Biomedical issues in Islamic family law

Haneef, Sayed Sikandar Shah (2015) Biomedical issues in Islamic family law. Thinker`s Library Sdn. Bhd., Batu Caves, Selangor. ISBN 978-967-69-0798-1

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Abstract

Islamic discourse on biomedical issues is one of the most topical themes in contemporarylslamicthought.However,literatureespousingthissubject demonstrates dichtomo, up"p.ou.hes by treating issues either from ethcical point ofvieworlegaiperspective'Mo,.o*.,thediversityofjuristicpronouncements containing views f.ri upf...iative of the larger ethical impiications of medical technology on core f;ily value-system as Jnvisioned by Islam proves confusing to common folk and paradoxical to research scholars' To remedy the situation' thisbookarguesforanintegratedapproachbybringingtogethertheimmutable principles of rsta*ic?amiryiu* u, ..,ihrir-,.d in the Qur'an and the Strnnah i""g *iat the underlying moral purposes of the law on marriage, procreation, p""i"ny arrd medicj.uL' ettoidingly' it proposes that to thwart the ethico-juridical pitfalls on medical management of family issues, singular reliance on scientihc e"perts may not be adequate. The_ experts specializing in this area should ,fr" ".q""int themselves witil the working knowledge of medical ie.hrrotogies and relatei disciplines. This approach *:r1+ facilitate the accommodation of biomedical technologies into the legal parameters of Islamic family iaw in a more ethically consistent articulation u'hich could be reassuring to ordinary folks and technically coherent to reserchers in the field'

Item Type:	Book
Additional Information:	3049/46190 - Book call no. BPR260 H36 2015
Uncontrolled Keywords:	biomedical, Islamic family law
Subjects:	K Law > KBP Islamic Law > KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh > KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects K Law > KBP Islamic Law > KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh > KBP470 Law reform. Criticism. Tanzim
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh
Depositing User:	Prof. Sayed Sikandar Shah Haneef
Date Deposited:	15 Jan 2016 09:14
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2019 16:16
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/46190

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