Transcript ISLAM and ABORTION

ISLAM and ABORTION
“Slay not your children….the killing
of them is a great sin.”
From the Qu’ran - Surah 17, ayat 31
ISLAM and Abortion
 Today, Abortion in the Islamic world is
ONLY allowed where the mothers life is
in danger.
 The main reason for this (similar to some
Christians) is that most Muslims would
argue that the mothers life is worth more
than that of her unborn child.
ISLAM and ABORTION
 It should be stressed that abortion is only
performed as the lesser of two evils. The
mother has established duties,
responsibilities and relationships; a
potential baby has not.
 In Islam, as with other faiths, some
women argue that it is a woman’s right to
choose what she does with her own
body.
ISLAM and ABORTION
 Other points of view Muslims might offer
is that the mother should NOT
conveniently forget that her body affects
others i.e. the unborn child
 The Qu’ran says that on Judgement Day,
the infants will want to know why they
were killed.
ISLAM and ABORTION
 We can see the importance of the mother
overriding others in a passage from the
Hadith: “A man came to the Prophet and asked ‘who
among all people is most worthy of my good
company?’. The Prophet replied ‘your mother’.
The man asked ‘who next?’. The Prophet said
‘your mother’. The man then asked a third time
and got the same reply. Only on the fourth time
did the Prophet say ‘your father’ “