It is permissible, because a person may live with one kidney. But this is mistaken. First, because he has removed something Allah created, and this is an alteration of Allah’s creation, even if it is not outwardly apparent but internal.

Second, if the remaining kidney were to become diseased or fail, the person would perish; whereas, had the donated kidney remained, he would have been safe.

Third, proceeding with its donation is sinful. Thus, once a person commits it, he has incurred a definite harm; while, if it is transplanted into another person, it may succeed or it may not. We would therefore have committed a definite harm for the sake of an uncertain benefit. Hence, we hold that it is not permissible for a person to donate any of his organs at all, even after death. Our jurists have explicitly stated this. It is mentioned in al-Iqnaʿ, in the chapter on washing the deceased, that it is not permissible to cut off anything from the deceased’s limbs, even if he had bequeathed it.

The phrase, “and other than that,” includes nails. Thus, he may compel her to trim or clip her nails. If she were to say, “I want to grow the nail of my little finger, because it is a mark of advancement,” he may compel her to remove it, because growing one’s nails long is among the practices of the Abyssinians, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “As for the nail, it is the knife of the Abyssinians.” (1)

It is astonishing that Satan has toyed with some women until they began growing the nail of the little finger long. This is forbidden, because it is imitation of the disbelievers, and because the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, set a time limit regarding the nails, the moustache, the underarm hair, and the pubic hair: that