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Is it permissible to conceive another child using frozen eggs after learning of the impermissibility of the method itself, and must the currently frozen embryos be disposed of?

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Artificial insemination (IVF) has permissible and prohibited forms. The permissible form is to take sperm from the husband and an ovum from the wife, fertilize them externally, and then implant them into the wife's womb. Caution must be exercised, and trustworthy doctors must be sought out to avoid manipulation. The fertilization should be limited to the required number of ova, and if there is an surplus, it should be left to expire naturally without care. It is not permissible to preserve them to prevent lineage mixing. The resolution of the Islamic Fiqh Academy stipulated these controls. Accordingly, frozen fertilized ova must be disposed of, and a new insemination procedure may be performed.

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