The Ruling on Test-Tube Babies

Question:
He sent a message asking for the opinion of Shaykh Salih (may Allah preserve him) regarding test-tube babies, in terms of whether they are permissible or not. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
This is one of the frivolous matters that have appeared in this age, and one of the instances of excessive strictness and artificiality, taking medicine out of its proper field into areas that the intellect and natural disposition do not support. The husband and wife should change the means to obtain offspring through the lawful ways. If they do not have a child, the husband should take the other means, such as marrying another woman, a second, a third, or a fourth.
He should change his situation, perhaps Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) will grant him offspring; if he does not have a child from this one, he may have one from another. Likewise, by taking beneficial medicines in this field. As for these procedures that involve this frivolity and this interference in matters that are not within the authority of humans, this is not fitting. Also, lineages are lost with these procedures. And who can trust these doctors regarding the lineages of people, and that this is certainly the son of so-and-so? The matter is dangerous, even from the perspective of lineages. Therefore, it is obligatory for Muslims to avoid these absurdities and these nonsense. Yes.