The Application of Necessity to Xeno-Transplantation: Constitutional & Islamic Bioethical Perspective

Abstract

A number of people die every year for failure of their vital organs of the body. Though, the failed organs of the human body may be replaced with the healthy one, there is the scarcity of such parts of the body. However, the idea of xeno-transplantation is one of the most viable answers to organ scarcity. Thus, biomedical researchers are very keen to promote promising research experiments related to this field. The transplantation may be of human organ to human and animal organ to human. The later one is called of xeno-transplant which is mentioned in classical Islamic law treatises and other theologies. However, the better way of meeting the scarcity of human organs is generating human organs solely through cloning. Since, contemporary scholars of the Islamic law are also in favor of such innovation viewing its permissibility. It is suggested that initiating such procedure is only acceptable to attain the highly objectives of Shariah and ensuring the fundamental rights of the individuals as guaranteed in the constitutional system of the country.