No. It’s not permitted. The fatwa is:
The scholars of Islam have issued this fatwa (Islamic decision) concerning surrogacy:
It is unlawful and morally wrong to inject into a woman the sperm from any other person that her spouse. The development of an embryo in a body other than the human one is only permitted with certain restrictions. It is Haram (forbidden) for a woman to make embryos by combining an ovum of a woman with the sperm from a man who is not her husband. It is also illegal to implant in the body of a woman an embryo that has been created in a way that is Haram.
Therefore, it is clear that it’s Haram to inject embryos or sperm into an unembarrassed woman.
In violation of Allah’s Law
If, in contravention of Allah’s Law, the sperm of a different man than the husband’s implanted into a woman who is not married or an embryo that has been formed into a Haram created origin was introduced into females, the rules will be according to the following:
- When a woman gets married, her resulting child is legally one of her husbands, even if it is proven that the sperm used wasn’t her husband’s.
- The same rules will apply when the child is the result of an embryo that is Haram. If the embryo was created by the fusion of a woman’s ovum with the sperm from a man, the baby is legally her husband’s son.
- The person who is the ‘donor’ of sperm has no rights over the child, regardless of whether an agreement or contract before the time was signed to grant him the power to control the child.
- When a woman has not been married, the child born is illegitimate and will be viewed as the son of the mother surrogate.
Surrogate motherhood is definitely not allowed in Islam
Surrogacy of motherhood is undoubtedly prohibited in Islam because many negative consequences could result from this process and can be categorized in the following manner:
- Unmarried women may be enticed to ‘lease’ their wombs to gain financial benefits and cause a rift in the very foundation of marriage and family.
- To relieve their bodies of the pain that comes with childbirth, mothers may be enticed by this tactic. Islam condemns this kind of action
- because pregnancy is not thought of as a burden; however, it can be considered an opportunity to be blessed. A woman who dies pregnant is awarded the title of martyr.
- An Transvaal (Tzaneen) surrogate mother was the mother of the daughter of her IVF triplets on the night of October because the South African Government was not clamping on such methods. Does Pat Anthony’s (surrogate mother’s) decision to carry twins of her daughter Karen can be considered morally justifiable? In doing this, she implanted the sperm from her son-in-law in her mother’s womb. The surrogate children she gave birth to will become her daughter, her siblings and brothers, and simultaneously, they would be legally recognized as children of Karen. Karen is then likely to have two kinds of relationships with identical children.
- In the end, surrogacy violates the plan that Allah makes during the normal procreation process.