Question 80
Halal n Tayyib Farms: Asalam alaykum ya sheikh can a female muslim go for an I.V.F and SURROGATION with a full detaills pls

[1/26, 9:21 AM] Ustadh Abdulganiy Jumat: Wa alaykum salam wa rahmatullah.
Surrogacy is a process where a woman assists another woman because of her inability, to bear in her own womb an egg that has been fertilised by the sperm of the husband/ partner of the owner of that egg or it is a process where a woman allows her own egg to be fertilised by the sperm of another woman's husband and it is later implanted in the womb of that man's wife. This, however, is not permissible. This is because the womb and egg of a woman has a lot do with a woman being the mother of the baby. Similarly, the sperm has a lot to do in the declaring the baby an illegitimate child. The Prophet, sallaa Allahu alayhi wa sallam, says,
( لا يحل لإمرء يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر أن يسقي ماءه زرع غيره)
(It is not lawful for someone who believes in Allah and the last day to water what another man has sown with his water...)
This means the sperm of a man has a lot to do with the child, likewise the egg and womb of a woman.
As for IVF, this is permissible according to the resolution of the Fiqh Academies if handled by reliable doctors who won't tamper with and manipulate the sperm and eggs. However, some scholars such as al-Albaani go against this.