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Hukum Pengklonan Terapeutik Dan Penyelidikan Sel Stem (Stem Cell)
What is the ruling on therapeutic cloning and stem cell research in Islam?
Short answer
Therapeutic cloning for medical treatment, such as creating specific cells or replacing damaged organs, is permitted within the limits allowed by Shariah.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- National Fatwa Committee (JAKIM)
- Date
- Status
- Fatwa committee decision
- Series
- Kompilasi Pandangan Hukum Muzakarah Jawatankuasa Fatwa MKI (JAKIM, terbitan 2016)
- Topic
- Medicine & Health
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Therapeutic cloning for medical treatment, such as creating specific cells or replacing damaged organs, is permitted within the limits allowed by Shariah. Research on frozen or surplus IVF embryos is permitted with the couple's consent and before the 'alaqah (blastocyst) stage. Stem cells may be used for treatment and research from adults with consent and children with parental consent, provided the procedure causes no harm, and from the placenta and umbilical cord blood with parental consent. They may also come from foetuses miscarried spontaneously or through Shariah-permitted medical treatment, and from surplus frozen IVF embryos, with parental consent, but not from foetuses aborted deliberately or without a Shariah-permitted medical reason, nor from embryos deliberately created through SCNT under the principle of sad al-zaraie'. Genetic modification of natural traits in pre-embryos, including sex selection, is forbidden, except sex selection to avoid a serious genetic disease that can cause death.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Pengklonan Terapeutik untuk tujuan rawatan perubatan seperti mencipta sel-sel tertentu atau menggantikan organ yang telah rosak dengan mengambil kira langkah-langkah sempadan yang dibenarkan oleh syarak adalah diharuskan.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
National Fatwa Committee (JAKIM). “Hukum Pengklonan Terapeutik Dan Penyelidikan Sel Stem (Stem Cell)”, 22 February 2005. https://www.islam.gov.my/images/ePenerbitan/KOMPILASI_MUZAKARAH_MKI_2016.pdf#hukum-pengklonan-terapeutik-dan-penyelidikan-sel-stem-stem-cell. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/ruling-therapeutic-cloning-stem-cell-research/