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Answered by Sh. Mustafa Umar1 min read
We do not know for sure but it is most likely that it was allowed due to necessity, since there were no other people on earth at that time. After that, marriage between them was prohibited, and remained like that ever since.
IVF is allowed only if: 1) the sperm comes from the husband, the egg comes from the wife, and there is no third party such as a surrogate mother involved 2) implantation occurs while the couple are still married (so no divorce or death has taken place) 3) there is a good reason for this procedure such as the couple not being able to have children naturally. The extracted eggs or fertilized embryos may be frozen for a medical reason or to preserve future fertility, but cannot be given to anyone else. Since multiple embryos are made through the IVF procedure, they may be discarded (but cannot be given to someone else to use) because they do not have the status of human life (which occurs after at least forty days after pregnancy).
It is fine for a man to defer (called muakhkhar) some or all of the dower (mahr) he will gift to his wife for marriage. However, this remains a debt and must be paid regardless of death or divorce. It is forbidden to make a conditional-upon-divorce dower (also called muakhkhar), as some cultures do, to pressure the husband to not divorce his wife.
If a child drinks the breastmilk of a woman she becomes his milk-mother and any other child who drinks from her becomes his milk-sister. They can never be married and do not have to observe dresscode guidelines with them. The age of breastfeeding is up to two years and does not establish any milk relationship after that.
Your first priority is supporting your wife and minor children, even if you are poor. If you are female, you must support your children but not your husband. You must also support your parents and grandparents only if they are in need and you are wealthy. This responsibility is whether you are the son or daughter, and whether your parents are Muslim or not. If you have brothers or sisters, the responsibility of supporting your parents and grandparents must be shared equally between siblings according to their ability. If your mother is married, then her husband will be primarily responsible for supporting her. If her husband is poor, you will support your mother by giving to her husband. If she is not married, then you must support her if she is poor and you can afford to.