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Other Interesting Visitor Questions (Updated
Jumaadaa Al-Aakhirah 1422)
(Document for this one is lost)
If Islam is so positive towards science, how come more or less all major scientific
breakthroughs are made by non-Muslims? How come people in the Western world (and some
Eastern Asian countries) have invented just about anything you can think of which has been
invented in the last centuries?
Personally I believe that facts prove more than theories, and there's a big difference
between what the Bible and the Qur'aan say, and what is the reality of the world today.
And one more little thing; I'm not a scientist, but it seems to me that the Qur'aan's
description of the development of the fetus could be discovered by simply opening a
pregnant woman's belly. I have also read "scientific proof" supporting the
belief that extraterrestrials visit earth regularly, but that doesn't mean everyone will
immediately believe it, does it?
In the embryology section of your
site you have mentioned this hadeeth: "When forty-two nights have passed over the
drop (nutfah), Allah sends an angel to it, who shapes it and makes its ears, eyes, skin,
flesh and bones. Then he says, “O Lord, is it male or female?” and your Lord
decides what he wishes. (Muslim)."
Non-Muslims argue that the sex of a fetus is determined by the male sperm cell and right
after conception. While this hadeeth says that Allah decides whether it is male or
female after 42 days. Please provide an appropriate reply. Or if you find that this
hadeeth is not authentic then please remove this from your site. The Non-Muslims have
absolutely no other objection about your site and it is a beautiful site. But because of
this hadeeth we can ‘t introduce non-Muslims to your site.
You have an inconsistency in the argument you are
trying to make. In your effort to show that science proves, or is in excellent agreement
with Islamic revelations, you have made an error. In the section "Islam and
science," you published the following paragraph: In another Hadeeth, Prophet Muhammad
(sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: When forty-two nights have passed over the drop
(nutfah), Allah sends an angel to it, who shapes it and makes its ears, eyes, skin, flesh
and bones. Then he says, "O Lord, is it male or female?" and your Lord decides
what he wishes. (Muslim). This contradicts scientific knowledge. The gender of a new human
(and all mammals for that matter) is determined at the moment of conception, when sperm
and ovum come together. It is the sperm's contribution of an X or Y chromosome that
decides the gender at time = 0, not at time = 42 days. Now, there are genetic diseases
which lead to gender identity ambiguity, but for normal (more than 99%) cases, the gender
is determined immediately. Correcting your inconsistency may improve the power of your
argument...
Does the Qur'aan or Prophet
Mohamed (sallallaahu 'alihi wa sallam) speak about genetic mutation? If
so, where?
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In the embryology section of your site you have
mentioned this hadith: "When forty-two nights have passed over the drop (nutfah),
Allah sends an angel to it, who shapes it and makes its ears, eyes, skin, flesh and bones.
Then he says, “O Lord, is it male or female?” and your Lord decides what he
wishes. (Muslim)."
Non-Muslims argue that the sex of a fetus is determined by the male sperm cell and right
after conception. While this hadeeth says that Allah decides whether it is male or female
after 42 days. Please provide an appropriate reply. Or if you find that this hadeeth is
not authentic then please remove this from your site. The Non-Muslims have absolutely no
other objection about your site and it is a beautiful site. But because of this hadeeth we
can ‘t introduce non-Muslims to your site.
The hadeeth is indeed authentic. The meaning of the hadeeth has been explained by the
non-Muslim expert in embryology Dr. Joe Leigh Simpson in the same book in the
chapter Islam and Science. If scientists have proven or argue that the sex of the foetus
is determined at the moment of conception by the male sperm it does not nullify the
validity of the hadeeth but it could mean that what is referred to therein is how the
child may live or be raised or even that it will actually develop full term into a male or
female for indeed much can occur between the period of conception to the time of birth
that could alter that process and Allah knows best.
Finally we should add that the statement "And your Lord decides what He
wishes" does not mean that He did not know the sex of the foetus even before it
was conceived. It is the angel that asked the question of the One Who had already
determined the sex of the child.
Never forget, our deen is not dependent on or determined by science.
You have an inconsistency in the argument
you are trying to make. In your effort to show that science proves, or is in excellent
agreement with Islamic revelations, you have made an error. In the section "Islam and
science," you published the following paragraph: In another Hadeeth, Prophet Muhammad
(sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) said: When forty-two nights have passed over the drop
(nutfah), Allah sends an angel to it, who shapes it and makes its ears, eyes, skin, flesh
and bones. Then he says, "O Lord, is it male or female?" and your Lord decides
what he wishes. (Muslim). This contradicts scientific knowledge. The gender of a new human
(and all mammals for that matter) is determined at the moment of conception, when sperm
and ovum come together. It is the sperm's contribution of an X or Y chromosome that
decides the gender at time = 0, not at time = 42 days. Now, there are genetic diseases
which lead to gender identity ambiguity, but for normal (more than 99%) cases, the gender
is determined immediately. Correcting your inconsistency may improve the power of your
arguement...
We are not the authors of This Is The Truth however we will forward your question to those
with knowledge of the subject who will in shaa Allah reply to you. One matter we
must point out is that although you mention that scientists believe the sex of a mammal is
determined at the moment of conception, there is however no scientific means to determine
whether a person will truly develop into or live as a healthy male or female nor does that
contradict the fact that Allah knew what the sex of the person would be not just
before the 42 days when the angels ask the question, but prior to the person being
conceived all together. Thus it is Allah who determines the sex of any individual
even before conception and not the chromosomes of the mother and father for He is the
Creator of the chromosomes and the entire process of reproduction, and Allah knows
best.
Does the Qur'aan or Prophet Mohamed
(sallallaahu 'alihi wa sallam) speak about genetic mutation? If so, where?
Unless of course one was to interpret the miraculous transformation of certain people such
as the punishment of the breakers of the Sabbath whom Allah transformed into apes
and swine [Al-Qur'aan 5:60] as a possible example or the Ya'jooj wa Ma'jooj (Gog and
Magog) who are locked and sealed within the earth [Al-Qur'aan 18:94 - 99, Al-Bukhari
(English), Vol. 9 Hadeeth 249) and Allah knows best.
The Islamic position regarding such matters would however be derived upon principles found
in the Qur'aan and the authentic hadeeth and any possible analogous situations, the same
as any other newly occurring matter of interpretation or fiqh. If you are referring to
"cloning" then there have been some opinions brought out by Islamic
scholars based on the known information that may be found through the Contemporary
Jurisprudence Research Journal that may be obtained from P.O. Box 1918, Riyadh 11441,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or perhaps a Muslim University like the Journal of Science and
Technology, King Abdul-'Aziz City For Science and Technology, P.O. Box 6086, Riyadh 11442,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or other resources that we do not have at this time.
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