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== Brief introduction of the book == | == Brief introduction of the book == | ||
The book | The book Methods of Artificial Reproduction is written by [[MohammadReza Sistani]], who has examined and researched the effects of and rulings related to artificial insemination from the perspective of Shia jurisprudence through analytical reasoning (ijtihadi approach). Contents of the book are not compiled based on the common research structure; rather, the writing style is closer to the methods of presentation of the lessons of the highest level courses of the seminary. The topics of the book are organized in three main chapters and a sub-chapter titled appendices. In the first chapter, the legitimacy of different methods of artificial insemination, in the second chapter, issues related to the implementation process of artificial insemination, such as the rulings on touch and looking [at a non-mahram person], and in the third chapter, jurisprudential consequences after pregnancy through artificial insemination have been discussed and investigated. It is noteworthy that the author has also dealt with hypothetical forms in the jurisprudential examination of the problem and has not sufficed with studying the existing methods; for example, pregnancy through maternal stem cell transplantation or egg insemination with plant sperm have also been discussed. At the end of the book, he has written a section titled appendices, in which he has provided explanations about some principles of jurisprudence or the authorities used in the book, such as the rule of the bed (farāsh), examining the reliability of hadith narrators and investigating the authenticity of hadith books. [https://alfeker.net/library.php?id=3770 See the book here]. | ||
=== Claims === | === Claims === | ||
The author is of the opinion that the child born from artificial insemination is no different to the child born from natural pregnancy and belongs to the owner of the uterus and the owner of the sperm (p. 417). Also, among the various methods of artificial insemination, only in case if the woman’s egg is fertilized with the sperm or stem cell of a non-mahram man, the artificial insemination is not permissible. From the author's point of view, the only reason that can be cited for the forbiddance of this presumption is the irtikāz of Muslims, and other jurisprudential evidence do not indicate its forbiddance (p. 67). It should be mentioned that the effects of a pregnancy resulting from fornication do not apply to illegal artificial insemination, and the child resulting from that is considered a legitimate child (p. 14). | The author is of the opinion that the child born from artificial insemination is no different to the child born from natural pregnancy and belongs to the owner of the uterus and the owner of the sperm (p. 417). Also, among the various methods of artificial insemination, only in case if the woman’s egg is fertilized with the sperm or stem cell of a non-mahram man, the artificial insemination is not permissible. From the author's point of view, the only reason that can be cited for the forbiddance of this presumption is the irtikāz of Muslims, and other jurisprudential evidence do not indicate its forbiddance (p. 67). It should be mentioned that the effects of a pregnancy resulting from fornication do not apply to illegal artificial insemination, and the child resulting from that is considered a legitimate child (p. 14). | ||
== Artificial insemination methods == | == Artificial insemination methods == | ||
The first chapter includes the introduction and three sections. In the introduction, the author investigates legitimate and illegitimate pregnancy and writes that the rulings about an illegitimate child only apply to pregnancy resulting from intercourse between two unmarried people, with knowledge of the absence of a marriage bond, and other forms of illegitimate pregnancy, such as the injection of a non-mahram man’s sperm into the womb of a married woman, are not subject to the rulings about a pregnancy resulting from fornication (p. 14). After the introduction, the author has examined the three methods of artificial insemination from the perspective of jurisprudence in three sections. | The first chapter includes the introduction and three sections. In the introduction, the author investigates legitimate and illegitimate pregnancy and writes that the rulings about an illegitimate child only apply to pregnancy resulting from intercourse between two unmarried people, with knowledge of the absence of a marriage bond, and other forms of illegitimate pregnancy, such as the injection of a non-mahram man’s sperm into the womb of a married woman, are not subject to the rulings about a pregnancy resulting from fornication (p. 14). After the introduction, the author has examined the three methods of artificial insemination from the perspective of jurisprudence in three sections. | ||