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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Islamic Rulings: Medical Issues Rules Regarding Barrenness and Impregnation Question 75: What ruling does putting sperm from an unknown man into a woman by an operation, with the condition that her husband is unable to have children have? Answer: This operation, in itself, does not have any problem but one must stay away from forbidden looks and touches. Question 76: Suppose artificial sperm is invented and a woman has artificial sperm placed in her womb.

From this artificial sperm she has twins, a girl and a boy. Can these twins marry each other? What are the rulings concerning family relations on their mother’s side? Answer: They are brother and sister and are mahram to the mahrams of their mother. Question 77: Suppose artificial sperm and an artificial womb is created in the future. If artificial sperm is placed in the artificial womb and a boy and girl are produced, are they brother and sister? Can they get married to each other?

Answer: They would not be brother and sister and there would be no problem with them getting married. Question 78: If a fetus before the spirit is blown into it is transferred from one woman to another woman, which woman would be the mother? If the first woman is the mother is the second woman mahram? Answer: If it was transferred from the womb of one woman to another then the first woman would be the mother, if this is not the case the second woman would be the mother.

Question 79: A child is born and a couple adopts it. According to the Islamic code the age of the child is not important, the child can be one day or a few years old. The baby could have been born on time or premature. The question is can one adopt a child when it is still a fetus? Can a couple give the fetus in the mother’s stomach to another couple? If this is permissible can the fetus be transferred to the second mother and grow up in her stomach?

Answer: A foster child does not have the rulings of one’s own child. There is no problem, in itself, of transferring the fetus if there are no forbidden looks or touches. Question 80: Some women, due to an abnormality in their womb are not able to keep a fetus inside them. Is it possible for them to transfer the fetus to another woman until after childbirth and then the child be returned to the first mother and father? Apparently Imam Khomeini accepted this.