adoption

[logic]

Assalamu Aleikum learned ones,

Ill fate has befallen my wife and I and we are unable to produce children naturally. We are thus forced to adopt children.

What is the Islamic view on donor sperm?

asalam

[tbahrain]

w3s, br.

Here's an extract of an article to be found at http://muslim-canada.org/biotechnical.htm

The question before us is whether Islamic law justifies the use of the sperm of someone other than that of the husband to be used in the process of artificially inseminating the woman? In this regard, a former head of Azhar University, Shaykh Mahmud Shaltut, issued the following religious decrees (fatwa) condemning it and equating it to the adulterous act:

"Artificial insemination with the sperm of a foreign person, is, under the Shariah, a grievous crime and a great sin and is tantamount to adultery, for their essence is the same and their result is also the same. For, it is the insertion of the sperm of the foreign person intentionally into a tilth which as not been legally tied to him through the bond or marriage . . . The legal verdict for artificial insemination in that way is the same as that of adultery which has been condemned and prohibited by the Divine Shariah."

Dr. Yusuf al Qaradawi, addressing himself to the question of donor artificial insemination states:

"Islam safeguards lineage by prohibiting zina (adultery and fornication) and legal adoption, thus keeping the family line unambiguously defined without any foreign element entering into it. It likewise prohibits what is known as artificial insemination if the donor of the sperm is other than that husband."

Hope this helps.

tbahrain

[kyle82]

hi everyone.. i am an adopted child and i can simply say i still love my real parents.. it is never indeed righteous to condemn the sinner but the sin.. there are things in this world that we were just too weak to be right at. :D

[peacepro]

Yes Islam Prohibits Artificial Pregnancy ,its Like Zina