Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – A brain-dead Saudi youth saved the lives of 6 people who were suffering from organic insufficiency, after donating his organs to them, according to a report by the official Saudi Press Agency.
The agency said in its report: “In a gesture that embodies the highest meanings of human loyalty, he saved the lives of six citizens and ended their suffering with diseases of terminal organic insufficiency, after his father donated his organs for God’s sake after diagnosing his condition according to the approved national protocol for diagnosing brain death.”
And she continued: “The father’s initiative, who donated the organs of his sixteen-year-old son, drew the features of a smile on the faces of the patients and their families, and reflected the spirit of loyalty and love for others, and saving the reward for his deceased son as mercy and forgiveness in the afterlife, God willing.”
The report stated that “the details of the operations included heart transplantation for a 7-year-old child who suffered from heart failure, one kidney was transplanted for a 12-year-old child, while the other kidney was transplanted for a 16-year-old patient, and the lungs were transplanted for a 68-year-old patient, and the pancreas was transplanted with a kidney from a living donor.” For a 31-year-old patient who suffered from hemodialysis sessions and diabetes, in addition to liver transplantation for a 29-year-old patient and ending her suffering with hepatic insufficiency.
Activists on social media circulated the opinion of Abdulaziz bin Baz, the former Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as he received a question that read: “What is the ruling on organ transplantation after the death of a brain-dead person?” To answer according to what is published on his official website: “A Muslim is respected, alive and dead, and it is obligatory not to attack him with anything that harms him or distorts his character, such as breaking his bones and cutting them. That his heart, kidney, or something else be taken, because that is more effective than breaking his bones.”
Ibn Baz continued, saying: “A dispute occurred among the scholars regarding the permissibility of organ donation, and some of them said: This is in the interest of the living due to the large number of kidney diseases. They covet money, and do not care about the sanctity of the dead, and the heirs do not inherit his body, but only his money. And God is the Grantor of success.”
