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Is it permissible for a Muslim with a knee injury to accept a ligament transplant from a "tissue bank" belonging to non-Muslims, given the existence of other alternatives that the doctor refuses to use?

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If no other treatment is available for your knee, then there is no harm in replacing the ligament with one from a non-Muslim. It does not matter that his body may have grown from unlawful sources, because your body will not be nourished by it, nor will it remain in you forever.

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