A questioner says: My sister has not given birth for eight years, and we took her to gynecologists and obstetricians, who advised us on in-vitro fertilization (test-tube babies). What is your opinion?

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The questioner : A questioner says: My sister has not given birth for eight years, and we took her to gynecologists and obstetricians, who advised us on in-vitro fertilization (test-tube babies). What is your opinion on this, knowing that we hear some doubts regarding this fertilization?

The Shaykh : We do not issue a ruling on test-tube babies because it entails great dangers. Even if it were assumed that the doctor is trustworthy and that the fluid is certainly transferred from the woman's husband, we do not issue a ruling on it because we know that the matter is serious and that perhaps a person who does not fear Allah will transfer a man's fluid to the womb of a woman who is not his wife, resulting in the mixing of lineages and their confusion. This causes disorder in the entire community, because the child will not know who his father is, and the heir will not know who he is inheriting from. This also entails issues of prohibition, lineage, and in-laws. Therefore, we do not issue a ruling on test-tube babies under any circumstances. If Allah wills that a woman does not give birth, she should seek a second woman who will give birth, because Allah has permitted a man to marry how many?

Two, three, and four

مثنى وثلاث ورباع

meaning up to four, and praise be to Allah. And Allah the Exalted says in His noble Book:

⁽⁴⁹⁾ To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He creates what he wills. He gives to whom He wills female [children], and He gives to whom He wills males. ⁽⁵⁰⁾ Or He makes them [both] males and females, and He renders whom He wills barren.

لله ملك السماوات والأرض يخلق ما يشاء يهب لمن يشاء إناثا ويهب لمن يشاء الذكور أو يزوجهم ذكرانا وإناثا ويجعل من يشاء عقيما

[Ash-Shuraa 42:49-50]

So Allah divided creation into these? Into four categories:

He gives to whom He wills female [children]

يهب لمن يشاء إناثا

[Ash-Shuraa 42:49]

This is one, meaning that a man is given only females,

and He gives to whom He wills males.

ويهب لمن يشاء الذكور

[Ash-Shuraa 42:49]

meaning he is given only males,

Or He makes them [both] males and females

أو يزوجهم ذكرانا وإناثا

[Ash-Shuraa 42:50]

meaning He makes them two categories, males and females. The fourth category?

and He renders whom He wills barren. Indeed, He is Knowing and Competent.

ويجعل من يشاء عقيما إنه عليم قدير

[Ash-Shuraa 42:50]

Yes.

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