Jeddah – A source at the Saudi Center for Organs Transplantation in Jeddah said the center received non-Muslim organ donors and transplanted the organs into Muslim patients, Al-Madina reported.
Dr. Abdul Mohsen Al-Obaikan said nothing in Islam prevents non-Muslim from donating their organs to Muslims because the Almighty Allah created organs clean and pure so that they can be transplanted in Muslims.
He pointed out that surgeons had removed organs donated by non–Muslims and transplanted them into Muslim recipients in accordance with an edict issued by the Board of Senior Ulemah in 1978.
The source refuted rumors about the exploitation of the foreign workers to donate their organs stressing that Saudis are given priority in transplant operations. – SG