Bioethics

• What is the ruling of the Sharia regarding a husband forcing his wife to undergo repeated IVF procedures in pursuit of having male children, despite her physical exhaustion and his threat to marry for the third time if she refuses?
• Will the death of a full-term baby girl, born after an IVF procedure, admit her parents to Paradise? And was her death due to impatience over delayed pregnancy and resorting to the IVF procedure? And is it permissible to resort to the IVF procedure again?
• To what extent is in-vitro fertilization (IVF) legitimate in Islamic law?
• Does a Kaffarah become incumbent upon me for refraining from transferring embryos in my previous work in the field of IVF, without decisive proof of error, and this out of caution?
• Is it permissible to benefit from the health insurance card to cover the costs of follow-up, delivery, and treatment of the newborn in the case of a pregnancy resulting from in-vitro fertilization (IVF), knowing that the terms of the contract with the insurance company stipulate non-coverage of these cases?
• Did the divorce occur due to the intention and wording that transpired between the couple, given that the husband initially refused procreation through IVF procedures, which led to their agreement to separate and the wife's departure from the home, while discussions continued regarding her return before his future consent to the procedure?
• Why do IVF procedures continue to fail despite performing Istikhara prayer with the intention of stopping if the procedure will not succeed?
• Does the fear of the third IVF attempt failing and the negative assumptions about the previous results contradict having a good opinion of Allah, especially since the female preacher sometimes feels despair despite her certainty that Allah will bless her with offspring?
• Is it permissible to abort the fetuses exceeding two in an IVF procedure—after two months of fertilizing and implanting four ova—to avoid spontaneous miscarriage, and is this considered killing a soul?
• Is the wife sinful if she does not contribute to the costs of the IVF procedure, which are entirely borne by the husband from his father's money, given her ability to contribute and her desire for the husband to bear them?
• What is the ruling on performing an IVF procedure with a Christian doctor after several failed attempts with Muslim doctors, knowing that both spouses have health issues?
• Is it permissible for a woman to undergo IVF after vowing not to see children?
• To what extent are artificial insemination (IVF) procedures legitimate? Is it permissible to dispose of un-implanted embryos? Is abortion permissible if the fetus has severe deformities or if the mother's life is in danger?
• What is the ruling of Islamic law on a husband taking medication to strengthen sperm, and freezing fertilized eggs for two years for future use in an in-vitro fertilization process?
• Is it permissible to participate in an IVF program where the participant pays a higher amount than the original cost of the procedure if it succeeds the first time, and a lower amount if it fails the first time and is repeated?
• What advice can be offered to a wife who refuses to repeat the IVF process after her previous painful experience, despite her husband's strong desire for children and his need for offspring?
• Is it permissible to choose the sex of the fetus when performing an IVF procedure?
• What is the ruling on what is known as "test-tube babies"?
• How can a veiled questioner persevere in prayer and fight her devil, and how can she convince her husband to be patient with not having children in order to face people's talk, knowing that conception is only possible through expensive IVF procedures?
• Is it permissible, in Islamic law, to undergo "IVF" (in-vitro fertilization) treatment to have children?
• Is the IVF procedure for a divorced woman considered a رجعة (reconciliation/return to the marital bond) for her?
• What is the ruling on in vitro fertilization (IVF)? And is it an unlawful seeking of procreation, by analogy with Allah's saying in Surat al-A'raf: "And when he covered her, she conceived"?
• Is it permissible to determine the sex of an embryo in In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) to prevent it from inheriting a genetic disease that affects only males, based on confirmed scientific analyses of the parents?
• What is the ruling of Islamic law on in-vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)?