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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Logic For Islamic Rules Islamic View On Artificial Insemination Question: What is the Islamic view on Artificial Insemination? (Artificial Insemination means the insertion of sperm into the womans uterus through special means). Answer: Many ancient examples of artificial insemination/pollination are available with regard to animals and plants. And many plants and animals are grafted to give fruits.

But artificial insemination to human beings is absolutely new. And the encouragement for this is some men who are not able to produce children due to some causes but the wives are fertile they opt for artificial insemination to make their wives pregnant. The sperm of the husband or of another man is inserted into the womans womb. In this way she becomes pregnant.

This matter has been debated by the lawmakers of the western world (England, France, Egypt and other countries.) The House of Commons (England) has decided that a committee of legal experts should be formed so that they may study this subject. The medics of France have made this matter dependant on the agreement of the spouses and permitted this if both of them agree. In Italy the Pope has made it prohibited through a religious decree.

And the Grand Mufti of Egypt has stated it to be worse than adoption which is prohibited in Islam. **Two kinds of Artificial Insemination ** In the first kind the sperm of a man is inserted into his own wife. From the viewpoint of proofs of jurisprudence there is no problem in this artificial insemination because on both sides the two people are legal and religious spouses. The husband and wife have the right to become parents.

It does not make any difference that this procedure is through sexual intercourse or medical means. Although at the time of artificial insemination it must be ensured that during this some illegal action is not committed. For example, another man must not perform this, rather the husband must do it. The next type of artificial insemination is that a strangers sperm is inserted into the womb of someone elses wife.

This kind of artificial insemination in the view of Islam (which has based marriage on precaution, carefulness, accuracy and piety) is absolutely illegal and the same is view of the great jurists of Islam and from some traditions regarding marriage we can know that it is prohibited.