Whispers about IVF

29-1-2023 | IslamWeb

Question:

Assalamualaikum dear scholars I asked a question and got fatwa from this forum back in 2016 about ivf taking priority over performing Hajj for a deceased person. Allah granted me a son with ivf who is now 5 years old MashaAllah. He has all features of me and my wife. Now whispers from shaitan, difference of opinion regarding ivf from some scholars like dar ul aloom and bad thinking from some persons is teasing me regarding ivf procedure. While for going for ivf and after ivf I was very much positive and considered it as shariah compliance. These whispers are very much loud. Please guide me in light of shariah JazakAllah

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

Stay away from such whispers and thoughts, and do not pay attention to them. Moreover, be happy that Allah, The Exalted, blessed you with this child and strive to raise him and bring him up in obedience to Allah The Almighty. Believe that the boy is your son and there is no blame on you for what happened, as long as you take the words of the scholars whom you trust.

Allah knows best.