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Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

159 Questions

Is it permissible for a boy or man to become a father through IVF or any other alternative means?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

IVF is a medical procedure which arranges the semen of the husband to mix with the egg of the wife in test tubes under certain conditions to reach to a fertile zygote. This medical procedure by itself is permissible but it should not involve sinful acts like musterbating by other than the wife to her husband or the husband for his wife to take semen or egg, or looking at private parts of any of the couple by outsiders.

'Wassalam.
Is it considered a sin if I am being requested to have another child for the purpose of giving them up for adoption to a childless relative couple, but I am unable to fulfill this request?
Zaid Alsalami

Bismihi ta'ala

No, it is not a sin at all, and I would rather encourage you to be very careful of  yourself and such requests.

Nobody can force you to have a child, let alone to give it away. That sounds preposterous. 

After you decline, in the case your husband or anyone brings the topic up, or tries to guilt-trap you, inform them very sternly what your view on this is, and if it continues seek consultation. 

With prayers for your success
If a person passes away, and later their daughter, who had no children, also passes away after her father, is the husband of the daughter entitled to a share of the wealth of her wife's father?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Widowed husband has share of the wealth of his late wife. If she has inherited from her father, her husband has share in her estate. If she had any children then her husband gets one quarter but if she had no children at all neither from him or from previous marriage then her husband gets half of whatever she left.

'Wassalam.
Is there any problem with having a favorite child and is there any evidence to support it?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

We should never differentiate between our children because it might hurt the feelings of any of them who is not been dealt with as a favorite one. Every one from our children should be dealt with as a favorite child. Evidence in the authentic Hadeeths is for equal treatment for all our children with out any discrimination between them. There are Hadeeths guiding to pay more attention to our daughters and give them more sympathy and care, without hurting the feelings of of our sons.

Wassalam.