Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.

Please correct me if I am wrong?

The law in Islam wants their followers to not use contraceptives. I think the basic idea was to have more children this way the religion could grow in number and finally conquer the whole world (law setup by Prophet Mohd. in 15th Century) If we are in 21st Century and Islam does not want to conquer the world why do they still have this law continuing when there are poor people who cannot afford to raise children??

10 Answers

Relevance
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    mohammed founded islam in 622 a.d.

    they are well on the way to take over europe with their high birthrate , in some parts of england english is now a foreign language , sharia law is available in 65 counties of the u.k.

  • Hassan
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    we have no intentions of conquering the world. if would have wished we could have done it centuries ago.

    from 8th-15th centuries we were at the top of the world.

    all that you have today are our inventions and discoveries.

    for 800 years we were the only super power but we never waged a war on anyone. we never forced anyone to accept Islam. we never attacked countries for oil. we never made terrorist organizations.

    you waged wars on us and took our entire knowledge.

    regarding contraceptives.

    these prevent the egg after fertilization from attaching to the uterus. this is a sort of early abortion. that is harm.

    killing innocents is haram in Islam.

    by the way if you analyze the successful people of the world you will come to know that many of them were not the first or second child of their parents.

    here are the top 10 countries by population.

    China

    India

    United States

    Indonesia

    Brazil

    Pakistan

    Bangladesh

    Nigeria

    Russia

    Medico

    only 2 Muslim countries.

    so yet non-Muslim are at top.

    recently i read a report that birth rate in Muslim countries is falling whereas it is increasing in non-Muslim countries.

    so you should remain updated.

  • xuexue
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    the answer is do not tamper with nature or play God. this is an old universal rule. i do not know of islam wanting to conquer the whole world for, in my country, no muslims ever try to preach to other races abt their religions. in the past, people lived with nature, they had their farms; had occupations in fishing; rearing animals for food. as such, they could live without paper money. anything they needed were self-produced. they also had plenty of time on their side, hence the creativity of art & crafts strived during those times. in geographers' standards, they were significantly well-off in terms of possessions available.

    in today's capitalist world, nobody could live without a decent-paying jobs. & i do know there are some herbs that help in birth control in some racial groups.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    That law is still in effect because there are many Islamics who have immigrated to France and especially Great Britain and they have virtually take over the indigenous population. So it's working.

  • How do you think about the answers? You can sign in to vote the answer.
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Those laws and rules (of all religions) applied to the time they were written, by the then writers. None of them could look into the future. Like your computer - recognizes everything from before but nothing from things to come. i.e. you can't look up.

    Peace.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    same with all religions get em whilst their young , mentally disturbed , half staved, messed up on drink or drugs or both , in prison, at a low point in their lives, no one in their right mind would fall for all that mumbo jumbo let a lone believe it

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    May peace be on you.

    The following are important points related to the issue of birth control in Islam.

    The institution of marriage and the want to have children was the custom of the best of creation, the prophets and messengers chosen by Allah. Allah says about them

    "And indeed We sent messengers before you and made for them wives and offspring" (al-Raad 38)

    The best example for the believers is the example of the prophet Muhammad (saw), who married and had children. These prophets and messengers are the people whom Muslims should look to emulate. Allah says

    "They are those whom Allah has guided. So follow their guidance" (al-Anaam 90)

    Islam has forbidden celibacy (state of not being married), monasticism (life of monks & nuns) and castration (removal of the male glands) for such purposes. The prophet (saw) made this clear when he told those companions who were considering acetic forms of life: "I pray and I sleep; I fast and I break my fast; and I marry women. Whoever turns away from my way of life is not from me."

    From the Islamic perspective, children are a gift and a blessing from Allah. Allah mentions some of the bounties that He has bestowed upon mankind in the following verse: "And Allah has made for you spouses of your own kind and has made for you, from your wives, sons and grandsons, and has bestowed upon you good provisions." (al-Nahl 72)

    Allah also said: "Wealth and children are the adornment of the life of this world." (al-Kahf 46)

    The only true provider for all mankind is Allah. If Muslims follow what Allah has prescribed for them, Allah will provide for them. Allah has warned about killing one's children out of fear of poverty for either parents or the child. Allah says: "Kill not your children because of poverty - We provide sustenance for you and for them" (al-Anaam 151)

    Allah also says: "And kill not your children for fear of poverty. We shall provide for them as well as for you. Surely, the killing of them is a great sin" (al-Isra 31)

    Hence, Muslims should never abort or kill their children out of fear of poverty. It is Allah who provides for them.

    Based on the above points and numerous others, the scholars who participated in the research on this question came up with the following resolution:

    * It is not allowed to enact a general law that limits the freedom of spouses in having children.

    * It is forbidden to "permanently" end a man's or a woman's ability to produce children, such as by having a hysterectomy or vasectomy, as long as that is not called for by circumstances of necessity according to its Islamic framework.

    * It is permissible to control the timing of births with the intent of distancing the occurrences of pregnancy or to delay it for a specific amount of time, if there is some Shariah need for that in the opinion of the spouses, based on mutual consultation and agreement between them. However, this is conditioned by that not leading to any harm, by it being done by means that are approved in the Shariah and that it not do anything to oppose a current and existing pregnancy.

    *Muslims believe that whatever the Creator commands, it is is His right and deserves to be followed because He alone has the full knowledge on what is best for His creation.

    I invite you to knwo about Islam by taking information from the authentic sources of Islamic belief which is the Holy Quran and ashih hadith. You can visit the following if you want.

    www.allahsquran.com

    www.sahih-bukhari.com

    Peace.

  • 1 decade ago

    I'm pretty sure it's meant for you to not have sex unless it's for procreation.

    by pretty sure I mean that what it means

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    As if they actually cared about any people.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Catholic church is the same

Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.