The Impact Of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Upon Marriage

Pages: 139

Cover Type: Paperback

Author: Shaykh Dr. Abdullah al-Tayyar

Publisher: Authentic Statements

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.