of organ donation in the motivational context. This study investigated the Quranic verses that scholars have cited in their writings on organ donation and transplantation. The theoretical underpinnings for the use of those verses were deduced. Data were collected from 36 studies on organ donation that refer to Quranic verses and examined how those verses were analyzed. This study discovered that a number of Quranic verses were primarily used to justify the permissibility of organ donation, with little effort made to analyze the verses using specific methodologies dedicated to the Quranic texts. As a result, the outcome may not be helpful to solve the current dilemma which is Muslim communities’ reluctance to donate organs. Hence, it is important to explore a broad theoretical framework for organ donation based on the Quran. This study suggests how to bring this new perspective to the subject and overcome the existing problem.
Highlights
IntroductionFor Allah has not made a disease without making a remedy for it, with the exception of one disease
Because the issue of organ donation is not unequivocally addressed by the Qur’an and Sunnah, we discovered a significant use of the Quranic reference in the previous literature, either to support the jurisprudential debate on the issue or to support the relevant Islamic legal maxims under the methodology of ‘objectives of Islamic law.’
The findings show that organ donation and the Quran are inextricably linked
Summary
For Allah has not made a disease without making a remedy for it, with the exception of one disease. Seeking medical treatment was advised by the Prophet Muhammad, who said: “O Worshipers of Allah! What is it?’ He replied, ‘Old age’.” (narrated by Abu Daawood, At-Tirmithi, An-Nasaa’i, and classified as authentic).
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