Question
Im just asking this question for my own knowledge. A woman who cant have kids, can she have a surrogate?
Answer
In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
The practice surrogacy or the involvement of a third person in reproduction is not permissible.[i]Alternatively, one may consider adoption. That is indeed a virtuous deed.
[i]جديد فقهى مسائل (5/ 151)
جامع الفتاوى (3/ 240)
حلال وحرام (ص. 302)
نظام الفتاوى (1/ 337)
فتاوى دار العلوم زكريا (6/ 790)
And Allah Ta'ālā knows best.
Answered by
Mufti Hammad Jogiat
Cambridge, Canada · Canadian Centre for Islamic Research and Ifta
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