Childless IVF treatment.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
Assalam
Wo Rahamatullahe Wo Barkhathahu !
We
having been married for 18 yrs and we do not have any child as my husband
is very understanding as we have been working couple in Mideast and also
we have been going every year to mecca AL Mukarman & Medina Sheriff
for performing Umras Alhadullilah we have done haj also but we have
not visited any doctor's for having children's reason being my
husband was diagnosed for lung cancer back in 1995 after which he had to
got through chemotherapy and radiation after which he has survived until
today as doctor's predicted his deases free life after the treatment for 3 to 5
years but it is a miracle that he is alhadulliah alive until today.
My
question is that is it advisable to go to a doctor for
babies that is modern methods like test tube etc is advisable my husband
is not int rested hence would request you to reply what Quran Say's do
reply.
Jazakhallhu
Khair
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Answer:
Childless IVF
treatment
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 42 Surah Shura verses 49-50:
49 To Allah belongs the Dominion of the heavens and the earth. He creates what He Wills. He bestows (children) male or female
according to His Will.
50 Or He bestows both males and females, and He leaves barren whom He
Wills: for He is Full of Knowledge and Power.
Respected sister in Islam, know with absolute and total
conviction that your condition and your desires are not unknown to your Lord
Most Gracious, for He is well aware of the exact condition of each in His
creation. Your condition is no more a
trial and a test bestowed upon you from your Lord, thus be constant and
consistent in your supplication to the Merciful Lord, and beseech Him and Him
Alone in humility, in awe, and in hope for all that your heart desires; for
there is none in the universe other than the One and Only Merciful Lord Who has
the Power to hear and respond to the supplications of His believing
slaves.
One of
the best supplications to make to the Merciful Lord when one wishes for an
offspring is the humble and wholesome supplication of the Prophet Zachariah
(a.s.) when he was childless until an abject old age.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 21 Surah
Anbiya verses 89-90:
89 And (remember) Zakariya when he cried to
his Lord: "O my Lord! Leave me not without offspring, though Thou
art the Best of Inheritors.”
90 So We listened to him: and We granted him
Yahya: We cured his wife's (barrenness) for him. These three were ever quick in emulation in
good works: they used to call on Us with love and reverence, and humble themselves
before Us.
Respected
sister in Islam, keep your faith constant in Allah Subhanah, the One and Only
Creator and Bestower of the Worlds. May
Allah Subhanah make your trial easy for you, and may The Lord Most Merciful
bestow patience and steadfastness on you to accept whatever He has Planned and
Willed for you. May Allah Subhanah
fulfill your heart’s desire and bestow upon you righteous offspring, who become
the contentment of your eyes in the life of this world, and a source of
attaining
Your Question: ….My
question is that is it advisable to go to a doctor for
babies that is modern methods like test tube etc is advisable
Respected sister, 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 condition,
and one 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 such 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 used is from any one other than their very own
(donor or surrogate father or mother, etc.)….such an act would be an absolute
abomination in the Sight of the Lord.
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
