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Humanities
- ISSN: 2155-7993
- Journal of Modern Education Review
Current Assisted Reproductive Technologies: An Islamic Perspective
Yahya Ibraheem Yero
(Department of Religious Studies, Federal University Kashere, Gombe State, Nigeria)
Abstract: Human organ implantation or transplantation is one of the topics of the moment in our world today. As such, the Muslim Ummah is in dire need of knowing the legal status of this and other related issues in the Shari’ah. Thus, is it lawful/permissible for a Muslim to donate his organ or any part of his body to another person while he is still alive so that the organ/part could be implanted/transplanted to someone? If the answer is in the affirmative, then is it absolute permissibility or limited with certain conditionalities? And what are these conditionalities? If it is permissible to donate, then to whom will it be donated? Only to close relatives, or Muslims? Or to anybody whether a relative or an alien? Muslim or non-Muslim? If it is permissible, can the organ or part be sold? If selling is not permissible, can it be donated freely? What are Current Assisted Reproductive Technologies (CART)? Or Artificial Reproduction (AR)? Or Medically Assisted Conception (MAC)? There are many types of AR. However, in this paper, our discussion will be limited only to IVF, Surrogacy and Cloning. Now, what are In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) , or Artificial Insemination (AI), Surrogacy and Cloning? What is the Islamic or Shari’ah ruling on these Assisted Reproductive Technologies? Are they lawful or unlawful? Are they permitted or prohibited? If they are lawful and permitted, under which circumstances will they be resorted to? In their yearning for children, some childless or barren couples across the globe have resorted to ART, AR, MAC, and in particular IVF, AI, or “Test-tube baby’’ technique, Surrogacy or Cloning. This paper will attempt to provide the views of Muslim jurists on these issues with a view to knowing its permissibility or otherwise in the Shari’ah.
Key words: CART: IVF, AI, surrogacy, test-tube babies, cloning, urologist, gynecologist, Islamic perspective
