Brain Death and Autopsy: A Jurisprudential Study 10.35781/1637-000-104-001

Abstract

The research aims to: -Define resuscitation and its ruling. -Clarify the components of the brain. -Define death and its signs, according to doctors and jurists. -Determine whether the brain or heart is responsible for death. -Examine the condition of patients under resuscitation devices and their jurisprudential classification. -Explain the meaning of autopsy and corpse, the types of autopsy, the ruling of Sharia on it, and the jurisprudential conditions that must be met during an autopsy. Research Method: Inductive method. No new issue arises in this nation without having a ruling in the Book of Allah Almighty. One of the issues faced by this nation is (brain death and autopsy). The scholars of this nation have exerted efforts to extract rulings regarding this issue, and this research discusses this issue and presents the scholars' rulings on it. Some of the key findings of the researcher: The death of a patient must be confirmed if they experience what is known as (brain death). -The decision to remove or maintain resuscitation devices on the patient should be left to the experts among doctors. -Scholars agree on the sanctity of the Muslim body, both alive and dead, and that autopsy is permissible when there is a pressing need for it.