Artificial Insemination from an Islamic Perspective
As-Salamu `Alaykum Warahmatullahi Barakatuh. Thanks a lot for you informative and interesting Web Site. I have a very important question related to artificial insemination. What is the Islam’s stance on the issue in general? Also, it will be very much appreciated if you deal with the following main points separately: 1- It is Islamically lawful for the wife to carry out the operation using the dead husband’s frozen sperm that is separately kept in semen banks? 2-It is lawful for the wife to use the semen of the jailed husband in the process if it is really difficult for both to have direct sexual intercourse? 3-What is your comment on the case where the husband’s semen got mixed with that of another person during the process of insemination, but both the husband and wife discovered the bare reality later after delivering the baby? It will be very much appreciated if a group of Muftis answer my question. Jazakum Allah Kulla Khayr!
