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Muslim Board of Uzbekistan has announced fatwa on “Artificial insemination”

21.02.2018   17186   8 min.
Muslim Board of Uzbekistan has announced  fatwa on “Artificial insemination”

 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

اَلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي خَلَقَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ بَشَرًا فَجَعَلَهُ نَسَبًا وَصِهْرًا وَ كَانَ رَبُكَ قَدِيْرًا وَ الصَّلاَةُ وَ السَّلاَمُ عَلَى رَسُولِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْقَائِلِ تَزَوَّجُوا الْوَدُودَ الْوَلُودَ فَإِنِّي مُكَاثِرٌ بِكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَعَلَى اَلِهِ وَاَصْحَابِهِ وَمَنْ تَبِعَهُمْ بِاِحْسَانٍ اِلَى يَوْمِ الدِّيْنِ اَمَّا بَعْدُ

Allah created Adam (alayhissalam) with physical body and spirit. Hawa has been given as the Halal Pair for Adam and from this pair (Adam and Hawa) the whole humanity has been developed. Allah mentions in Qur’an that living in pair is the great mercy:

  وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنْ أَزْوَاجِكُمْ بَنِينَ وَحَفَدَةً

(سورة النحل/ 72 آية)

And Allah has made for you from yourselves mates and has made for you from your mates sons and grandchildren and has provided for you from the good things. (An-Nahl, 72)

 

Naturally, the great wisdom behind living in pairs is to continue the generation.

When Islam talks about continuing generation, it means to establish a family, where a man and a woman are tied into one family through nikah (marriage agreement). Muhammad (sallollohu alayhi wassalam) says in one of the hadith

عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا اَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ قَالَ:  تَنَاكَحُوا  تَكَاثَرُوا

فَإِنِّيْ  أُبَاهِي بِكُمُ الْاُمَمَ

(رواه ابن حبان)

“Get married, make children, of course I’ll be proud with your multiplicity.”

In another hadith:

عَنْ مَعْقَلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ سَلَّمَ : تَزَوَّجُوا الْوَدُودَ الْوَلُودَ فَإِنِّي مُكَاثِرٌ بِكُمْ الْاُمَمَ "

(رواه أبو داود والنسائي)

 “Get married to a baby delivering kind lady as Ill be proud with your multiplicity.” For this purpose Islam promotes increasing in numbers by means of halal nikah and denounces any non-sharia means of baby delivering.

A human always asks Allah to bestow salih/saliha kids. Even prophets used to do so. There is ayat in Qur’an regarding this

ذِكْرُ رَحْمَةِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُ زَكَرِيَّا. إِذْ نَادَى رَبَّهُ نِدَاءً خَفِيًّا.  قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي وَهَنَ الْعَظْمُ مِنِّي وَاشْتَعَلَ الرَّأْسُ شَيْبًا وَلَمْ أَكُنْ بِدُعَائِكَ رَبِّ شَقِيًّا. وَإِنِّي خِفْتُ الْمَوَالِيَ مِنْ وَرَائِي وَكَانَتِ امْرَأَتِي عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِي مِنْ لَدُنْكَ وَلِيًّا.  يَرِثُنِي وَيَرِثُ مِنْ آَلِ يَعْقُوبَ وَاجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّا

(سورة مريم/ 4-6 الآيات)

[This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah When he called to his Lord a private supplication. He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has filled with white, and never have I been in my supplication to You, my Lord, unhappy. And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]." Allah accepted Zechariah’s dua (supplication) and gave him son. Prophet Ibrahim (alayhisalam) didn’t lose his hope and also made dua. His supplication also was accepted.

 

 الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي وَهَبَ لِي عَلَى الْكِبَرِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَاقَ إِنَّ رَبِّي لَسَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ

 (سورة ابراهيم/ 39  الآية)

 

Praise to Allah, who has granted to me in old age Ishmael and Isaac. Indeed, my Lord is the Hearer of supplication. (Ibrahim, 39)

Allah is Great and a child is one of the greatest mercies of Allah. Allah gives a boy or a girl or both boy and girl to whom Allah wishes or leaves infertile.

 لِلَّهِ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاءُ يَهَبُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ إِنَاثًا وَيَهَبُ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ الذُّكُورَ

أَوْ يُزَوِّجُهُمْ ذُكْرَانًا وَإِنَاثًا وَيَجْعَلُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ عَقِيمًا إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ قَدِيرٌ

(سورة الشورى/ 49-50 الآية)

To Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; He creates what he wills. He gives to whom He wills female [children], and He gives to whom He wills males. Or He makes them [both] males and females, and He renders whom He wills barren. Indeed, He is Knowing and Competent. (The Consultaton, 49-50)

As it is indicated in the ayat, being barren is also Allah’s test. From the Islamic perspective unproductivity is also a kind of disease. For this reason, there is no discussion among Islamic scholars that it should be treated. In one of the hadith narrated by Imom Termiziy through Usama ibn Sharqiy people living in desert asked the prophet Muhammad (sollalohu alayhi wasallam) on whether they can get treatment for disease. Muhammad (sollalohu alayhi wasallam) replied: “Yes, Oh human beings of Allah receive treatment. Allah created every disease with its cure. There is one thing without cure, which is death.”

Taking into consideration all researches done in this sphere in Uzbekistan and in the world by Islamic scholars Muslim Board of Uzbekistan states the following fatwa:

  1. Artificial fertility medical operation is allowed to be conducted as the final procedure when all other methods are not working between a female and male muslims who have nikah. It is considered to be mubah.
  2. Artificial fertility medical operation is allowed to be conducted as the final procedure when all other methods are not working between a female and male muslims who have nikah. All precautions must be followed in order to prevent misuse of sperm.
  3. It is strictly prohibited to convey artificial fertility operation for a couple who do not have nikah. It is considered to be haram.
  4. Muslims who do care about their pure generation must avoid from prohibited artificial fertility procedures. 

Wallohu alam bissawab

 

May |Allah guide all muslims to Right Path and live according to sharia. Amin!

        

The Chairman of Muslim

Board of Uzbekistan, Muftiy                                             Usmankhan Alimov  

 

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 First of all, Shavkat Mirziyoyev started his speech with the information about high level meetings: 21 high level meetings, 60 state level and international organization heads meetings.

More than 400 investment agreements valued at 60 bln US dollars, 40 “road map” execution plans have been developed. After currency liberalization the buy-sell operations has increased 1,5 times in avarege making up 1,3 bln US dollars, state gold-currency reserves made up 1,1 bln US dollars.

This year 12 free economic zones, 45 industrial zones have been established. 50 more new industrial zones are being organized. 

As a result of constructing new industrial zones more than 336 thousand new vacancies have been filled. It was significant contribution for the solution of employment issues.

Later President Shavkat Mirziyoyev explained why economic houses are being built in rural areas. “The houses we previously built were expensive and they were not available to common citizens. As a result only rich people bought those houses. We decided to build houses for ordinary citizens like teachers and doctors” noted the leader of the country. Particularly, more than 24 thousand new economic houses have been built in rural areas. 187 multi-storey residential buildings were raised where approximately 8 thousand families moved to thouse houses.    

Talking about international loans and credits President noted that a country which mismanages foreign money will encounter serious problems falling into debts. For this reason Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted to pay great attention to this sphere and avoid any mistakes. As an example he analyzed the activity of gas-chemical complex in Ustyurt, Karakalpakstan which is not giving efficient results. Another sphere is credits allocated for drinking water supplies: for the last 10 years 17 projects valued at 618 mln US dollars, unfortunately most of the projecs have not been finished until the end. 

Notable results have been observed in the relationships with China, South Korea and Turkey. It is worth noting that embassies are working with new principles.

According to IMF Uzbekistan is on the 134th place among 187 states by GDP per capita. Unfortunately, for the country with rich resources it is not appropriate place.

In conclusion, it should be noted that the speech of our President has become historical which analyzed all spheres of life with practical suggestions for improvement. 

 

Press Service,

Muslim Board of Uzbekistan