Question:An egg of a woman who cannot get pregnant from her husband is taken and fertilized with sperm of a foreign man outside the womb in the tubes. Then, the fertilized egg is transferred from the tube to the woman's womb. Is it permissible according to Sharia?

Answer:In the name of Allah, it is not permissible and considered an act of adultery because the Imams (PBUT) prohibited putting the sperm of a man into the womb of any woman other than the wife. In case it happens, the child belongs the man producer and not to the husband of the woman. Allah is the Guide and Knowing.

Question:What is the ruling regarding having children using tubes?

Answer:In the name of Allah, it is permissible, provided that no act of religious disobedience is committed and no sperm of other than the husband's enters the wife's womb. Allah knows best.

Question:There is a treatment for infertility through the tubes, which is taking the egg or the sperm from other than the spouses and fertilizing it through the tubes. Is that permissible?

Answer:In the name of Allah, if the sperm is from the husband and the egg from the wife so that it is fertilized externally and then placed in the womb of the wife or a foreign woman and both cases are permissible, then the wife (the owner of the egg) is the mother of the baby and the husband (the owner of the sperm) is the father and the inheritance takes place between them and the owner of the womb (the foreign woman) is an incubator only. She does not have the right to ask for incubation fees unless there is a prior agreement and she cannot be the mother of the baby. The condition here is that the sperm should be taken out from the husband in a permissible way and without any forbidden act like uncovering the organs (of the wife of the woman) to the doctor, provided that there is a woman doing this work. Yes it permissible if it is necessary and it is part of the treatment. It is not permissible to fertilize a woman with a sperm of other than her husband. If it happens, the baby formed in this process belongs to the owner of the egg and the sperm, but the ruling of adultery is not applicable here. Allah knows best.

Question:One of the women does not have children and wants to see a doctor. This doctor needs to examine the woman, not by touch or by looking directly at the organs of her body, but he needs to look at her womb and the movement and activity of the ovary through a television screen. Is that permissible?

Answer:In the name of Allah, it is permissible so long as it is for treatment. Allah knows best.

Question:Regarding the artificial ovary transplant: 1. A recent development of science meets the field of creating a female artificial ovary through which eggs are created. If we create eggs from an artificial ovary, for whom does the newborn belong? Is there any difference between giving birth from a normal ovary to an artificial one? Since the mother - as a group of scholars say - is the owner of the egg, not the incubator mother, the issue here is that the ovary is artificial, and the egg is made within the artificial ovary and this ovary is placed in the guts of a woman, so a question arose about who is the mother of the artificial ovary? 2. Is ovary manufacture is permissible at the first place? 3. Is it permissible for a woman who has a damaged (unproductive) ovary to deliberately replace it with an artificial one? 4. If a woman has a number of children and she wants to have children, is it permissible for her to use the artificial ovary that may require forbidden touching and sighting? 5. In relation to inheritance, does the infant of an artificial ovary inherit with the woman who became pregnant with it? 6. If a woman implanted an artificial ovary, and a person wanted to marry her, should she inform him of that? If she does not inform him, is this considered fraud and cheating? 7. If a man married a woman and it turned out that her ovary was artificial, and she had not informed him of that, does he have the right divorce her? And if he wants to divorce, is the dowry affected by that, so she takes less dowry compared to her counterparts? 8. A married woman whose ovary is not working. If she wants to implant an artificial ovary, is the husband's permission required to do so? 9. If someone (whether male or female) damages a woman's ovary and she wants to punish that someone who spoiled the ovary, then after we got the ability to make an ovary, is it permissible then to give the woman an artificial ovary in place of her damaged ovary? 10. On the same topic of replacing an ovary, should we burry the eradicated ovary or what?

Answer:1. In the name of Allah, whatever your speech is, my son, it should be known that if the artificial ovary is like a machine which creates an egg without the interference of the woman whom the artificial ovary implanted in, in this case, the child formed from this egg is not the son of a woman who has no effect according to her nature in the ovary or in the egg. If the sperm from which the egg was fertilized also was not taken from a natural man, then this baby is made up of an artificial egg and sperm that is not attributed to any father or any mother. And if the sperm is from a normal human and an artificial egg, then the owner of the sperm is the father of the child and it does not have a mother. Likewise, if egg is from a normal woman, and the sperm is purely artificial, then the baby has a mother and does not have a father. If the ovary is an artificial, but the egg was created from the effect of the force affecting the woman’s body such that the ovary is artificial and the egg is natural, then the child formed from this natural egg is considered the son of the owner of the egg. Allah knows best. 2. In the name of Allah, yes it is permissible if there is no other forbidden act. Allah knows best. 3. In the name of Allah, yes it is permissible if there is no other forbidden act. Allah knows best. 4. In the name of Allah. If her ovary is damaged and this is included in her treatment, then it is permissible. Allah knows best. 5. In the name of Allah, yes her inherits them and they inherit him. Allah knows best. 6. In the name of Allah, it is better to inform him. Yes, if the husband in influenced by the agreement, she must inform him, otherwise no. Allah knows best. 7. In the name of Allah, separation is not permissible to him. However, divorce is under his power. Allah knows best. 8. In the name of Allah, if it was for the sake of treatment, it is not a condition. Allah knows best. 9. In the name of Allah, implanting the ovary is not a substitute for a felony, but the felony has independent rulings. Allah knows best. 10. In the name of Allah, it is not permissible. Allah knows best.

Question:Is it permissible to rent a womb. If yes, we would like the ask the following: 1. Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to rent her womb for Kitabi person (adherent of a revealed religion)or an infidel? 2. Is it permissible for a Muslim woman to rent her womb to an unknown person, that is, through mediation? 3. Is it permissible to rent the womb of the grandmother, aunt, or sister for the husband or wife? 4. Is it permissible for a Muslim man to rent the womb of a woman who is Kitabi, unbelieving, insane, or overwhelmed? 5. Does blood make the incubator unmarriageable (to the son) like breastfeeding? 6. What does the woman whose womb is rented represent to the baby? 7. Is alimony obligatory for a woman whose womb is rented while she is pregnant? 8. After the woman whose womb is rented delivers the baby, does she have the same rights of the original mother (the owner of the egg) regarding benign and benevolence on the side of the child? 9. As for the lineage of the newborn, does it belong to the original mother or the incubator mother, or are they partners in that, knowing that the lineage is fixed from the father's side? 10. Does the Islamic inheritance law - inheritance - apply on the incubator mother and a newborn by rent? 11. Is it permissible to freeze fetuses? 12. In the case of permissibility, is it permissible to take advantage of it after a period of freezing it by injecting it into the original mother or the surrogate mother in case the parents are alive or after their death?

Answer:1. In the name of Allah, It is permissible for her, but it is not permissible for her to raise the child on a religion other than Islam. Allah knows best. 2. In the name of Allah, Yes, it is permissible, but with preserving the religious rulings. Allah knows best. 3. In the name of Allah, be advised, my daughter, for me the boy, in terms of lineage, is attributed to the owner of the sperm and the owner of the egg, and the incubator is nothing but like a chicken that embraces the duck's egg. Therefore, there is no objection to the rent, but with preserving the religious rulings. Allah knows best. 4. In the name of Allah, as for the sane woman, it is permissible to rent, whether she is a Muslim or an infidel. For the insane woman who lacks the sane mind is formed in terms of losing the mind in the lease unless it is imposed as an benefit to her and her legal guardian takes over the lease side in the contract. Allah knows best. 5. In the name of Allah, It does not make her unmarriageable. Allah knows best. 6. In the name of Allah, it means a nanny (like a babysitter). Allah knows best. 7. In the name of Allah, she deserves the wages only. Yes if you make the alimony part of the wages or make what the fetus lacks of food from her body part of the compensation, then it is according to the agreement. Allah knows best. 8. In the name of Allah, it has been shown from the above that she is not. However, in terms of lineage, she is only a nanny. Allah knows best. 9. In the name of Allah, you have known, my daughter, that the mother is the owner of the egg only. Allah knows best. 10. In the name of Allah, inheritance is performed in lineage between the child and the egg owner only. Allah knows best. 11. In the name of Allah, if there is a necessity to protect the fetus and the like, there is no problem with the permissibility, otherwise it is not permissible. Allah knows best. 12. In the name of Allah, it is permissible while they are alive. Allah knows best.

Question:What is your fatwa about IVF?

Answer:In the name of Allah, If the sperm is from the husband and the egg from the wife so that it is fertilized externally and then placed in the womb of the wife or a foreign woman, and both cases are permissible by law, then the wife (the owner of the egg) is the mother of the child and the husband (the owner of the sperm) is the father of the boy, and the inheritance takes place between them. The owner of the womb (the foreign woman) is only an incubator; she has no right to claim incubation fees unless there is a prior agreement, and she is not a mother of the child. There are some conditions here: the process of taking the sperm from the husband is to be done in a permissible way like via the wife, no religiously forbidden act is committed like uncovering the genitals by the woman (the wife of the incubator) to the doctor, and there must be a woman doing this work. Yes, with the necessity of the doctor, it is permissible if he is in the treatment. It is forbidden to fertilize a woman with a sperm of other than her husband, and if it does, the boy who is formed from this process is attributed to the owner of the egg and the owner of the sperm and the provisions of adultery are not carried out on the process. Allah knows best.

Question:I am a woman who is 48 years old and has been married for more than 18 months. I have not been able to become pregnant because of age conditions and I have a desire for children like any other woman. I have heard that there is a method of renting or taking an egg from a donor and it is fertilized with sperm from my husband with an external fertilization (IVF method). Then, the egg is transplanted after fertilization in my womb and I am the mother carrying the fertilized egg. I would like to take your honorable opinion on the extent to which this method is religiously accepted, and what reservations are there, may God reward you with all the best? We take into consideration that the possibility of doing the above method takes place in Islamic countries other than Iraq.

Answer:In the name of Allah, my daughter, if the egg is from you and it is fertilized by your husband externally, then it is placed in your womb, there is nothing wrong with the baby being your son, and likewise if the fertilized egg is placed in the womb of another woman, then the owner of the womb will be incubator only and not a mother, where she can demand fees for this. Both of these methods are acceptable in religion, provided that no religiously forbidden act is committed like uncovering the genitals by the woman to the doctor, and there must be a woman doing this work. Yes, with the necessity of the doctor, it is permissible if he is in the treatment. As for taking an egg from a foreign woman, impregnating it with the husband’s sperms and placing it in the wife’s womb, it is forbidden, and the mother is the owner of the egg and not the owner of the womb (incubator) - the wife. Allah knows best.