title: Islamic sunni mainstream opinions on compensation to unrelated live organ donors.
abstract: This article focuses on contemporary Islamic attitudes towards the question of compensation to a non-relative live organ donor. This article presents the history of the debate on organ transplantation in Islam since the 1950s and the key ethical questions. It continues by presenting the opinions of the mainstream ulema such as Tantawi and Qaradawi. The article ends with a conclusion that there must be no compensation made to a non-related live organ donor, not even a symbolic gift of honor (ikramiyya).
authors.affiliation: President, High Muslim Court of Appeal, Jerusalem, Israel, and.
authors.forename: Ahmad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Natour
authors.forename: Shammai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fishman
keywords: Islam; fatwa; organ donation; transplantation
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