Cure for infertility

12-5-2003 | IslamWeb

Question:

I'd like knowing which possible ways has a woman in my situation. I'm 32, and married 9 years. We have no children and there's no medical solution for my husband. We have gone to the best specialists. Our relationship is worst day-by-day. I know in Islam is only allowed using technology for pregnancy if you use the original cells from couple, from the husband and wife. I don't know what I must do. I need advice and the Islamic opinion. Which are my duties and rights in that case?

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Answer:

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. We advise you and your husband as well to resort to Allah faithfully and truly, and supplicate Him to cure your husband and grant you pious children through legal means. It is not impossible for Allah Who granted cure to the wife of Ibrahim (Alaihi Salaam) while Ibrahim was aged and his wife was barren. He also granted cure to the wife of Zakariyah (Alaihi Salaam) and granted them pious progeny. If you are not able to get children through the legal ways then you may resort to artificial pregnancy. For more details in this concern, please consult our Fatwa: 82554. Allah knows best.