Fargin, Mariam (2022) Permissibility of organ donation in Islam - The opinion of lay Muslims in Britain. MSc by research thesis, University of Leeds.
Abstract
This Masters thesis follows on from the 2019/20 undergraduate research dissertation by the same author which documented the interview responses of non-scholarly (lay) Muslims in relation to their opinions about the permissibility of organ donation in Islam. The undergraduate primary research study findings broadly concluded that Muslims in Britain are grappling with their positionality regarding the permissibility of posthumous organ donation because there is an absence of absolute divine decree from the Qur’an and Sunnah. There is however a spectrum of permissibility in Islam derived from the Qur’an and Sunnah based on methodological reasoning within the scholarly Sharia framework as expressed by numerous scholars. Thus, theological, social, and ethical debates amongst Muslims were commonplace with the advent of the Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019, which came into effect in England in May 2020. The study found that at individual level, Muslims face multifaceted forums of theological discourse ranging from the opinions of known scholars, respected elders, their own interpretation of ancient scholarly text and a booming global online community of scholars and commentators, which is why lay Muslims were inclined to opt out of deemed consent. The discussion is pertinent because British Muslims are disproportionately represented through Black, Asian, and other Minority Ethnic (BME) people, who are under-represented organ donors. According to 2019 NHS statistics; 408 patients needing an organ transplant died while awaiting a suitable donor. In this ethnographical research, volunteer participants from multi-generational households are interviewed about their views on posthumous organ donation in Islam. The study highlights intergenerational trends between three generations of mainly labour migrants owing to the demography of those participants who volunteered to take park in this study. This primary research demonstrates a paradigm of moral dilemmas; adherence to customary practice vis-à-vis making informed choices while achieving sharia (doctrinal legal) compliance. This deeply contextual analysis considers the esoteric through societal discourse to develop an understanding of the ethical deliberations for Muslims in Britain who are straddling between cultures and interpretations of religious text.
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Supervisors: | Shaikh, A.B. |
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Keywords: | Lay Muslims in Britain, organ donation in Islam |
Awarding institution: | University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures and Societies (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures and Societies (Leeds) > Arabic & Middle Eastern Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Mrs Mariam Fargin |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2022 15:37 |
Last Modified: | 14 Jun 2022 15:37 |
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