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Fatwa ID: 76384
Title: Is IVF halal or haram?
Category: Varieties
Scholar: Dr. Hatem al-Haj
Date: 09/10/2008

Question

Assalam alaikum,

 

Jazakum Allah khayran (May Allah reward you well) for all this information. I am trying to get pregnant after two miscarriages. We took all the medications and we tried insemination, but, subhana Allah, nothing worked, so the doctor recommended In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). We want to know if it is halal or haram.

 

Jazakum Allah kulla khayr.


Answer

All praise be to Allah, and may His peace and blessings be on His final and greatest messenger, Muhammad.

 
Dear Enquirer,

 
It is allowed to do IVF, as long as the sperm comes from the husband, the ovum comes from the wife and the zygote is planted in the same wife's womb. Any other combination is strictly forbidden.

 
And Allah knows best.