Islamic Position on IVF Surrogate Motherhood

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What is the Islamic position on surrogate motherhood, which involves “a woman who becomes pregnant usually by artificial insemination or surgical implantation of a fertilized egg for the purpose of carrying the foetus to term for another woman”? i.e., sperm and eggs come from a legitimately married husband and wife, the egg is fertilized, and the embryo/fertilized egg is implanted in a third woman. Is this analogous to wet nursing, which is permissible?

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In the name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,

The problem of infertility is a very old problem and has always been a matter of concern for human beings. From the very early times, people have tried to treat this problem with all kinds of treatments and therapies. Infertility is defined as the failure to produce vi.....click on link to read rest