{"id":118,"date":"2020-01-24T00:01:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T00:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.147\/shariawiz\/?p=118"},"modified":"2025-11-13T20:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:30:03","slug":"under-the-sharia-when-is-a-person-declared-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shariawiz.com\/halaqa\/2020\/01\/24\/under-the-sharia-when-is-a-person-declared-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the Shar\u012b\u2018a, when is a person declared dead? | Islamic Estate Planning Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shariawiz: In Islam, Is A Person Declared Dead When Their Heart Stops Beating Or Upon Brain Death?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yPgqNeMpHT0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA) is an organization of prominent Muslim American physicians. The IMANA outlines the conditions for which a person may be considered dead:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1. A physician has determined that after a standard examination, a person\u2019s cardiopulmonary function has come to a permanent stop, that is, the body has stopped breathing and the heart has stopped beating; or<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">2. A specialist physician has determined after standard examination that the function of the brain, including the brain stem, has come to a permanent stop, even if some other organs may continue to show spontaneous activity, that is, brain dead.<\/p>\n<p>Based on this information from the IMANA, it is permissible under the Shar\u012b\u2018a for death to be declared upon brain death. 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