Egg Donation is it allowed in Islam?

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**Any scholar’s ruling would be appreciated…

if a Married couple cannot have children because the wife for some medical reason is not able to produce eggs…

then is it better for husband to find a second wife…or is it better to have a donor donate an egg so the Marraige can be kept in tact?

That to me is the choice…as it boils down to which is the better choice or are they both bad?

Wallah Alam?
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Sagar Bhai, you answered your own question .. one reason of the allowance of second wife is exactly this reason ..

Donation of organs and such in islam is allowed, only in life threatning situations .. and this is not one of those situations anyway ..

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Here is one article
http://iussp2005.princeton.edu/download.aspx?submissionId=50567

Here is the other from Islam online:
**In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. **

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.

Dear questioner, thank you very much for having confidence in us, and we hope our efforts, which are purely for Allah’s Sake, meet your expectations.

In the first place, we would like to stress that in vitro fertilization is permissible as long as the semen and ovum are from a husband and wife who are legally married and the fertilization takes place during their marriage, not after divorce or the death of the husband.

Responding to the question, Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi, former President of the Islamic Society of North America, states the following:

"In vitro fertilization is a new biomedical method to help couples who are otherwise not able to have a child through normal husband/wife relationship.

Modern Muslim jurists did research on this method and in the light of the Shari`ah principles have given their opinions. In the following, I am going to give a summary of their modern ijtihad on this subject.

First of all let me explain briefly what is in vitro fertilization. It is a biomedical method that is generally used when, due to some obstruction, the sperm of the husband cannot reach the ovum. In this case the ovum is removed from her ovary at the time of ovulation.

This ovum is then exposed to the husband’s sperm in vitro in the hope that it will be fertilized. The fertilized ovum is then maintained in a test tube and at a later stage when it becomes an embryo it is deposited in the woman’s uterus. Thus, a woman who would otherwise not be able to conceive a baby is able to have a normal pregnancy and the couple enjoys the child.

Based on the principle that the Shariah came to protect and preserve the lineage or *nasab* of the people and thus it is *haram* to marry a woman during her *iddah* or to have an intercourse with a woman who is carrying another person’s pregnancy, the Muslim jurists have allowed the use of in vitro fertilization only between legally married couples during their marriage.

Thus in vitro fertilization is permissible as long as the semen and ovum are from the couple who are legally married and the fertilization takes place during their marriage, not after divorce or the death of the husband.

A divorced woman is not allowed to receive the fertilized ovum (embryo) from her ex-husband. Similarly, a widow is not allowed to take it after the death of her husband. **Surrogacy, i.e., giving the embryo to another woman to carry on the pregnancy in her womb is also not permissible in Islam. It also not permissible for a Muslim woman to act as a surrogate mother." **

Excerpted with slight modifications from ISNA.NET - main page

You can also read:

Artificial Insemination from an Islamic Perspective](http://www.islamonline.net/fatwa/english/FatwaDisplay.asp?hFatwaID=76500)

Does Islam Allow “Surrogate Motherhood”?](http://www.islamonline.net/fatwa/english/FatwaDisplay.asp?hFatwaID=98806)

If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to write back.

May Allah guide you to the straight path, and guide you to that which pleases Him, Amen.

Allah Almighty knows best.

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I only asked which is better.............are you implying they should either get a divorce or adopt?

it is not about life threatening.......but all about keeping the marriage intact?

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Thanks for your post Mirch Bhai & TLK Bhai!**

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One reason given by whom? Certainly, a reason given by men, because you definitely can't find it as a reason for polygamy in the Quran!

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Patience or adopt a child.

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Re: Egg Donation is it allowed in Islam?

^Adopting has other complex issues!

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Re: Egg Donation is it allowed in Islam?

adopting either a girl or boy has it's own set of complex issues asdiwanasaid......you cant actually call yrselves the childs parents, u're supposed to give the child his/her own real identity(fathers name) and 'not' yr own surname.....in the case of adopting a female child, the man would be a na-mahram for her and if it's a boy then the woman adopting him wont be a mahram for him....unless if he/she has been nursed by the woman(mother)
in question......so i think adopting a child isnt quite a good option

i agree with mirch's post, it's logical and has`reasoning.....i dont see why there would be any restrictions in conceiving a baby in whatever way as long as the sperm and ovum is from a married couple....
Islam Alhamdulillah is a very simple and flexible religion

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They say abortion is logical and has reasoning, so is that okay? No right?

This is a test from Allah swt, some mothers can't conceive, that's the reality Allah has placed. Now it's up to the mother to be steadfast and wait for her reward or follow the kuffar and adopt this filthy practice. Some scholars say it's just like zinnah!

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Re: Egg Donation is it allowed in Islam?

abortion is allowed if it poses a threat to either the mother or baby

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Re: Egg Donation is it allowed in Islam?

and Allah ta’ala has given us knowledge to use it, and islam is all about doing things teh rigt way…anyhting forbidden or allowed is for our own good…and when we look at everything that’s right then we’ll see in all those things there are benefits for us, or that it’s keeping us away from harm…and because there’s no harm in having IVF then i dont see the reasoning behind not having it…

zinnah is having a relation out of marriage, i fail to see how it can be compared to IVF where both the sperm and ovum is from a ‘halal’ married couple:konfused:

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That's what Islam says. But abortion generally means "free for all" in the world we live in today. Same thing with sperm donation.

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well let’s talk in the context, and forget what the majority of teh people in the world do(they always have excuses for just about anything:smack:)…

islam allows abortion with reasons…and tht’s for the well being of the either the mother or the child or both…there’s no harm in IVF, so why not?

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Sorry I misread your post.. :o

I was replying in the context of “egg donation”.. what you mentioned is different from the OPs question and it’s permissible. more info here in light of Quran and Sunnah.

Again, like you said so long as the egg/sperm is from the married couple, there’s no harm. If a third party is involved that’s where there’s a clear line.

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Now only if you were around in the prophet's time so you could have told him he was not pursuing a good option when he 'adopted' zayd.

Mirch's post is logical, but what you missed is that in this couple's case the woman can not ovulate, i.e. can not produce eggs, so IVF does zilch for them.

if the only options are for the guy to marry someone else, and if he is in US or Uk that would be breaking the law, or adopt, and before we get stuck on semantics... i mean to take in an orphan/abandoned child and raise him/her while observing the guidelines of raisins orphans.

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Don't you even realize that contemporary methods of reproduction were kind of limited 1400 years ago. Life has moved on and so has the way a small number of people finding a way to reproduce.

It is immoral to bring the "exact examples form Mohammed pbuh" where they suit our narrow purposes and in the same vein ignore the "exact examples" where they DO NOT suite us.

Mohammed pbuh never travelled on a car, airplane, or space shuttle. Even though we know He pbuh went on Miraaj, but there was no discussion of him wearing spacesuit, or carrying breathing apparatus with him.

Thus when it comes to contemporary scientific methods in different fields of life, we should not shout to "ditto copy Mohammed pbuh", as he never wanted us to do "blind follower-ship".

In fact He pbuh was sent to precisely abolish the blind follower-ship. He is the one who conveyed to us the message of Allah swt that prior civilizations died because they refused to learn and refused to adapt.

And these days the so-called Pakka Muslims are the ones who are ditto copies of medieval Christians and pagans, because they are stuck in old ways in clear violation of the message in Quran Kareem.

Thank you.

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errr huh? :konfused:

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i was about to post the exact same… was waiting for u to reply… :o

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oh i thought u were saying tht it’s not permissible in any way…sorry i misunderstood

tht part in bold, i thought tht the woman ‘can’ ovulate…again it’s a mistake on my part, didnt read it right:bummer:

and the first part, i didnt mean tht adopting a child in itslef is not the right thing, what i was trying to say is that if they actually want to have actual ‘parent-child’ relationship then that wont be a good option, and i said that because i thought the woman can ovulate, hence can have her own kids through IVF, so why go for adoption…however now i understand that that was not the case, so i guess patience, adoption or re-marrying are the options they have