THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) BIOPRINTING OF HUMAN ORGANS IN REALISING MAQĀSID AL-SHARI’AH
Keywords:
3D-bioprinting, maqāsid al-Shari’ah, Hifz al-Nafs, 3D-organ printing, Islamic law, al- Qarinah, al-BayyinahAbstract
As three-dimensional (3D) printing evolved significantly over the past 20 years, the latest innovation
of 3D human organ printing technologies gave a new dimension in modern medicine. This technology
refers to the placement of various cell types into a soft scaffold fabricated according to a computeraided
design template of material using devices. Hence, will provide an alternative to fulfill the acute
needs for human organs such as lungs, heart, kidney, liver, pancreas for transplantation. Meanwhile,
the preservation of life (Hifz al-Nafs) is one of the essential values (al-Daruriyyāt) of maqāsid al-
Shari’ah as defined by majority of Islamic scholars. For the sake of preserving this essential value,
Islam has come out with clear guidelines, ethics, maxims, and its own principles in the application of
this technology to be linear to maqāsid al-Shari’ah. This paper aims to demonstrate how this
technology could realise maqāsid al-Shari’ah through in-depth analysis within Islamic perspective
based on Quran and Sunnah, and data analysis from related sources. Literature analysis was the
primary method of data collection and deductive method was used in data analysis. This study shows
that the 3D bioprinting of human organs plays an important role in realizing maqāsid al-Shari’ah
especially in the essential value of the preservation of life.
