Buying and Selling: Ruling on Selling One’s Organs for Transplant

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Buying and Selling: Ruling on Selling One’s Organs for Transplant

English:

Question #1508:

Can one sell an organ of his body, such as kidney, to a patient who is in need of a transplant?

Answer #1508:

If removing the organ does not endanger the life of the donating person, there is no objection to his selling the said organ.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Buying and Selling