What is the ruling on artificial insemination?

The questioner : There is a brother whose brother is married. He has been married for eleven years, and Allah has not blessed him with children. So, naturally, over this long period, he presented himself to doctors and specialists.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : So the doctors gave him the results of the tests, stating that there is no impediment in him or in his wife. His wife is a close relative, the daughter of his paternal uncle. He wants to seek advice; he needs to know if the Shari'ah permits him to...

The Shaykh : ...perform artificial insemination.

The questioner : It is via the tubes, through the tubes.

The Shaykh : This is what artificial insemination is.

The questioner : He needs to know if the Shari'ah permits this for him with his wife?

The Shaykh : You, or he, at least you, if you didn't understand, no problem. Does he know what happens in artificial insemination?

The questioner: Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh: And upon you peace.

The questioner : How are you, our Shaykh?

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.

The questioner : I am well.

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.

The questioner : You mentioned, our Shaykh, that you have observations on the book *Munkarat al-Asma'* (The Innovations in Names), and you told me that I am speaking with you on the phone so that you can convey these observations to me.

The Shaykh : Yes, by Allah, but you need to call me during the day so that I can look at the book, because I do not know where I put it right now.

The questioner : Yes, okay. What time suits you, our Shaykh?

The Shaykh : For example, tomorrow between the midday prayer and the afternoon prayer.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : And may Allah protect you, if Allah wills.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : You are welcome.

The questioner: Peace be upon you.

The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Artificial insemination requires exposing the woman's 'awrah (nakedness), and this is forbidden. So from this, it is not permissible. It requires something else...The student : ...

The Shaykh : Be patient, may Allah guide you. What do I want regarding the substance? The substance requires something else, which is that the man... I want to say to you a phrase that you may understand: that he plays with himself. Yes, and this is also not permissible. Then, the only permissible image is that one of the spouses is a doctor, and this is rare.