hilman idham (A122744),
Surrogate motherhood is often referred to as “hiring womb”. The procedure involves using the service of another woman to serve as a carrier for the fertilized ovum of a couple. The woman makes her available to inject the fertilized ovum into her own womb and then carries the child to its full term on behalf of the other couple. People resort to this procedure either because a married woman who desires to have a child has problems in carrying her child to its full term or because of her desire to simply forgo the “trouble” of the conception and labor.
In Islamic Syariah is concerned, surrogate mother or what is called “hiring a womb” is not allowed because it involves introducing the sperm of a male into the uterus of a woman to whom he is not married. So, it clearly falls under the specific category of transgressing the bound of Allah as stated in the Quran;
“Those who guard their private parts except from their spouses….” ( Al-Mukminun :5 )
“Whosoever goes beyond that are indeed transgressors” ( Al-Mukminun 23:7 )
By introducing a third party into the family equation, this procedure throws into confusion the issue of the identity of the child. In Islam, every child has a right to a definite parentage, namely that of a father and mother. In this case, the question arises as to the identity of the real mother of the child. Is it the mother of the child is the genetic mother who provides the egg from which the child is born, or the woman whose womb serves as a carrier for the child. So, it may lead to the legal fights over the parentage of the child.
In Islamic Syariah is concerned, surrogate mother or what is called “hiring a womb” is not allowed because it involves introducing the sperm of a male into the uterus of a woman to whom he is not married. So, it clearly falls under the specific category of transgressing the bound of Allah as stated in the Quran;
“Those who guard their private parts except from their spouses….” ( Al-Mukminun :5 )
“Whosoever goes beyond that are indeed transgressors” ( Al-Mukminun 23:7 )
By introducing a third party into the family equation, this procedure throws into confusion the issue of the identity of the child. In Islam, every child has a right to a definite parentage, namely that of a father and mother. In this case, the question arises as to the identity of the real mother of the child. Is it the mother of the child is the genetic mother who provides the egg from which the child is born, or the woman whose womb serves as a carrier for the child. So, it may lead to the legal fights over the parentage of the child.