Medical Issues: Can You Will Organ Donation After Death and Must Heirs Be Informed?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Medical Issues: Can You Will Organ Donation After Death and Must Heirs Be Informed?

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Question #1285:

I have expressed my wish to donate my organs after my death. I was told that I should make a will in this regard and inform any heirs. Have I the right to do so?

Answer #1285:

There is no harm in making use of a dead person’s organs for transplantation in the bodies of other people in order to save their lives or treat their illnesses. There is no objection to writing this in one’s will. This ruling, however, does not cover those parts of the body, whose removal could amount to muthlah of the body itself, or severing them would violate the dignity of the dead according to the common view.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Medical Issues