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I am currently working for a call centre where we take calls on behalf of the UK Organ Donor Group.
The UK Organ Donor Group holds a database of people who are willing to give their organs for possible transplants once they have passed away. There are many people who could benefit from this and I would urge you all to consider it.
As part of the information we are taught we are told that there is a distinct lack of registered Organ Donors from Black and Asian ethnic groups.
It is medically more viable to get a match for an organ donor where the donor and recipient are from the same ethnic group.
It is also more likely that you will need an organ donation and become an organ donor.
As Muslims I think we should seriously consider giving this kind of charity.
In 1995 The Muslim(Shariah) Council UK issued a fatwa on organ donation.. The council resolved that
- the council supports organ transplantation as a means of alleviating pain or saving life on the basis of the rules of Shariah
- Muslims may carry donor cards
- the next of kin of a dead person, in the absence of a card or and expressed wish to donate their organs, may give permission to obtain organs from the body to save other people's lives.
The fatwa is based on the Islamic principle of al-darurat tubih al-mahzurat. Normally, violating the human body, is forbidden in Islam - but the Shariah believes that this can be overruled when saving the life of another person.
There are howevere a significant number of scholars who believet hat organ donation is not permissible and as both viewpoints take their evidence from Quraan and hadith, I would ask you all to do your own research and make an informed decision.
Whosoever saves the life of one person it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind.5:32
If anyone wants information or wishes to register please let me know.
Just think how you would feel if a close friend or relative of yours needed a transplant, how much better would you feel knowing that you are on the organ donor register and could help someone in the future.
jazakAllah for reading

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