Women in Malaysia are cheering the recent statements of Perak Mufti Harussani Zakaria for his support for uterine transplant being permissible in Islam.
His comments come as the country’s health authorities had been debating the procedure in recent months as to whether the transplant was allowed under Islam.
“I am very pleased with his statement because it allows women to have their future assisted and without worrying about their faith being impacted,” said Najda Mohammad, a nurse at a local hospital in Kuala Lumpur. “Many women had asked about the procedure and its role in Islam,” she told Bikyamasr.com.
“However, the uterus must come from a woman who had died and the recipient must be a woman who has a uterus problem.
“The purpose of the uterine transplant must be to get offspring to abide by God’s command in the Quran,” he said at a forum on organ donation at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital on Wednesday.
He was commenting on the first successful uterine transplant carried out by surgeons headed by Omer Ozkan at Akdeniz University Hospital, Antalya, Turkey in August on Derya Sert, 22, who was born without a uterus.
Harussani said permission should also be sought from the family of the donor and must not involve a business transaction.
He also argued that organ donation either between Muslims or between Muslims and non-Muslims was also allowed in Islam and made clear there should be “no misunderstanding” on the matter.