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The Family in Islam
The Family in Islam Description: Family life and related issues such as marriage, divorce, parenthood, underage pregnancy and abortion are areas of great discussion and dispute in the ‘western’ world today. The facts emanating from various societies in the ‘developed’ world show that the current state of affairs is unsustainable and illogical and will inevitably result in the decline and self-destruction of these societies. A prime and oft-quoted1 being a Catholic country, one would expect the birth rate to be high. However with a reproduction rate of only 1.3 children per couple it is clear that the population is not being sustained or replaced and is dwindling. It requires a live reproduction rate of at least 2.0 children per couple to maintain population levels each generation. This story is repeated throughout the European Union where the Republic of Ireland despite also experiencing a sharp drop in the ‘fertility’ rate is the only country where rates are at ‘generation replacement level’.2 statistics at around 150,000 per year3 as they do in the other countries of the EU. The use of the term ‘fertility rate’ according to these statistics also appears to be a little disingenuous, as it does not take into account the number of terminations each year. The number of live births per woman is not a valid reflection of true fertility, because a conception subsequently terminated can also be regarded as a statistic of fertility. example of this is Italy where, The killing of children is deemed wrong in the Qur’an and hence in Islam: ‘And kill not your children for fear of want, We will sustain them and you. Indeed, the killing of your children is a great sin.’ 4 In many places in the Qur’an also, evidence is brought that previous nations and generations were brought down by their sinning: ‘Do they not travel through the earth and see what the End of those before them was? They were even superior to them in strength and in the traces (they have left) i
Published By:
Imam Sayed Mohammad Shirazi
Published Date:
June 15, 2026
Pages:
92
Subjects:
Hadith Shia, Haram, Halal, Family, Divorce, Ethics – Morals, History: Before Muhammad, Ethics -Society
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Description
The Family in Islam Description: Family life and related issues such as marriage, divorce, parenthood, underage pregnancy and abortion are areas of great discussion and dispute in the ‘western’ world today. The facts emanating from various societies in the ‘developed’ world show that the current state of affairs is unsustainable and illogical and will inevitably result in the decline and self-destruction of these societies. A prime and oft-quoted1 being a Catholic country, one would expect the birth rate to be high. However with a reproduction rate of only 1.3 children per couple it is clear that the population is not being sustained or replaced and is dwindling. It requires a live reproduction rate of at least 2.0 children per couple to maintain population levels each generation. This story is repeated throughout the European Union where the Republic of Ireland despite also experiencing a sharp drop in the ‘fertility’ rate is the only country where rates are at ‘generation replacement level’.2 statistics at around 150,000 per year3 as they do in the other countries of the EU. The use of the term ‘fertility rate’ according to these statistics also appears to be a little disingenuous, as it does not take into account the number of terminations each year. The number of live births per woman is not a valid reflection of true fertility, because a conception subsequently terminated can also be regarded as a statistic of fertility. example of this is Italy where, The killing of children is deemed wrong in the Qur’an and hence in Islam: ‘And kill not your children for fear of want, We will sustain them and you. Indeed, the killing of your children is a great sin.’ 4 In many places in the Qur’an also, evidence is brought that previous nations and generations were brought down by their sinning: ‘Do they not travel through the earth and see what the End of those before them was? They were even superior to them in strength and in the traces (they have left) i
