The Ruling on Hiring a Womb and the Lineage of the Child

The questioner:
There is a matter regarding wadi (a thick fluid passed after urination) that I am asking you about. What is the ruling on what some people do, O Shaykh? A husband and wife who do not have children, a husband and wife who do not have children, they hire a womb, they hire a woman, and the doctors take the semen of the man and the woman and place it in the womb of that third woman, is that so, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh:
This is not permissible.

The questioner:
It is not permissible, O Shaykh. Well, if it has already happened, O Shaykh, and a man has a child born to him, to whom is the child attributed?

The Shaykh:
That is a mistake. The child belongs to the woman only.

The questioner:
To whom does the child belong, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh:
To the one who gave birth to him.

The questioner:
The one who gave birth to him.

The Shaykh:
And to her husband.

The questioner:
Well, what if it is not mine, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh:
A child of Allah without a father.

The questioner:
Without a father, O Shaykh.