Shaykh Dr. ʻAbdullāh al-Tayyār examines various medical and Sharia opinions related to infectious and genetic diseases, and their effect upon marriage, fertility, and children.
He tackles important, yet rarely discussed, topics, such as:
· the pros and cons of mandating medical examination before marriage.
· testing for genetic disorders that can cause miscarriage.
· marriage to someone with an infectious disease.
· marriage when both spouses have an infectious disease.
· intimacy with a spouse who has an infectious disease.
· pregnancy of a woman who has an infectious disease.
· conceiving children when the father has an infectious disease.
· abortion due to infectious disease.
· sustainability of marriage with an infectious disease.
· divorce due to infectious disease.
· a parent with an infectious disease raising a healthy child.
