Is it permissible for students of medical colleges or forensic institutes—such as those who diagnose…
Is it permissible for students of medical colleges or forensic institutes—such as those who diagnose crimes—to practice training by dissecting the bodies brought to university teaching halls, in addition to looking at or touching them? It is worth noting that without such practice, students often cannot pass their academic stage, causing Muslims to lose their positions and presence in medical and similar fields.
Answer
In the name of Allah, if education, learning, and instruction depend on such procedures, then it is permissible after paying the blood money (diya) to the legitimate religious authority, because the diya for injuring a deceased Muslim belongs to the Imam (may Allah hasten his reappearance) and not to the heirs, if the deceased was Muslim. As for the non-Muslim deceased, it is permissible without restriction. It is obligatory to perform the ritual washing for touching a corpse (ghusl mass al-mayyit) if the touch occurs without a barrier such as gloves and the deceased had not yet been washed. Allah knows best.
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