AboutJamshaid Zubairee Experience I have studied Islam for more than Seven years.
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Question Salam, i would like to know what if a woman isn't lucky and she can't find a good muslim man to marry, but she wants children (i know that adoption is not allowed) but does she have to stay alone?
Answer W salam Sister!
Firstly, I want to make it clear that adoption is ALLOWED in Islam and Zayd ibn Harithah RA was the adopted son of Prophet Muhammad pbuh and prophet Muhammad pbuh encourged adoption of orphans in different hadith you can find this.
Quran does not prohibits the adoption, however, the Qur'an gives specific rules about the legal relationship between a child and his/her adoptive family. The child's biological family is never hidden; their ties to the child are never severed. The Qur'an specifically reminds adoptive parents that they are not the child's biological parents:
"...Nor has He made your adopted sons your (biological) sons. Such is (only) your (manner of) speech by your mouths. But Allah tells (you) the Truth, and He shows the (right) Way. Call them by (the names of) their fathers; that is juster in the sight of Allah. But if you know not their father's (names, call them) your brothers in faith, or your trustees. But there is no blame on you if you make a mistake therein. (What counts is) the intention of your hearts. And Allah is Oft-Returning, Most Merciful."
(Qur'an 33:4-5)
The guardian/child relationship has specific rules under Islamic law, which render the relationship a bit different than what is common adoption practice today.
Now I come to the second part of ur question in which I think you are reffering to Heterogenous Test Tube Babies sister in this case I want to tell you that it is not allowed in Islam (Homogenous is allowed)
In its third conference (held in Amman, Jordan, Safar 8 – 13, 1407 AH/October 11 – 16, 1986 CE) the Islamic Fiqh Council reviewed the researches submitted to it regarding in-vitro fertilization and consulted experts in that respect. Accordingly, it banned five ways of in-vitro fertilization and considered two other ways as lawful.
"The council decided the following:
First, the following five ways of in-vitro fertilization are completely unlawful because they result confusion of parentage:
1. The fertilization is made by adding the sperm of a man to the ovum of a woman other than his wife and then implanting the fertilized ovum in his wife’s uterus.
2. The fertilization is made by fertilizing a woman’s ovum by the sperm of a man other than her husband and then implanting the fertilized ovum in her uterus.
3. The fertilization is made between the sperm of a man and the ovum of his wife and then the fertilized ovum is implanted in the uterus of a surrogate mother.
4. The fertilization is made between the sperm and ovum of people other than the couple who want to conceive a baby and then the fertilized ovum is implanted in the wife’s uterus.
5. The fertilization is made by adding the sperm of a man having two wives and the ovum of one of his wives, and then the fertilized ovum is implanted in the uterus of the other wife.
Second, the council agreed to two other ways of in-vitro fertilization. These are:
1. Fertilizing a woman’s ovum with her husband’s sperm outside the body and then transferring the fertilized ovum into her uterus.
2. Inserting the man’s sperm into his wife’s uterus so that the fertilization be made inside her body."
