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Background reading material for medicine & fiqh panel discussion at the Kulliyah of Medicine, International Islamic University, Kuantan on 25th March 2000
OUTLINE
1.0 MENSTRUATION, haidh
A. Physiology
B. Normal Menstruation
C. Pre-Menstrual Syndrome
D. Menopause, ya’isu mina al haidh
E. Menstrual Disorders
2.0 HUMAN SEXUALITY, shahwat al jimaa
A. Gender Identity
B. Expression Of Human Sexuality
C. Regulation Of Human Sexuality
D. Human Sexuality And Marriage
E. Coitus
3.0 CONTRACEPTION, maniu al injaab
A. Legal Rulings On Contraception
B. Male Reversible Methods
C. Female Reversible Methods
D. Male Irreversible Methods
E. Female Irreversible Methods
4.0 PREGNANCY, haml/habl
A. Diagnosis Of Pregnancy
B. Period Of Gestation, muddat al haml
C. Activities In Pregnancy
D. Post-Partum Bleeding, nifaas
E. The New-Born
5.0 BREAST-FEEDING, ridhaa’at
A. Neuro-Humoral Control
B. Period Of Breast-Feeding, muddat al ridhaa’at
C. Payment for breast-feeding, ajr al ridhaa’at
D. Foster breast-feeding
E. Activities during breast-feeding
DISCUSSIONS
MENSTRUATION
Marriage before menarche
Medical complications of coitus in menstruation
Hysterectomy before menarche
Ovariectomy before menarche
Teaching Qur’an while in menstruation
Physiological distress of menstruation
Psychological distress of menstruation
Reason for making up salat and not saum if missed during menstruation
Hormonal menstrual regulation
Criteria for decision that menstruation has stopped in order to bathe and pray
Physiological explanation of the manifestations of the pre-menstrual syndrome
Pre-menstrual syndrome and marital disputes
Pre-menstrual syndrome as legal defence in criminal acts
Salat with pre-menstrual syndrome
Saum with pre-menstrual syndrome
Menopausal mood and mental changes causing marital discord
Menopausal or post menopausal syndrome as legal defence in criminal cases
Artificial menopause, surgical or medical
Pros and cons of using estrogen replacement therapy
Legal rulings on menorrhaghia
Legal rulings on metrorrhaghia
Legal rulings on dysmenorrhoea
HUMAN SEXUALITY
Gender identity
Gender awareness
Legal rulings on trans-sexuality
Legal rulings on sexual abstinence, rahbaniyyat
Sexual attraction: visual, chemical, aural
Use of cosmetics to hide natural defects
Use of defects to enhance appearance
Rulings on the use of perfumes
Rulings on cosmetic surgery
Rulings on male circumcision
Rulings on female circumcision
Problems due to discord between biological and mental maturity
Teenage sexual abstinence
Penalty for non-coital adultery
Definition of female shyness in relation to sexual hygiene
Definition and rulings on awrat
Rulings on khalwat in the car, the office, by telephone, by internet
Rulings on mixing, ikhtilaat, at the work-place, public transportation, and the class-room
Rulings on mixing, ikhtilaat, in the hospital
Rulings on what constitutes tabarruj
Rulings on spouse withholding sexual priviledges
Rulings on maharim
CONTRACEPTION
Population control as national policy
Permissible contraception
Haram contraception
Rulings on male methods of contraception
Rulings on female methods of contraception
Disagreement between husband and wife on contraception
PREGNANCY
Legal rulings on the minimum and maximum durations of pregnancy
Determination of date of conception in disputes about parenthood
Determination of the date of conception in disputes about zina accusations
Salat and saum in first trimester pregnancy complications
Saum in early pregnancy
Hajj in late pregnancy
Salat and saum in post abortal period
Rights of the fetus to property and inheritance
Rights of the mother
Rulings about naming a newborn
Rulings about aqiiqat for the new born
BREAST FEEDING
Rulings on the period of lactation/breast feeding
Is refusal to breast feed a form of child abuse?
Rulings on payment for breast feeding
Salat for nursing mother
Saum for nursing mother