Medical Issues: Is It Permissible to Use a Deceased Husband’s Sperm for Insemination in Various Marital Scenarios?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Medical Issues: Is It Permissible to Use a Deceased Husband’s Sperm for Insemination in Various Marital Scenarios?

English:

Question #1269:

Is it permissible to inseminate a woman with the sperm of her dead husband in the following cases?

1) After the death of the husband but before the end of the waiting period?

2) After the death of the husband and after the end of the waiting period?

3) Suppose the widow remarried, is it permissible for her to be inseminated with the sperm of her former husband? And is it permissible for her to be inseminated with the sperm of her former husband after the death of the second husband?

Answer #1269:

In itself, there is no objection to that, be it before or after the waiting period and whether she remarried or remained unmarried. The ruling would also not be different if the insemination takes place with the sperm of her former husband at the lifetime of the second husband or after his death. However, if the procedure takes place during the lifetime of the second husband, his permission should be obtained.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Medical Issues