Are muslims allowed to go into autopsies as a career? could i please have some evidence of where it says this.
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are muslims allowed to go into autopsies as a
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Answer:
Autopsy career permissible
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is no one (no idol, no person, no
grave, no prophet, no imam, no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
The performance of autopsies, whereby one trained in the
sciences of medical knowledge performs a post-mortem on a dead body to
determine ones cause of death, is obviously a new development which was
initiated long after the Quran was revealed and the Sunnah of the Messenger of
Allah (saws) established; thus it is not possible for one to present evidence
for this particular art or science from the Quran or the Sunnah.
In such cases of new development from the knowledge
acquired by the experiences or technological advances of man, it becomes the
responsibility of the jurists and scholars in Islam to derive and come to a
ruling regarding its permissibility/ impermissiblity in light of the guidance
of the Quran and the Sunnah.
The majority of the scholars in Islam are almost unanimous
in their opinion that to perform an autopsy or post-mortem on someone for a
genuine cause, so that it would help mankind determine accurately what exactly
instigated the persons death like whether one died of natural causes, or one
committed suicide, or one was murdered, etc. so that further studies may be
done to improve the life of man or justice may be served, are all good causes
which help humanity; and anything that helps life and humanity cannot be
impermissible in the deen of Truth called Islam.
In light of the view of the jurists and scholars of Islam,
there is absolutely no harm if a believer wishes to follow a career which would
enable him to gain the required knowledge to perform autopsies for the
betterment and service of humanity.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allahs Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan
Wister