What is Islams view on reproductive issues?
Naturally, the course one’s life takes is affected by the choices one has and the options one may exercise. Consequently, Muslim scholars have provided a number of responses to various long-standing and contemporary reproductive issues to help Muslims make responsible and appropriate life decisions. Islam encourages Muslims to have children, yet teaches that parents must plan wisely and responsibly to ensure children have a decent standard of living devoid of undue hardship. Thus, Islam permits birth control, so long as both the mother and father are aware of its use, and so long as the forms used are reversible and/or temporary. Condoms, diaphragms, intra-uterine devices, and the pill may be used, in contrast to tubal ligation, which in most cases would not be acceptable. Medical means of birth control that do not prevent conception but rather affect a fertilized ovum are not acceptable as well. The so-called “morning-after” or “abortion pill” falls into this category. According to th
