INTRODUCTION
Muslims strive to build strong family and community bonds, and they welcome children as a gift from Allah. Marriage is encouraged, and raising children is one of the main purposes of marriage in Islam. Few Muslims choose to remain child-free by choice, but many prefer to plan their families through the use of contraception.

THE QUR'AN'S VIEW
The Qur'an does not specifically refer to contraception or family planning, but in verses forbidding infanticide, the Qur'an warns Muslims, “Do not kill your children for fear of want." "We provide sustenance for them and for you” (6:151, 17:31).

Some Muslims have interpreted this as a prohibition against contraception as well, but this is not a widely accepted view.

Some early forms of birth control were practiced during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and he did not object to their appropriate use--such as to benefit the family or the mother’s health or to delay pregnancy for a certain period of time. This verse serves as a reminder, though, that Allah takes care of our needs and we should not hesitate to bring children into the world out of fear or for selfish reasons. We must also remember that no method of birth control is 100% effective; Allah is the Creator, and if Allah wants a couple to have a child, we should accept it as His will.

OPINION OF SCHOLARS
In situations where there is no direct guidance from the Qur'an and tradition of the Prophet Muhammad, Muslims then rely on the consensus of learned scholars.

Islamic scholars vary in their opinions about contraception, but only the most conservative scholars prohibit birth control in all instances. Virtually all scholars consider allowances for the mother’s health, and most allow for at least some forms of birth control when it is a mutual decision by husband and wife.

Some of the more fiercely debated opinions surround birth control methods that interrupt the development of a fetus after conception, methods which are irreversible, or when birth control is used by one spouse without the knowledge of the other.

TYPES OF CONTRACEPTION
Natural family planning: This was commonly practiced during the time of the Prophet Muhammad, and he did not universally object to it. Spouses need to be sensitive to each other’s needs for fulfillment, however, and practice this method only if both agree.
Barrier methods (condoms, diaphragms, etc.): These are designed to prevent conception, and are therefore accepted by most Muslim scholars.
Hormonal and other methods (pill, patch, IUD, etc.): These work through a combination of preventing fertilization and interfering with implantation. Most scholars frown upon such methods except under medical supervision--particularly as they may cause harm to the woman using them.
Surgery (vasectomy, tubal ligation, hysterectomy): Islam forbids a couple from choosing to be permanently child-free through the use of surgeries that are irreversible, unless for medical reasons.
Note:: Although Muslims have sexual relations only within marriage, it is possible to become exposed to sexually-transmitted diseases.

A condom is the only contraception option that helps prevent the spread of many STD’s.

ABORTION
The Qur'an describes the stages of embryonic development (23:12-14 and 32:7-9), and Islamic tradition states that the soul is “breathed” into a child four months after conception. Islam teaches respect for each and every human life, but it remains an ongoing question of whether unborn children fall into this category.

Abortion is frowned upon during the early weeks, and it is considered a sin if done without just cause, but most Islamic jurists permit it. Most early Muslim scholars found abortion to be permissible if done in the first 90-120 days after conception, but abortion is universally condemned thereafter unless to save the mother's life.

ibe123:
who is this poverty striken almajiri

money worshipper, is it in your fathers house that wealth is been shared. anofia

ibe123:
otu nnegi their

shege Dan iska. speak English nw

so elections will hold all the same. kanu is a coward.

tosyne2much:
It was a mistake jawe


I doubt if they would even give him VP ticket

bros I pray he is given the ticket. I have learnt not to expect much from pdp cos they are capable of anything. If sheriff can be their chairman at a point in time then that says alot about that party.

dignity33:
I read people comments about disappearing of Nnamdi Kanu and I discovered that Nigerians are totally enslaved by this Buhari regime.

People tend to believe the useless cover up made by Army that Nnamdi Kanu is hiding or that he might have cross to Cameroon and i laughed . I earlier wrote that Nnamdi Kanu and parents was either killed or in Government custody but they refuse to believe me, let me give some reason while Nnamdi Kanu is not hiding.

If you can recall the first time soldiers came near his house were two people was killed Nnamdi Kanu came out the following day address the press outside his house which means he was in the House during the time they came.

Nnamdi kanu can never hide because he made it know that he is ready to lose his life for Biafra, this is the man who leave everything for Biafra talk of good life he is enjoying in London, from a noble family even after bail condition he still defiled all and continue the struggle and not even the intimidation by army during the Ebonyi state rally that stop him but keep on and on attending other rallies accross the Biafra land.

Have you ask yourself why are the issue of biafra now is giving the Government sleepless night after invading Nnamdi Kanu house? Because they murdered Nnamdi Kanu that is why after the operation IPOB was quickly proscribed in South East and tagged terrorist Organization by Nigeria Government within a week, now looking for international backing should in case the issue of Nnamdi Kanu killing come up so they can called him terrorist.

Have you ask yourself why was Buhari sent some northern Governors to Eastern region for peace and thereafter VP and IG of police to Abia to meet with Governor? The reason is that Ikpazue was angry that Nnamdi Kanu was killed by army so all those peace visit was to Console him and promised him more Government package, visiting other state was to make it not look suspicious, has Buhari ever sent people for peace before in the past the answer Is no why was it that all this was happening after Kanu home was invaded by soldier.

No time has his brother mention that Kanu hiding position will not be disclosed did you watch him in any video is Government cover up story to make it look as if Kanu are hiding, if Kanu is hiding his brother can never said such. Kanu brother have accused Government of kidnapping Kanu and his parent that he has no knowledge of their way about since after there house was invadad by army.

IPOB or his lawyers can not wrote to World leaders and UN to asked Nigeria Government to release Nnamdi Kanu if Kanu is hiding let us use our brain propaganda may be a weapon of war but there are limit.

So if Government who are holding Kanu and parent will denial that, it means that Kanu has being murdered by army and probable buried somewhere which I don't wish.

lol. so engrossed is he with this Biafra issue that common English Na him e dey murder like Dis. ur leaders have proscribed ur Biafra , if u get mind Abeg go fly Biafran color make we c. it's not about chest beating online.

paiz:
Let us conduct our poll here

If you want Fayose to win click like
If you want Buhari to win click share

lol, when it matters the most, this poll will do little to nothing in an election. i doubt if he will be given the ticket in pdp.

tosyne2much:
Fayose is a clown sha


The greatest mistake APC will ever do is to give him presidential ticket

hahahahahahaha. Apc u said

VomeSchakleton:


Of course it will sound like drivel to an im.becile. LOL When you' re too stu pid to compose a proper sarcastic sentence and are trying too hard to pass that poppycock as sarcasm.

Claws, slap... that actually made sense in that pathetic silly mind of yours. You cant even use this simple idiom right.

Fact still remains: Thats not how to use sarcasm, and theres no reason to use the word "philistine" in this context because it makes no sense (except you're trying too hard to sound smart, which you're woefully failing at BTW). If anything given the comment that drew my attention, you're the philistine not me.You need to go and find yourself an english tutor.

FYI, i have an IQ of 147, my intellect is not in question. That is if you're too foolish to figure out through this conversation who the smarter person is or better yet who is more suited to detecting and dishing out sarcasm.

this is technical knock out. some people cant look at beautiful things without having negative thoughts about them.

Kizyte:
Who even made all these men Bishops? Ayam not understanding... Or did they make themselves Bishops?

Anyway, I'm proud to be a Catholic!

lol
we all know Catholic had it's own dark era. So plz stop saying poo about other ppl.

DrChukzy:

As long as their candidate isn't Bullhari, I'm okay with it.

Atiku is the next president. Argue with your keypad.

lol
we even pray pdp is foolish enough to give either fayose or Atiku ticket. they will just simplify apc work.

MistadeRegal:


Don't mind him. He doesn't know. He expect a soldier a shiver while in the rain, complain fever in the sun and complain uncomfortable while on the battlefield, scream when he steps on a thorn, cry when slapped and think only of dying without trying to escape when captured. Tell him to search google and see how Russians makes SPETSNAZ out of civilians who join the army and come tell us what he sees.

thank u jareh

tribalistseun:
who are the we? Is it by hiding behind the country army? Boko Haram you think you can defeat us? Thank God Boko Haram is now there to kill you pigs. It will never stop. I pray they use bullets and wipe all of you people everyday. You think Jesus Christ is sleeping. Pigs

lol. E pain am wella.

Hardewarlee:
Pure craziness , Dem take everything hard as if na heaven you wan enter . Please people who has family in USA Army naxo dem dey do dia people wey wan join army ? Mtcheew. ... Bokoharam dey dia dem no fit do shakara to dem , Na to dey beat ppl wey just wan join any how . God is watching una . And for the responsible Soldiers in the Nigerian Army . "You left your family to Save other people's family , May God Almighty Allah Protect yours (amin)". Long live Humble Soldiers.

your opinion though, but google and c some navy seal videos so u understand Wat military training is all about. No country can afford to have a weak soldier. Some nations even torture their soldiers just to c how much u can take when or if captured by enemy forces.

attackgat:
Okorocha is still talking about the useless seat of President of Nigeria that has done nothing but produce one incompetent idiot or the other since 1966 till date, while people are talking their independence.

Please find it in your to go back to when it all started.

Crystolexy:


It could be you tomorrow.. Karma's a bitch

he is from the zoo don't forget. in as much as he is law abiding this can't b him. after all we no get potopoto for zoo.

tribalistseun:
who are the we? Is it by hiding behind the country army? Boko Haram you think you can defeat us? Thank God Boko Haram is now there to kill you pigs. It will never stop. I pray they use bullets and wipe all of you people everyday. You think Jesus Christ is sleeping. Pigs

that was the same line of thought yhu and yhur hero had in mind and that was why it was never handled. yhu felt it was a northern problem until it got to the capital, the painful part for u and ur likes was the fact that, despite that crisis we came out en mass and voted ur hero out. mr. man we thank God they have been contained now and operate mainly in maiduguri. u wish me violence but sorry to burst ur bubbles, nothing that gross will befall me nor any member of my family. may God visit u and ur family with whatever u wish me in 10 times manifold. lets i forget, call ur brothers to order in the land of porto. so that when the reprisal attacks begin to happen up north, we dont want to hear genocide. child of hate. and may u chock on that hatred of urs.

HiddenShadow:



Then when it spirals into something else, hope you will be in the front fighting for NA

nothing will happen.

zionmde:
Good move mr governor. Let the state come back to sanity. We know we are tired of one nigeria but putting the state in a chaotic situation is not acceptable. let everybody remain indoors and let us ponder if we are ready to allow the wicked president we have turn our state into a state of anarchy

d last time I checked it was supposed to be ur own doing. where is the bss, they have laid siege at cownus house and all he cld do was go into hiding. by now based on ur chest beating d zoo shld b on fire oh.

Usernamefornl:
my family are d ones doing d killings. Ur family are d ones nxt on d line 2 join their ancestors. Idiotos

lol. savagery.

attackgat:


He will waste the lives of his followers? But it will be your Nigerian Soldiers shooting and killing unarmed people abi?

just like it happened b4 the hair warmer general turned to Usain Bolt and ran to Ivory Coast. once beaten twice shy

HiddenShadow:
Adieu Nigeria


There was a country called Nigeria all thanks to Buhari

e pain am. don't forget it's the zoo soldiers that are laying the siege not yhur ill looking bss

tribalistseun:
he's a no body, but Buhari is afraid of him. That he sent thousands of soldiers to harrass a nobody. Nnamdi kanu is by far bigger than buhari that's weak like a vegetable

lol, yet he had to shout for the whole world to hear. maybe I missing the true meaning of fear. where are the bss

tribalistseun:
he's the one that can cure useless Arewa madness

last time I checked it's ur Porto republic that soldiers are laying siege to.

tribalistseun:
story, watch as militant will start blowing up pipelines in a few days to come. Una fada

and make heavy thunder strike that stinking mouth wey go complain say things no dey move forward once the bombing start.

Omeokachie:
Every life is sacred.

Protect everyone from injustice.

Nobody, a people or ethnic group should be treated as second class citizens in this country.

I am glad these innocent northerners that have lived in the SE are being protected from harm.

Buhari must learn to be president of and for all. He created the current crisis through his myopic ethnic leaning.

All we want is equity, justice and freedom to live in peace.

Question to Buhari....
What is the worth of the blood of the Igboman?

yet this agitation wasn't given support during Jonathan Abi. u stay in Nigeria, throw insults at Nigerians and still expect to be treated with kid gloves. we all know dat all regions in Nigeria that tends to produce the president will invariably be the most favoured. even Jonathan was not innocent of this.

HiddenShadow:
One Nigeria died in the hands of Buhari


Will soldiers follow them around when they are doing their business

if need b, don't forget there thousands of igbos living in the north owning property worth billions of naira. I don't know who this stupidity will fall on the most.

BiafranBushBoy:
But after the useless Area assholes made their own declaration, no Igbo person was escorted to work or church...

The Python must dance!!

just to show u dat we value our own. when d shit hits the fan bro the ipob brothers in the north will be at the receiving end. lives and properties worth billions will be lost thanks to their stupidity.

tribalistseun:
since you say he's a jagaban why didn't he stay and fight. Thiefnubuu is a coward

dont deviate bro and for the record am a northerner. we don't give empty threats, we don't lead our ppl to wars we can never win. we promised u guys in 1966 that we were gonna whoop ur asses in broad daylight and Dats Wat we did.

tribalistseun:
just like how thiefnubuu ran away from Fulanis when abiola was captured

atleast he never lead them into a war he sure knew he was gonna lose. but hero turn Usain Bolt was a military officer who led ur ppl to the slaughter house and when he was needed most, he ran away with his tail stuck in between his legs. Wat a shame.

tribalistseun:
they're not Afonjas that are Cowards. Afonja = Cowards

i guess ur hero ojukwu was the biggest coward, running away from his ppl when it mattered most.

Wristler:
This got me thinking... .i don't think this man has crossed over the Niger to the East nor set foot in the West since his campaign days.

It's obvious he is not re-contesting. I wonder how he'll go abt campaigning for himself or anyone else in the South.

he obviously wouldn't be needing southern votes if he re contests.