Iftaa' Department

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Controls on Freezing and Transporting Samples in Artificial Insemination Methods

I live in Jordan but my husband is living in Australia. I need to undergo vitro fertilization because I can`t give birth naturally. After taking the sperms from my husband, they are frozen, placed in a special medical container, and transported to Jordan where the insemination will take place. What is the ruling of Sharia on transporting these sperms? This is knowing that I`m currently taking medications and injections for ovulation induction and they are very costly and should be taken at a specific time. In addition, freezing sperms and moving them cost around ten thousand JDs.

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Using an Acid in Medical Supplies

What is the ruling on using Hyaluronic Acid which is already being used as a substance in the manufacturing of our medical supplies and registered at JFDA (Jordan Drug & Food Administration) under the name (Restylan)? Noting that the most important uses of our cosmetics, are restoring skin softness and reducing its wrinkles.

A husband and wife fertilized an egg and agreed on planting it in the wife`s womb, but couldn`t do so due to the spread of corona virus pandemic, so the fertilized egg remained stored in fertility clinic at the hospital. Now, the husband has passed away and the wife would like to have the fertilized egg planted in her womb. Is it permissible for her to do so since families of both spouses were aware of that and it was documented by the fertility clinic staff of that hospital?

What is the ruling of Sharia regarding male doctor treating female patient and vice versa?

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Ruling on Refraining from CPR in case of Cardiac Arrest What is the Islamic ruling on refraining from CPR in case of cardiac arrest based on prior request by the patient or one of his close relatives? • Read More

Alcohol Use Controls in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Is it permissible to promote a medication called (Guayfem), which contains (6% ethanol)?

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Liability for Medical Errors When a medical error takes place and a patient dies as a result, is Diyah an obligation? • Read More

No Harm in Mummifying Animals for Scientific and Educational Purposes Is it permissible to mummify a rabbit for an educational purpose? And should that be refrained from during the sacred months? • Read More

Refraining from Procreation Contradicts the Objectives of Marriage Contract What is the ruling when the husband refrains from procreating because he doesn`t want to although his wife wants to have children, knowing that before getting married both spouses agreed not to have children for fear of some diseases? • Read More

Ruling on Practicing Medicine Using Someone Else`s Academic Degree I`m a dermatologist living abroad. A colleague of mine asked me to apply for a license for a medical center, which offers skin treatment and cosmetic laser surgery, in Jordan using my own occupational license in return for a certain amount of money. Being overseas, I can`t supervise this facility`s various activities, such as injecting with fillers, Botox and laser to remove hair and pigments, in addition to other procedures. Is this permissible knowing that these physicians are competent and well-trained? Will I be held accountable before Allah for any misconduct happening without my knowledge? • Read More

Ruling on Castrating Cats to Prevent Inevitable Mischief I would like to ask about the procedure followed in sterilizing and castrating cats. Actually, it is harmless and takes no more than ten minutes. As this is the breeding season, cats become ferocious and splash urine all over the house, causing a lot of harm. Moreover, raising cats is expensive and I can`t afford raising more than one. If I leave them as they are, they will increase in great numbers. What is the ruling on this procedure? • Read More

Conditions that Must be Met in Artificial Insemination A married woman couldn`t get naturally pregnant due to being old, and her husband objects to performing artificial insemination. While married to that man, she wanted to withdraw eggs from her ovaries, divorce him then marry another and use the latter`s sperms to fertilize those eggs. What drove her to do so is that she may not be able to withdraw eggs to be fertilized by the sperms of her new husband since she may not have any left due to the long time that the divorce and Iddah(waiting period observed by wife after divorce or death of husband) usually take for she is old and likely to experience menopause. Does doing so violate Sharia? • Read More

Doing Ruqyia with Words of Remembrance or Words that don`t Contradict Shariah is Acceptable

Someone mentioned that since the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) said: (Submit your Ruqyia to me) , not (Receive from me this Ruqyia), this means that Ruqyia is Ijtihadi (Discretional) and that each person has their way in diagnosis and treatment. I have read about Ibn Qhodama`s view regarding Ruqyia in his book {Al-Moghni}. I arrived at the conclusion that Ruqyia isn`t Tawqifi (Not subject to debate and argument, because it has been decided, specified and enacted by the lawmaker) and that it depends on trials, similar to medical sciences. What is the ruling of Sharia on this?

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: Ruling on Donating Hair to Victims of Cancer Is it permissible to donate hair locks to victims of cancer? • Read More

Using Technology to Determine Intact Embryos in Test-Tube-Babies Is it permissible to use the technology that determines the unimpaired embryos in Test-Tube Babies in order to eschew the genetic disease called ” Alstrom Syndrome” which leads to having blind babies with advanced degrees of deafness, diabetes and sterility. • Read More

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