What is the ruling on a specialist gynecologist fertilizing my wife's egg with sperm, as she has a problem with natural conception?
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The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : I would like to speak to Shaykh Al-Albani, please.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : I am a doctor in Morocco.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I would like to ask you a question.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : My wife has a problem with giving birth, and the specialist gynecologist offered to fertilize her egg with sperm... Is this lawful or forbidden?
The Shaykh : Why don't you fertilize your wife directly?
The questioner : Because I am not a specialist, and she must have her egg taken out and fertilized outside the womb...
The Shaykh : You say you are a doctor.
The questioner : Yes, a doctor, but not a gynecologist.
The Shaykh : I understand, I understand, and the woman is your wife.
The questioner : It requires a specialist and significant technology.
The Shaykh : My brother, I understand, but please be patient with me, and the woman is your wife.
The questioner : My wife, yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, okay. Why do I ask you why you don't fertilize her through the method of intercourse?
The questioner : Because it is not possible, because she has a problem with the egg moving so that fertilization by sperm can occur. She has a problem; it cannot happen except by this method.
The Shaykh : What is the problem, Doctor?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What is the problem?
The questioner : The problem.
The Shaykh : Did you marry her recently?
The questioner : The question.
The Shaykh : Did you marry her recently?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you marry her recently?
The questioner : Five years.
The Shaykh : Five years. Have you been blessed with children?
The questioner : And she has a problem; she has an illness that prevents her from becoming pregnant except by this method.
The Shaykh : Okay, how will the fertilization be? How will the fertilization be done by that specialist doctor?
The questioner : The specialist doctor gave me... he will give her medication. This medication will increase her eggs, and he will take the eggs out of the womb, then mix them with sperm, sperm from me, then take the egg, fertilize it, and place it in the womb.
The Shaykh : And the doctor, the doctor, how will he take the eggs from the woman's womb? How?
The questioner : He will insert it into the woman's vagina, then he will take this from the... I do not know what to call it in Arabic.
The Shaykh : From the womb.
The questioner : Yes, not from the womb, but from the place where the eggs are placed in the woman.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. The point is that you have finally clarified to me that that specialist doctor must expose your wife's awrah (part of the body that must be covered).
The questioner : Yes, it is necessary.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible. Is the answer clear?
The questioner : And if the procedure is lawful in itself, if done by a woman?
The Shaykh : How would it be a woman? Is it permissible for her to look at a woman's awrah? May Allah reward you.
The questioner : Yes, no. Yes, the problem is not looking at the woman's awrah. The problem is the fertilization. It is possible for the sperm and the woman's eggs to meet outside the womb, then be placed in the womb so that pregnancy occurs. Is this forbidden or lawful?
The Shaykh : Doctor...
The questioner : Knowing that some sperm may connect with some eggs, resulting in three or four embryos, and then it does not...
The Shaykh : You, may Allah reward you, are repeating the speech and forcing me to repeat it. Looking at the awrah is forbidden and not permissible. Looking at it is not allowed, whether by a man or a woman, except for the necessity of treatment. Here, there is no necessity except for childbirth, and childbirth is not a necessity. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) makes some people barren and others fertile. So it is not befitting for us to mix necessity with non-necessity. If it is in your mind that exposing a woman's awrah, even by a woman, is religiously forbidden, then it is not permissible to make this forbidden thing lawful by a permissible matter, which is childbirth.
The questioner : ... Is it lawful for me to divorce this woman so I can marry [another] and have children, as she cannot have children except by this method...
The Shaykh : No, you can keep her as a wife, rely on her, feel secure with her, and she feels secure with you, and you marry another. The Shari'ah does not forbid you from marrying two, three, or four. As for her, if she does not bear your second marriage, then you have the option to divorce her. But to divorce her in advance, this is not befitting.
The questioner : She is now saying that she does not accept another wife.
The Shaykh : Then you have the choice. Marry and divorce.
The questioner : Then it is lawful for me... to divorce her...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... to have another wife.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is it. That is it.
The questioner : Can I... your address... I love you for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : May Allah love you. I will give you the address, but I offer my excuse in advance that I am one hundred percent unable to answer in writing.
The questioner : No problem, in any case... and I love you for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : He is telling me, meaning, frankly, I am not convinced by your words. I see that there is no acceptance. I said in any case that he is a noble man, Shaykh Ahmad, and so on. Yes, he said, even if... but I, as one convinced by evidence, that this acceptance will not happen. I liked that from him, meaning.
The Shaykh : Did you hear this opinion from Shaykh Ahmad?
The questioner : No, by Allah, and for this reason I did not rely on it, meaning, until I hear [it].
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : I would like to speak to Shaykh Al-Albani, please.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : Peace be upon you, my Shaykh.
The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : I am a doctor in Morocco.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I would like to ask you a question.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : My wife has a problem with giving birth, and the specialist gynecologist offered to fertilize her egg with sperm... Is this lawful or forbidden?
The Shaykh : Why don't you fertilize your wife directly?
The questioner : Because I am not a specialist, and she must have her egg taken out and fertilized outside the womb...
The Shaykh : You say you are a doctor.
The questioner : Yes, a doctor, but not a gynecologist.
The Shaykh : I understand, I understand, and the woman is your wife.
The questioner : It requires a specialist and significant technology.
The Shaykh : My brother, I understand, but please be patient with me, and the woman is your wife.
The questioner : My wife, yes.
The Shaykh : Ah, okay. Why do I ask you why you don't fertilize her through the method of intercourse?
The questioner : Because it is not possible, because she has a problem with the egg moving so that fertilization by sperm can occur. She has a problem; it cannot happen except by this method.
The Shaykh : What is the problem, Doctor?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : What is the problem?
The questioner : The problem.
The Shaykh : Did you marry her recently?
The questioner : The question.
The Shaykh : Did you marry her recently?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : Did you marry her recently?
The questioner : Five years.
The Shaykh : Five years. Have you been blessed with children?
The questioner : And she has a problem; she has an illness that prevents her from becoming pregnant except by this method.
The Shaykh : Okay, how will the fertilization be? How will the fertilization be done by that specialist doctor?
The questioner : The specialist doctor gave me... he will give her medication. This medication will increase her eggs, and he will take the eggs out of the womb, then mix them with sperm, sperm from me, then take the egg, fertilize it, and place it in the womb.
The Shaykh : And the doctor, the doctor, how will he take the eggs from the woman's womb? How?
The questioner : He will insert it into the woman's vagina, then he will take this from the... I do not know what to call it in Arabic.
The Shaykh : From the womb.
The questioner : Yes, not from the womb, but from the place where the eggs are placed in the woman.
The Shaykh : Yes, yes. The point is that you have finally clarified to me that that specialist doctor must expose your wife's awrah (part of the body that must be covered).
The questioner : Yes, it is necessary.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is not permissible.
The questioner : It is not permissible.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible. Is the answer clear?
The questioner : And if the procedure is lawful in itself, if done by a woman?
The Shaykh : How would it be a woman? Is it permissible for her to look at a woman's awrah? May Allah reward you.
The questioner : Yes, no. Yes, the problem is not looking at the woman's awrah. The problem is the fertilization. It is possible for the sperm and the woman's eggs to meet outside the womb, then be placed in the womb so that pregnancy occurs. Is this forbidden or lawful?
The Shaykh : Doctor...
The questioner : Knowing that some sperm may connect with some eggs, resulting in three or four embryos, and then it does not...
The Shaykh : You, may Allah reward you, are repeating the speech and forcing me to repeat it. Looking at the awrah is forbidden and not permissible. Looking at it is not allowed, whether by a man or a woman, except for the necessity of treatment. Here, there is no necessity except for childbirth, and childbirth is not a necessity. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) makes some people barren and others fertile. So it is not befitting for us to mix necessity with non-necessity. If it is in your mind that exposing a woman's awrah, even by a woman, is religiously forbidden, then it is not permissible to make this forbidden thing lawful by a permissible matter, which is childbirth.
The questioner : ... Is it lawful for me to divorce this woman so I can marry [another] and have children, as she cannot have children except by this method...
The Shaykh : No, you can keep her as a wife, rely on her, feel secure with her, and she feels secure with you, and you marry another. The Shari'ah does not forbid you from marrying two, three, or four. As for her, if she does not bear your second marriage, then you have the option to divorce her. But to divorce her in advance, this is not befitting.
The questioner : She is now saying that she does not accept another wife.
The Shaykh : Then you have the choice. Marry and divorce.
The questioner : Then it is lawful for me... to divorce her...
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... to have another wife.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is it. That is it.
The questioner : Can I... your address... I love you for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : May Allah love you. I will give you the address, but I offer my excuse in advance that I am one hundred percent unable to answer in writing.
The questioner : No problem, in any case... and I love you for the sake of Allah.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : He is telling me, meaning, frankly, I am not convinced by your words. I see that there is no acceptance. I said in any case that he is a noble man, Shaykh Ahmad, and so on. Yes, he said, even if... but I, as one convinced by evidence, that this acceptance will not happen. I liked that from him, meaning.
The Shaykh : Did you hear this opinion from Shaykh Ahmad?
The questioner : No, by Allah, and for this reason I did not rely on it, meaning, until I hear [it].
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