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
