Is any organ or eye donate is jaej in Islam after death? Is birth control jaej in Islam?
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Is any organ or eye donate is jaej in Islam after death?
Is birth
control jaej in Islam?
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Answer:
Donate Organs and
Birth Control
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for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your
Question: Is any organ or eye donate is jaej in Islam after death?
The
Holy Quran and Sunnah are silent on the issue of donating organs, as these
transplants were obviously made available only after the advancements of
technology and modern medicine, which
were not available at the time the Quran was being revealed. The scholars in Islam have debated on this
issue in light of the principles of the Quran and Sunnah, and the majority of them are of the opinion
that there is no harm if one donates his body organs after his death to another
so that some other believer may benefit from them after his/her death; provided
some conditions are met.
Their argument or ‘daleel’ is
that one’s body parts are only needed as long as one is alive, and are absolutely no use to the person once
he/she dies. Thus if these parts can
benefit some loved one, there is no harm in donating them.
A few scholars though, have voiced their opinion saying that it is
forbidden to donate one’s body parts to another. Their ‘daleel’ is that man is not the
inherent owner of his own body, as the
body was only given to man as a trust from Allah Subhanah, Who is the Real Owner of everything. Therefore it is not permissible to distribute
something which does not belong to man in the first place.
The majority of the scholars however
are of the opinion that if one does it of his own free will, and does not demand or get any material
benefit from it, there is no harm in
donating one’s body parts to a loved one after his/her death.
And Allah Alone Knows Best.
Your Question: Is
birth control jaej in Islam?
Islam has permitted the spacing of children in a
marriage. It has been reported in
authentic narrations that some of the noble companions of the Messenger of
Allah (saws) used to practice ‘coitus-interruptus’, whereby the male organ is removed from the
female organ just before ejaculation.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 7.136 Narrated by Jabir
We used to practice ‘coitus interruptus’
during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (saws) while the Qur'an was being
Revealed.
Most of the scholars of Islam are of the opinion, that there is no harm if one uses one of the
modern forms of birth control, to space
the ages of their children. But all of
them are absolutely unanimous in their opinion that any form of permanent birth
control is absolutely forbidden in Islam.
One may use a temporary form of contraception, if one’s intention is to
space their children.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and well wisher in
Islam,
Burhan
