RE EXAM 2: Sanctity of life: Islam
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- Sanctity of Life: Islam
- Drugs
- Islam is opposed to the use of any drugs except for those which are medically prescribed.
- Every intoxicant is Khamr and all Khamr is Haram
- O ye who believe, liquor, gambling, idols and divining arrows are but abominations and Satanic devices.
- all non-prescribed drugs are the work of Satan and are designed to lead people away from God.
- Tobacco is not specifically mentioned in the Qur’an as being Haram some Muslims say it is Makruh.
- Islam is opposed to the use of any drugs except for those which are medically prescribed.
- Euthanasia
- Voluntary
- the person concerned asks someone to help them die
- Involuntary
- euthanasia is carried out without the patient’s consent
- Muslim attitudes
- Islam is totally opposed to euthanasia. The Qur’an says that Allah created all life and everything belongs to him
- To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He creates what He pleases.
- Muslim people are forbidden to kill themselves
- Destroy not yourselves.
- Islam is totally opposed to euthanasia. The Qur’an says that Allah created all life and everything belongs to him
- Suicide
- The Prophet Muhammad said that suicides would go to hell:
- Anyone who throws themselves down from a rock and commits suicide will be throwing themselves into Hell
- A person who drinks poison and kills themselves will drink it for ever in Hell.
- A person who stabs themselves will stab themselves for ever in Hell.
- If people are suffering badly they should ask Allah for help
- No one has the right to decide when they will die
- No one can die except by Allah’s leave,
- The Prophet Muhammad said that suicides would go to hell:
- Voluntary
- Contraception
- Islam teaches that life is a sacred gift from Allah
- To Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth. He creates what He pleases.
- Children are also a gift
- contraception has been seen to be against the teachings of theQur’an
- The Conference on Islam and Family Planning has agreed that contraception can be used if:
- 1. the mother’s health is threatened
- 2.there is a chance of a child being born disabled
- 3. the family do not have the money to bring up a child
- The Conference on Islam and Family Planning has agreed that contraception can be used if:
- contraception has been seen to be against the teachings of theQur’an
- Islam teaches that life is a sacred gift from Allah
- Abortion
- The artificial ending of the life of a foetus in the womb
- A natural abortion is called a miscarriage
- Islamic teacahings
- Abortion is not permitted within Islam unless it’s to save the mother’s life.
- Some Muslims believe that for the first four months of pregnancy the woman has greater rights than the foetus but that after this time they are equal.
- before the time of Muhammad, unwanted female children were often buried alive in Arabia. Islam teaches:
- Do not destroy your offspring for fear of poverty, it is We Who provide for them and for you. Surely, destroying them is a great sin.
- Drugs
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