Preface to the First
Edition
Preface to the Second
Edition
INTRODUCTION
A. Why
this book?
B. Sex education.
Chapter One
THE WESTERN
SEXUAL MORALITY
A. Christian
Sexual Morality.
B. The Victorian
Era.
C. The Sexual
Revolution.
Chapter Two
THE ISLAMIC
SEXUAL MORALITY (I)
ITS FOUNDATION
A. Defining
the Islamic View.
1. Marriage
is Highly Recommended.
2. Celibacy
& Monasticism is Forbidden.
3. Marriage
Helps in Spirituality.
B. Defending
the Islamic View.
l . Mernissi
' s Views.
(a) Women
are considered sexually active in Islam.
(b) Women
are a danger to the social order.
(c) There
should be no emotional investment in women.
(d) Love
should be exclusively devoted to Allah.
2. Al-Ghazali'
s Views.
3. Love
for God vis-a-vis Love for this World.
C. Criterion
of Moral & Immoral.
1 . Regulating
Sex by Morality.
2. Islam
and Personal Freedom.
Chapter Three
THE ISLAMIC
SEXUAL MORALITY (II)
ITS STRUCTURE
A. The Beginning
of Sexual Life.
1. Bulugh
& Rushd.
2. What Should
the Youths Do?
B. Handling
Sexual Urge Before Marriage?
1. Immoral
Ways.
(a) Pre-Marital
Sex
(b) Masturbation.
(c) Homosexuality
2. Lawful
Temporary Ways.
(a) Temporary
Abstinence.
(b)Temporary
Marriage (Mut'a).
C. Marriage.
1. Whom
Can You Marry?
(a) Restrictions
based on Relationships.
(b) Restrictions
based on Religion.
2.
Some Often Asked Questions.
3. The 'Aqd.
4. The Time
of Marriage.
(a) When
to Marry?
(b) The Wedding Night.
5. Days
& Times for Sex.
6. Sexual
Techniques.
(a) Foreplay.
(b) Techniques
of Foreplay.
(c) Sexual
Intercourse.
(d) Anal
Intercourse.
(e) Decency
and Privacy.
Chapter Four
CONTRACEPTIVES
& ABORTION.
A. Introduction.
B. When Does
Pregnancy Begin?
1 . Criteria
of Shar'i Definitions.
2. The Shar'i
Pregnancy.
C. The Contraceptives
Methods.
D. Abortion.
Chapter Five
NEW TECHNIQUES IN
HUMAN REPRODUCTION.
A. Human
Reproduction Techniques.
1. Artificial
Insemination by Husband.
2. Artificial
Insemination by Donor.
3. In Vitro
Fertilization.
4. Other
Possibilities in Human Reproduction discussed by Our 'Ulama'.
5.Surrogate
Motherhood.
B. Some
Ethical Questions.
l. Destroying
the Extra Fertilized Ova.
2. Frozen
Embryos.
Appendix I: Sources
of the Shari'ah.
Appendix
II: The Major Ablution: Ghusl Janabat.
Glossary
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