This book entitled “The Answers to Questions” is written by Ayatullah Ali Khamen’ei, the current supreme leader of Iran and the highly respected Shia scholar. Read the question first, and then read the answer that Ayatullah Khamen’ei provides:
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Question: Is it permissible to fertilize the woman’s eggs whose husband is sterile by the sperms of a foreign man through putting the sperms in the woman’s vagina?
Answer: Juresprudently, there is no harm in fertilizing the woman’s eggs by the sperms of a foreign man. However, the woman and the foriegn man should avoid anything that leads to haram like looking, touching, and alike.
Nevertheless, if a child is born through this method, then the child will not belong to the husband, but will belong to the man who provided the sperms and to the woman who provided eggs and womb. It is highly advisable in such situations to be aware of the matters of inheritance …
