Purport of the Senior Ulama Commission

Decision No. 99 Dated 06-11-1402 H

The board unanimously resolved the permissibility to remove an organ, or a part thereof from a Moslem or Thimmi living person and graft it onto him, should the need arise, should there be no risk in the removal and should the transplantation seem likely successful.

• The permissibility to remove an organ or part thereof from a dead person for the benefit of a Moslem, should the need arise, should the removal cause and should the transplantation seem likely successful. 
  
  

• The permissibility for the living person to donate one of his organs or part thereof for the benefit of a Moslem in need thereof. 
  
  

Resolution of the Council of Islamic Jurisprudence on Resuscitation Apparatus

Decision No. (5) D 3/07/86

The council of Islamic Jurisprudence in its third meeting held in Amman, capital of Jordan from 8 to 13 Safar 1407 H corresponding to 11 to 16 October 1986 and after discussing all relevant aspects of resuscitation apparatus and after hearing the detailed explanation from specialist doctors, decide the following:

A person is pronounced legally dead and consequently, all dispositions of the Islamic law in case of death apply if one of the two following conditions has been established:

• There is total cessation of cardiac and respiratory functions, and doctors have ruled that such cessation is irreversible. 
  
  

• There is total cessation of all cerebral functions and experienced specialized doctors have ruled that such cessation is irreversible and that brain has started to undergo autolysins. 

In this case, it is permissible to take the person off resuscitation apparatus, even if the function of some organs e.g., heart are still artificially maintained.