Is it permissible to donate the placenta after childbirth to research institutions concerned with children's diseases, knowing that placental cells are used to save children's lives?
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There is no objection to donating the placenta if it can be utilized, because that is better than discarding it in the trash. Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen issued a fatwa permitting its preservation for cancer treatment and the removal of facial wrinkles if that is proven effective.
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