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- Introduction
- Birth Control
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- Enquiries from the Religious Authorities in Regards to Birth Control
- Enquiries from the Religious Authorities in Regards to Semen Testing
- Enquiries from the Religious Authorities in Regards to Preventing Pregnancy
- Enquiries from the Religious Authorities in Regards to Norplant and Injections (to Prevent Pregnancy)
- Enquiries from the Religious Authorities in Regards to Prevention of Fertilization after Intercourse
- Enquiries from the Religious Authorities in Regards to Fulfilling the Religious Obligations after Menopause
- Enquiries from the Religious Authorities in Regards to taking Birth Control Pills
- Enquiries from the Religious Authorities in Regards to Usage of the I.U.D.
- Enquiries from the Religious Authorities in Regards to Tubal Ligation (Tubectomy) for Women
- Enquiries from the Religious Authorities in Regards to Vasectomies for Men
- Abortions
- The Noble Presence of the Protector and Grand Marja’ of the Shi`a, Ayatullah al-`Uzma Imam Khumayni
- The Noble Presence of the Protector and Grand Marja’ of the Shi`a, Ayatullah al-`Uzma Najafi Mar`ashi
- The Noble Presence of the Protector and Grand Marja’ of the Shi`a, Ayatullah al-`Uzma Gulpaygani
- The Noble Presence of the Protector and Grand Marja’ of the Shi`a, Ayatullah al-`Uzma Shirazi
- Opinion of the Scholars and Jurisprudents of the Ahl As-Sunnah in relation to Family Planning
- Sources of Books Used
Islamic Edicts on Family Planning
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Translator(s): Shaykh Saleem Bhimji
Compiler(s): Dr. Bahram Dilawar Dr. Saffiyah Shahryari Afshar Dr. A`dham Dukht Rahimi
Category: Marriage
Topic Tags:Family planning Birth control Miscellaneous information: Published by:
Ministry of Health and Medical Education with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
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This book is a compilation of rulings given by the Maraji' on issues related to family planning, like birth control, its various applications and procedures, and abortion. It also includes rulings by Sunni scholars on these topics.
Introduction
بسمه تعالی
In His Name, the Most High
The uncontrolled growth of population this century has posed a huge dilemma and has brought with it irreversible damages to all aspects of life - including the environment that people live in and the health and welfare of the family. Keeping in mind that if the economic, societal and cultural factors do not expand to keep in line with the growth of population, then this population growth will definitely have a negative impact on the well being of the entire society.
Where as 150 years ago, the population of the world was a mere 500,000,000 people, at the present time, there are currently over 6,000,000,000,000 people inhabiting the planet Earth and this number is on the increase as can be seen by the current growth of population of the world. We must also keep in mind that 90% of this increase has taken place within the non-Industrialized countries of the world.
Iran is also one of those countries in the
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