A study of the fatawa on brain (stem) death
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Title
A study of the fatawa on brain (stem) death
Author
Mohamed, Zubair Umer
Language
English
Publication Date
20200800
Abstract
This paper explores the information that is freely available on the internet to the English reader regarding the Islamic ruling on the legality on brain death. The information available in the medical literature, Islamic websites and search engines, and general google search is analysed. Medical professionals are not unanimous in the acceptance of brain death as a form of death and so are the Islamic scholars. Although, medical literature seems to suggest that majority of the Islamic scholars approve of brain death as a form of death, the information available, in English, on Islamic and fatwa websites imply a general disapproval of this concept. Transplantation, organ donation and brain death are three different, albeit inter-related concepts that deserve independent fatwas. Many fatwas tend to homogenise them adding to the confusion of the end user. This pattern transcends both Sunni and Shia schools of thought. A uniform verdict agreeable to all Islamic scholars is not available.
Primary Classification
20.2.1
Secondary Classification
20.2.1; 1.2
Primary keywords
brain death [pri]; fatwas [pri]; Islamic ethics [pri]
Secondary keywords
determination of death; Internet; Islamic councils; Koran; modern Muslim religious scholars; physicians
Subject
fatawa; Qur'an
Journal Article
Journal of the British Islamic Medical Association. 2020 August; 5(2): 16p.
Link for Internet access
Note
Copyright © 2019 Journal of the British Islamic Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
Primary Document Type
j
Bibliography
33 refs.
ISSN
26348071 (online)
Collection
Citation
“A study of the fatawa on brain (stem) death,” Islamic Medical & Scientific Ethics, accessed January 22, 2025, https://imse.ibp.georgetown.domains/items/show/38361.