Disabled Muslims Australia

Muslims and Blood Donation

Why should you donate?

Allah taught us that "if anyone saved a life it would be as if he saved the life of the whole humanity" (The Quran 5:32). A single blood donation can save the lives of approximately 3 people, and 1 in 3 people need blood at some point in their life whilst only 1 in 30 donates blood (Australian Red Cross Blood Service n.d.). We all have different blood types. These types determine the blood types that our body can accept. Since blood type has strong ethnic correlations it is even more important for minority groups, such as Muslims, to donate blood because there are serious shortages of blood types less common in the majority of the population. There are innocent children, women and men dying because there is not enough blood being donated. Donating blood is easy, and the mobile donation service frequently visits a site near you, making it even easier. It causes no harm to you and takes very little time. A small prick is nothing compared to the suffering of those you could save. The next one needing blood may be you or your loved one. Think of how you would feel if you had to die or suffer from lifelong serious illness, or watch a loved one do so because there was not enough blood for your type. This serious shortage is real. The image below shows how the red blood cells from donated blood are used. The platelets and plasma also have important life-saving uses.