اختيــار جنــس الجنــين بــــين الشريعة والطــب

Abstract

Praise to Allah and peace be upon the Messengers. Medical arena witnessed an important achievement by discovering some secrets about the embryo formation. Thus the possibility of determining the sex of the embryo weather it is male or female, if Allah willing, is important because it is related to man who is the successor of Allah on earth. It is a complex subject which is related to man, society and the humanity in general. As Muslims it touches all aspects of faith on one hand and the Figh in the other hand. It also touches the moral and ethical aspects. So we have to know the Islamic rules regarding this scientific discovery. We have to know if it is permitted in Islam to determine the sex of the embryo or not because it may makes some social and disadvantages like the upsetting of the balance between the male and female numbers , mixing of lineage and revealing Awrah. The researchers and the scholars in Islamic jurisprudence have to study and tackles topics of the contemporary jurisprudence. Praise be to Allah and peace be upon the Prophet Muhammad, his family and companions

Keywords

Choice, sex, fetus