Is it permissible to preserve sperm and inseminate the wife with it later due to cancer and fear of infertility?
We ask Allah to grant you healing. What the doctors mentioned is artificial insemination, which has various forms, some permissible, some forbidden, and some ambiguous. The permissible forms involve taking the husband's sperm to fertilize the woman's ovum within her womb without physical contact, or fertilizing it outside the womb and then re-implanting it, provided there is a necessity. It has become clear that the forms inquired about are subject to disagreement among scholars. It is important to note that this topic is fraught with many risks, such as the mixing of stored semen or its implantation in an impermissible location. Therefore, it is not permissible to adopt the opinion of those who permitted it unless it is highly probable that the matter will not lead to corruption.
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