The impact of sexually transmitted diseases upon marriage

Shaykh Dr. Abdullah al-Tayyar examines various medical and Sharia opinions related to infectious diseases and their effect upon marriage and reproduction, as well as genetic diseases and their effect upon fertility. It tackles important, and rarely discussed topics, such as:

• the pros and cons of mandating medical examination before marriage.
• testing for genetic disorders that can cause miscarriage.
• marriage to someone with an infectious disease.
• marriage when both spouses have an infectious disease.
• intimacy with a spouse who has an infectious disease.
• pregnancy of a woman who has an infectious disease.
• conceiving children when the father has an infectious disease.
• miscarriage due to infectious disease.
• sustainability of marriage with an infectious disease.
• divorce due to infectious disease.
• a parent with an infectious disease raising a healthy child.