The Ruling on the Procedure of the Test-Tube Baby or Artificial Insemination
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What is the ruling on artificial insemination—the test-tube baby—where the man's fluid is taken and placed in the woman's womb through tubes by a male or female doctor?
Regarding artificial insemination, it is said: The man's fluid is taken and placed in the woman's womb through tubes (a needle). This issue is very serious. Who can trust a doctor to deposit a sperm in the womb of another man's wife? Therefore, we see the need to close the door, and we do not issue a ruling on it except in a specific case where we know the man, the woman, and the doctor. As for opening the door, harm is feared from it.
The issue is not trivial; because if there were deception in it, it would lead to mixing lineages, and chaos would ensue in lineages, and this is what the Shari'ah forbids.For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (Do not have intercourse with a pregnant woman until she gives birth). So I do not issue a ruling on that, except if a specific case is brought to me in which I know the husband, the wife, and the doctor.
Regarding artificial insemination, it is said: The man's fluid is taken and placed in the woman's womb through tubes (a needle). This issue is very serious. Who can trust a doctor to deposit a sperm in the womb of another man's wife? Therefore, we see the need to close the door, and we do not issue a ruling on it except in a specific case where we know the man, the woman, and the doctor. As for opening the door, harm is feared from it.
The issue is not trivial; because if there were deception in it, it would lead to mixing lineages, and chaos would ensue in lineages, and this is what the Shari'ah forbids.For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (Do not have intercourse with a pregnant woman until she gives birth). So I do not issue a ruling on that, except if a specific case is brought to me in which I know the husband, the wife, and the doctor.