Is it permissible to transfer a man's semen and place it in the womb of his wife who does not bear children through a procedure performed by a trustworthy doctor, hoping for conception?
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The questioner : A woman and her husband treated themselves extensively with doctors and in hospitals and so on to achieve conception and pregnancy, but none of these methods led to this wife becoming pregnant.
The Shaykh : Meaning, the treatment was not beneficial?
The questioner : Yes, the treatment was not beneficial...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : They went to a trustworthy Muslim doctor, and he told them: It is possible to perform a pregnancy procedure, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Conception.
The questioner : Yes, conception, but this requires something. We perform a procedure on the wife and extract the place where the semen is released...
The student : The womb!
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The student : The womb in its place.
The student : The egg that is released! They perform...
The Shaykh : You haven't taken it yet; it is a recent event.
The student : Be quiet, let Abu Abdullah explain the matter to you.
The questioner : And they take the semen from the man and place it in the egg, then return it to the wife, and perform the procedure on her, then she becomes pregnant and gives birth, if Allah wills. What is the ruling on this? And the semen is placed in the woman, and the doctor is trustworthy, and people are witnessing...?
The Shaykh : Is your question about that?
The questioner : Is this permissible?
The Shaykh : Why didn't you ask about what came before this?
The questioner : The procedure?
The Shaykh : What comes after it. You didn't mention the introduction. Do they treat themselves?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Why didn't you ask about this?
The questioner : Because I have no doubt regarding the ruling on this treatment.
The Shaykh : What do you not have?
The questioner : Doubt.
The Shaykh : Do you have no doubt about its permissibility or its impermissibility?
Al-Halabi : And it appears to be permissible, and Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : Okay, be patient. Meaning, you have no doubt, so you do not doubt the answer?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The answer is what they did before?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But here, doubt has come to you.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, is what they did before known to you?
The questioner : Going to the doctor and the treatment?
The Shaykh : Going to the doctor is permissible; the doctor came to them!
The questioner : The important thing is the treatment.
The Shaykh : The treatment.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Are you aware of the nature of the treatment?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And what is it?
The questioner : That he examines her and inspects...
The Shaykh : And is this permissible?
The questioner : No, it is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Okay, how is it with you?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
Al-Halabi : He has written a research on this, on the doctor's examination and his actions, and so on.
The Shaykh : That is why I told you why you did not ask about this.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : You have no need to ask me about this second step.
Abu Layla : And Allah knows best whether it is considered a necessity for the woman to go to the doctor for the birth of children, or in the second case?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : No, their previous going has the same ruling.
Al-Halabi : Meaning, we are here now, for example: a woman fell ill and there is a doctor near us, and her condition worsened due to the illness. Do we go, for example, to a female doctor, for example to Zarqa or so, and leave the doctor who is here nearby?
The Shaykh : This is the obligatory thing, unless there is danger.
Al-Halabi : What appears is that there is danger.
The Shaykh : Everything depends on the illness.
Al-Halabi : The illness varies.
The Shaykh : If there is danger such that one fears that certainty (death) will come to her, it is permissible; otherwise, it is not.
Al-Halabi : This matter is an estimate.
The Shaykh : You have received the answer, O Abu Abdullah.
The questioner : What answer? Meaning, it is not permissible for her to go to the doctor and expose herself, but the question now is if we say a male doctor and a female doctor?
The Shaykh : The same thing. No, the disagreement is also on the exposure of the 'awrah; for a female doctor, it is also forbidden, but that is more forbidden.
The student : Our Shaykh, there is something here I want to say... that it is permissible in one case if the doctor and the female doctor are treating themselves, and they are the ones performing this work.
The student : Meaning, they are a married couple.
The Shaykh : Meaning, the treatment was not beneficial?
The questioner : Yes, the treatment was not beneficial...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : They went to a trustworthy Muslim doctor, and he told them: It is possible to perform a pregnancy procedure, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : Conception.
The questioner : Yes, conception, but this requires something. We perform a procedure on the wife and extract the place where the semen is released...
The student : The womb!
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The student : The womb in its place.
The student : The egg that is released! They perform...
The Shaykh : You haven't taken it yet; it is a recent event.
The student : Be quiet, let Abu Abdullah explain the matter to you.
The questioner : And they take the semen from the man and place it in the egg, then return it to the wife, and perform the procedure on her, then she becomes pregnant and gives birth, if Allah wills. What is the ruling on this? And the semen is placed in the woman, and the doctor is trustworthy, and people are witnessing...?
The Shaykh : Is your question about that?
The questioner : Is this permissible?
The Shaykh : Why didn't you ask about what came before this?
The questioner : The procedure?
The Shaykh : What comes after it. You didn't mention the introduction. Do they treat themselves?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Why didn't you ask about this?
The questioner : Because I have no doubt regarding the ruling on this treatment.
The Shaykh : What do you not have?
The questioner : Doubt.
The Shaykh : Do you have no doubt about its permissibility or its impermissibility?
Al-Halabi : And it appears to be permissible, and Allah knows best.
The Shaykh : Okay, be patient. Meaning, you have no doubt, so you do not doubt the answer?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : The answer is what they did before?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : But here, doubt has come to you.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Okay, is what they did before known to you?
The questioner : Going to the doctor and the treatment?
The Shaykh : Going to the doctor is permissible; the doctor came to them!
The questioner : The important thing is the treatment.
The Shaykh : The treatment.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Are you aware of the nature of the treatment?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And what is it?
The questioner : That he examines her and inspects...
The Shaykh : And is this permissible?
The questioner : No, it is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Okay, how is it with you?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
Al-Halabi : He has written a research on this, on the doctor's examination and his actions, and so on.
The Shaykh : That is why I told you why you did not ask about this.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : You have no need to ask me about this second step.
Abu Layla : And Allah knows best whether it is considered a necessity for the woman to go to the doctor for the birth of children, or in the second case?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : No, their previous going has the same ruling.
Al-Halabi : Meaning, we are here now, for example: a woman fell ill and there is a doctor near us, and her condition worsened due to the illness. Do we go, for example, to a female doctor, for example to Zarqa or so, and leave the doctor who is here nearby?
The Shaykh : This is the obligatory thing, unless there is danger.
Al-Halabi : What appears is that there is danger.
The Shaykh : Everything depends on the illness.
Al-Halabi : The illness varies.
The Shaykh : If there is danger such that one fears that certainty (death) will come to her, it is permissible; otherwise, it is not.
Al-Halabi : This matter is an estimate.
The Shaykh : You have received the answer, O Abu Abdullah.
The questioner : What answer? Meaning, it is not permissible for her to go to the doctor and expose herself, but the question now is if we say a male doctor and a female doctor?
The Shaykh : The same thing. No, the disagreement is also on the exposure of the 'awrah; for a female doctor, it is also forbidden, but that is more forbidden.
The student : Our Shaykh, there is something here I want to say... that it is permissible in one case if the doctor and the female doctor are treating themselves, and they are the ones performing this work.
The student : Meaning, they are a married couple.
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