GENDER SELECTION OF EMBRYO THROUGH THE PRISM OF SHARIAH Cover Image

ODABIR SPOLA EMBRIONA KROZ PRIZMU ŠERIJATA
GENDER SELECTION OF EMBRYO THROUGH THE PRISM OF SHARIAH

Author(s): Hakija Kanurić
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Islam studies, Demography and human biology
Published by: ISLAMSKI PEDAGOŠKI FAKULTET U BIHAĆU
Keywords: gender; child; seed; embryo; selection; male; female; methods;

Summary/Abstract: Modern lifestyle and technical achievements initiated many questions that were not considered by classical Islamic jurists. The Qur'an, the last Revelation of God, and the Sunnah, the sayings and actions of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, as the fundamental sources of Islamic faith, directly or indirectly contain judgments about all the innovations and trends that will happen until the Day of Judgment. In order to recognize Sharia regulations regarding these phenomena, we can clearly see the divine light and perfect knowledge through the Quranic verses and words of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, who does not speak of his whim. They are in perfect conformity with modern knowledge and scientific discoveries even though they were expressed at the time when human knowledge was at a very low level,. Formation of embryo gender, like everything else in nature that surrounds us, is regulated by the law which were established by Allah. Modern man discovered details of that law, which had previously been unknown to humankind. That opened the possibility of influencing the sex of the embryo. On the other hand, the believer knows that Allah is the One who creates and selects and to Whom everything returns. He is the One who gives to whom He wants male and female children and He leaves some without offspring.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 67-88
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Bosnian