Medical Issues: Is Postmortem Examination Permissible to Determine Cause of Death?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Medical Issues: Is Postmortem Examination Permissible to Determine Cause of Death?

English:

Question #1274:

Is it permissible to carry out a postmortem examination to determine the cause of death in doubtful cases, e.g., we do not know whether it happened due to poison, suffocation, or something else?

Answer #1274:

If getting to the truth hinges upon it, there is no objection to it.

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