Islamic Center of Southern California

PART 3

The Arguments of Islamic Law Rulings on Recent Medical Issues



Introduction Topic One Mixed Human Milk Bank Topic Two Controlling the Gender of a Human Embryo - Sex Selection Topic Three Plant, Animal, and Human Cloning Topic Four Test-Tube Babies (In Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transplants) Topic Five The Surrogate Uterus (Embryo Transplant) Topic Six Determining Who the Mother Is in Surrogate Uterus Cases Topic Seven Surgical Contraception - (Sterilization) Topic Eight Abortion Topic Nine The Case of the Private Parts ('Awra) of a Member of One Sex Being Viewed by a Member of the Other Sex for Purposes of Medical Diagnosis, Treatment, and Education Topic Ten The Inception of Human Life (The Point and the Stage at Which Fetal Life becomes Human) Topic Eleven Definition of Death Which Terminates Human Life and for Which a Death Certificate Is Issued Topic Twelve Ruling on the Restoration to Life of a Person Whose Brain Has Died Topic Thirteen Ruling on (1) Extending Aid When the Heart Is Dead but Not the Brain and (2) Removing Life-Supporting Equiment When Brain Death Is Confirmed	Topic Fourteen Confidentiality in the Medical Profession Topic Fifteen The Conflict between Secular Law or Administrative Instruction and Islamic Law in Health Practice Topic Sixteen Legitimate Ways of Human Organ Acquisition for Life-Saving Purposes (Organ Donation and Sale) Topic Seventeen Transplanting and Implanting Cells of the Brain and Nervous System Topic Eighteen The Extent of Making Use of Aborted Fetuses, Surplus Zygotes, and Anencephalic Babies Topic Nineteen Genital Gland and Organ Transplants Topic Twenty Sex Change Procedures for Normal People and Intersexes Topic Twenty One Hymen Patching Surgeries Topic Twenty Two Plastic Surgery Topic Twenty Three Minimum and Maximum Menses and Menstrual Cycle Estimation Topic Twenty Four Minimum and Maximum Duration of Puerperium Topic Twenty Five Minimum and Maximum Duration of Pregnancy Topic Twenty Six Patterns of Islamic Life and Their Effects on Health Development and Human Development in General Topic Twenty Seven Problems of Old Age and the Rights of the Elderly	Topic Thirty Four The Ruling on Fast Breaking through Current Medical Applications, Other than Food and Drink Topic Thirty Five The Human Genome Project and Its Legal Ramifications Topic Thirty Six Genetic Engineering and Its Impact on Man and His Food Topic Thirty Seven The Genetic Imprint and Its Role in Confirming Parentage Topic Thirty Eight Family Genetic Counseling Topic Thirty Nine The Rights and Obligations of the Handicapped and Psychological Patients and Outlining the Preventive Fence for Mental and Psychological Diseases Topic Twenty Eight Mercy Killing of the Aged, Encouraging Them to End Their Lives, and Denying Them Intensive Care and Expensive Medicines Topic Twenty Nine Alcohol and Drug Dependence (Addiction) Topic Thirty The Rulings Arising from the Discovery of AIDS Topic Thirty One Skin Grafts Topic Thirty Two Human Skin Banks Topic Thirty Three Forbidden and Unclean Ingredients Used in the Food and Pharmaceutical Industries Topic Fourty Determining the Status of Medical Sciences and Life-Related Disciplines in Islamic Law