We are living in Montreal, Canada. Doctor suggested my wife to go for IVF (test tube baby procedure)
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Assalamualikum.
We are living in
If 1st time is failure and if there is extra embryo (embryo is wife`s egg fertilized
by husband`s sperm), can it be preseved by freezing and be used later for test
tube babay procedure? Because there is a system to preserve embryo and use 2nd
time in case of failure. Please explain this in the light of Islam.
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Answer:
Ivf treatment
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Your
Question: Is test tube baby legal in Islam or not?
It is obvious that such modern medical technology like
artificial insemination, test-tube procedure, or IVF treatments, etc. were not available at
the time when the Quran was being revealed, thus the Quran and the Sunnah are
obviously silent on the issue. With the
advancement of modern technology the scholars and jurists in Islam have strived
to derive an opinion regarding its permissibility in light of the guidance of
the Quran and the Sunnah.
In the opinion of the majority of the scholars in Islam,
there is no harm if when one has a low sperm or egg count or any other medical
problem, and wishes to use modern medicine and technology and means of
artificial insemination to try to conceive a child, provided the sperm and the egg used to
fertilize the ovum are from the same married couple. The child derived from artificial
insemination will be recognized as the legal and lawful off-spring of the
couple in the Sight of Shariah Law.
But the scholars in Islam have voiced their opinion and
declared it absolutely impermissible for the couple to try to conceive a child,
where the sperm or the egg is from any one other than their very own (donor or surrogate
father or mother, etc.).
And Allah Alone Knows Best.
Your
Question: If 1st time is failure and if there is extra embryo (embryo is wife`s
egg fertilized by husband`s sperm), can it be preseved by freezing and be used
later for test tube babay procedure? Because there is a system to preserve
embryo and use 2nd time in case of failure. Please explain this in the light of
Islam.
Provided the sperm and the eggs or ovum used are from the
married couples themselves and not of a donor or surrogate, the majority of the
scholars in Islam are of the opinion that there is absolutely no harm if one
freezes the embryo to be used in case of a failure at the first attempt by the
medical experts.
The scholars have opined and warned that under absolutely
no circumstances should the sperm be used to fertilize a donor or surrogate
embryo of anyone other than the eggs of one’s lawfully wedded wife; and under
absolutely no circumstances should the embryo of the wife be fertilized by the
sperm of any other than one’s lawfully wedded husband.
And Allah Alone Knows Best.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister