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| Ulema support organ transplant as CII chief prevaricates | |
| 2015-04-10 | |
| [DAWN] A grand congregation of religious scholars organised at the Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre, Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... University, on Wednesday saw almost everyone except the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) leadership clearly in favour of organ transplantation.
However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... CII chairman Maulana Mohammad Khan Sherani, who is known for stirring controversies including the one related to DNA evidence in rape cases, discussed everything but failed to give a clear verdict on organ transplantation. Instead he called upon fellow scholars to research certain matters, which, for him, were mandatory to be settled first. Maulana Sherani said the Learned Elders of Islam should delve into another issue first that was whether or not an organ of a Moslem could be transplanted to a non-Moslem; and if an organ of a Moslem was transplanted to a non-Moslem, then would the Moslem's part would also be punished on the Day of the Judgement with its non-Moslem owner. He asked several other questions related to organ transplant, telling religious scholars to investigate the issues further. Then he answered his own primary question with examples. One of them, he elaborated, was that on the Day of Judgement all living creatures would regain their original body parts on the call of divinity. For this reason, it was to be examined if the donation of an organ was allowed in Islam or not, he said. He spoke at length over thousands of recommendations made by the CII and forwarded to the government for legislation in parliament. Mufti Munibur Rehman, chairman of the federal government's moon-sighting committee, stuck to the key point of the agenda and clearly said a Moslem's organ could be transplanted to a non-Moslem and vice versa. "It is my opinion that a Moslem's organ could be transplanted to a non-Moslem or vice versa as the body and organs of humans are not Najis and could be used to save human lives," said the Mufti. He said different organs of a human body remained alive for a certain period even after death, which could be used and transplanted to another human body to save a life. "As Maulana Sherani already said," he added, "all parts of Moslems come to the Moslems again on the Day of Judgement." He said any organ that helped survive a human being through transplantation was in accordance with Islam. "The best human being is the one who serves the most humanity and saving lives through transplantation is great service to humanity," he said after quoting some great scholars. Jamaat-e-Ulema Pakistain-Noorani president Dr Abul Khair Mohammad Zubair said charity was the deed of prophets and organ transplantation was the greatest charity to save human lives. "Saving lives can never be against Islam," he said, asking the CII that it was their primary job to save lives through research and recommendations and get it passed through the parliament. | |
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