Is it permissible to donate a gallbladder that has been removed due to gallstones to the pathology labs at the faculty of medicine for teaching purposes?
There is no harm in donating the gallbladder after its removal to pathology laboratories at the Faculty of Medicine, as it serves a purpose and provides benefit. The general rule is that the gallbladder and anything removed from a human body should be buried in a clean place. As for organs with which a person died, or which separated from him at or after his death, they must be washed and prayed over, according to the preponderant opinion. A condition for donating them is that they be transferred to a person who will benefit from them. It is not permissible to donate them for dissection or scientific research. If some part of a deceased person is found, it should be washed and prayed over. There is no difference between a small or large amount if we are certain of their death. However, if an organ is amputated from a living person, it is not prayed over.
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