Is it allowed in Islam? Share thoughts and any experiences.
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at this time, even gestational surrogacy is not allowed based on what we had found out, and it does not seem like any scholar is going to okay it anytime in the near to mid term at the minimum.
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I believe it's unethical.....besides adoption is much better option.
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Why do you think it's unethical hareem? I also believe that adoption is the way to go, however.
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This topic was discussed at length in this R&S thread.
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/religion-scripture/278873-outsourcing-motherhood-allowed-islam.html
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Aahhh, thanks Mirchi pa. I forgot all about that.
You can request R&S mods to merge my thread to this thread of yours , as that one belongs here too. 
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I'm not sure if I should revive that old thread or just post here, but it seems silly to me to say that putting a fertilized egg into a woman's womb is in someway going against the ruling to guard our private parts. If that's the only Quranic text people use to say surrogacy is not allowed, then I don't think that is viable.
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Is that what the argument is?
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I’m sure there’s more to it, otherwise why would people feel so strongly?
This was my argument.
“I think gestational surrogacy will not be against Islam”
Nobody could prove anything against it. The verdict from opponents was that since scholars did not do any research on it so we should not do that. To me it is lame. If one does not have the knowledge about something it does not make it prohibited automatically.
None of the alim as discussed this kind of surrogacy they are talking about in vitro fertilization. Which is different than gestational surrogacy.
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^ Yeah, I can't say it's definitely "allowed," and it's obviously not encouraged, but I think it is very unfair to call people sinners and to designate something as haram when it is not clearly so, and when the intentions are good and noble. I actually think that it is very similar to nursing.
^ Yeah, I can't say it's definitely "allowed," and it's obviously not encouraged, but I think it is very unfair to call people sinners and to designate something as haram when it is not clearly so, and when the intentions are good and noble. I actually think that it is very similar to nursing.
That is my stance too. None of Muslims Alim has examined Gestational Surrogacy as yet.
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Someone please educate me on the types of surrogacy.
Someone please educate me on the types of surrogacy.
All that education is in my thread.
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I didn’t know what surrogacy is so I searche and found this.
It itself saying Illegal medical procedure. So your answer is here.
In my opinion jisko Allah nain aulaad naheen di to wo bahtar janta hai uskay liaay itnay daramay karnay ki kia zaroorat. Her aur ya her mard ya her jora is qabil naheen hota kay ussay aulad ki naimat say nawaza jaay so Allah kisi ko bohat kisi ko kum, kisi munasib aur kisi ko bilkul na day kar azmata hai. To itna drama karnay kia zaroorat. Yay to Allah kay kaam main madakhlat ki baat huwi.
Allah nain aulad naheen di to Allah pay sabar shukar kar kay raho.
I use to say to my parents kay app loag aulad kay qabil naheen (apnay dil main). They got aulad after so many years and duain. I think they did very wrong. Sometimes I think my mom herself did lots of duain and go us. Agar hum nain hotay to unko kon poochnay wala hota.
Pata naheen Allah jo karta hai Achcha karata.
Surrogacy is a method of reproduction whereby a woman agrees to become pregnant and deliver a child for a contracted party. She may be the child’s genetic mother (the more traditional form of surrogacy), or she may, as a gestational carrier, carry the pregnancy to delivery after having been implanted with an embryo. In some jurisdictions illegal, medical procedure.
I'm not sure if I should revive that old thread or just post here, but it seems silly to me to say that putting a fertilized egg into a woman's womb is in someway going against the ruling to guard our private parts. If that's the only Quranic text people use to say surrogacy is not allowed, then I don't think that is viable.
your disagreement with this opinion doesn't make you right unless you give a valid reason for it.
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Since the concept of surrogacy was not even a concept in the time of Mohammad and the writing of the Koran (or any other Holy book)...it is really up to the interpretation and interpreters as to whether it would be ok or not. In the majority of surrogacy cases, a woman's egg is fertilized with her husbands sperm. The fertilized egg is allowed to develop into an embryo. Once it has been deemed to be a viable embryo, it is implanted into a surrogate who has the ability to carry the child to term. There are some variations on this - ie., "donor egg" or "donor sperm" but those cases are incredibly more complex so lets leave those out for the moment and take a look at what the objections are regarding the simplest and most common case (a surrogate carrying the child produced by another woman and her spouse):
Some Islaamic scholars say (as copied from above):
According to the rules of Shari`ah, surrogate motherhood as described above is not allowed, since it involves introducing the sperm of a male into the uterus of a woman to whom he is not married and, thus, it clearly falls under the specific category of transgressing the bounds of Allah as stated in the Qur’an: **Those who guard their private parts except from their spouses…* (Al-Mu’minun: 5). “Whosoever goes beyond that are indeed transgressors” (Al-Mu’minun 23: 7).*
This can be argued. Once a sperm has fertilized an egg, it is no longer a sperm. It becomes a fetus. And since a woman can breastfeed another woman's infant and actually receives blessings for doing so, then the concept of carrying a child isnt so very different.
Also quoted from scholars:
By introducing a third party into the family equation, this procedure throws into confusion the issue of the identity of the child. In Islam, every child has a right to a definite parentage, namely, that of a father and mother. In the case of surrogate motherhood, the question arises as to the identity of the real mother of the child thus conceived. Is she the genetic mother who provides the egg from which the child is born, or is she the woman whose womb serves as a carrier for the child? Such confusion is bound to affect the child emotionally as he will be torn between two mothers. Further, it may also lead to legal fights over the parentage of the child, as happened in the United States in the case of a child thus conceived in 1987.
With the advent of DNA technology, the determination of parentage is no longer a mystery and leaves no doubt. This technology was not available in 1987. Further, when a woman breastfeeds the child of another woman, she is deemed to be a "special aunt" or something like that. Carrying the child of another couple is also similar.
Also stated by the scholars:
Finally, the entire procedure amounts to dehumanizing the process of human procreation by reducing womb down to the level of a commodity that can be bought or rented for service. Ultimately, such a process, yet again, violates the dignity and honor that Allah Almighty has bestowed on man and woman.
This is a matter of opinion yeah? Just as a mother may need a wet-nurse if her own milk dries up...she may need another woman to carry her child. The woman who acts as the surrogate surely brings vast blessings to the couple and the couple who is now able to have a child surely does not see the surrogate as a "commodity". I'd think they;d view the surrogate as a blessing of the highest magnitude.
So...anyway. My point here is that none of the religions of the world were founded with all of this science in mind. And each religion has to make their interpretations with that in mind. I dont see how there can be a final answer here since everyone interprets things in their own way.