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The
information below may be used as background information for a Friday
sermon, or as a hand-out in your campaign.
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Islam
carries for humanity all goodness and welfare. Muslims are
commanded to keep good relations with, and be generous to, all
peoples. Therefore, a Muslim is allowed to donate blood to a
non-Muslim.
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Donating
blood is an act of charity. It might save the life of a person
who is in desperate need of it. Referring to this, Allah, the
Almighty says: “… and if any one saved a life, it would
be as if he saved the life of all mankind.” (Al-Ma'dah:
32)
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Muslims
should precede others in morality, kindness, generosity, and
cooperation in goodness. Allah says, "But help you one
another unto righteousness and pious duty. Help not one another
unto sin and transgression, but keep your duty to Allah. Lo!
Allah is severe in punishment. " (Al-Ma’idah: 2).
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Contemporary
Muslim jurists unanimously agree that blood transfusion for
medical purposes is permissible. A Muslim is allowed to receive
and donate blood for medical reasons. However, there should be
no danger to the donor's life or health. In Muslim countries it
is very common nowadays to find that religious scholars and
Imams are asked to urge people to make blood donations to
hospitals for public welfare. These matters are related to human
life. Islam teaches us to feed the hungry, to take care of the
sick and to save people's lives.
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The
best place where one can donate blood is a blood bank or health
care institutions that are able to take care of it, store it,
and classify it in a professional way.
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Muslims
in the West should show others how Islam cares about the welfare
of humanity. Blood donation, if organized and called to by
Islamic centers and Imams, will serve the cause of Da`wah and
draw others' attention to the glittering aspects of Islam.
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During
international campaigns for blood donation, Muslims should be so
active that all peoples would have the opportunity to know more
about Islam. Muslim relief organizations are encouraged to play
a vital role in these humanitarian campaigns.
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Muslims,
who are unable to donate blood due to health or medical reasons,
can play an important role by calling and encouraging other
members of the Muslim community to donate blood. In shaa' Allah,
they will receive great reward from Allah for their efforts in
guiding others for what is good.
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It
is not permissible to sell one's blood or to pay the blood
donor. However, if one is desperate for blood (to save his life)
and the only means to obtain it is to purchase it, then it is
permissible to pay for the blood.
For
additional information, read IslamOnline.net's fatwas on blood
donations:
Yours,
IOL Shari`ah Unit
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