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Female foeticide has been practiced in many parts of the world due to social and economic factors that devalue women. Islam prohibits all forms of infanticide and elevates the status of women. While the practice has been largely abolished in Islamic societies, it continues elsewhere using technologies like sex-selective abortion. In Kashmir, the sex ratio has declined significantly in recent decades due to pre-natal sex determination tests and abortion of female fetuses. The document argues that only by following Islamic teachings which forbid infanticide and value women can this practice be fully eliminated. Healthcare providers who enable sex-selective abortions will be held accountable on the Day of Judgment.
Female foeticide has been practiced in many parts of the world due to social and economic factors that devalue women. Islam prohibits all forms of infanticide and elevates the status of women. While the practice has been largely abolished in Islamic societies, it continues elsewhere using technologies like sex-selective abortion. In Kashmir, the sex ratio has declined significantly in recent decades due to pre-natal sex determination tests and abortion of female fetuses. The document argues that only by following Islamic teachings which forbid infanticide and value women can this practice be fully eliminated. Healthcare providers who enable sex-selective abortions will be held accountable on the Day of Judgment.
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Female foeticide has been practiced in many parts of the world due to social and economic factors that devalue women. Islam prohibits all forms of infanticide and elevates the status of women. While the practice has been largely abolished in Islamic societies, it continues elsewhere using technologies like sex-selective abortion. In Kashmir, the sex ratio has declined significantly in recent decades due to pre-natal sex determination tests and abortion of female fetuses. The document argues that only by following Islamic teachings which forbid infanticide and value women can this practice be fully eliminated. Healthcare providers who enable sex-selective abortions will be held accountable on the Day of Judgment.
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During past few days no day has passed when the dailies didn’t carry news items or some article on female foeticide or infanticide. This trend shows the concern of Kashmiri’s over this sensitive affair and I, being concerned with the social problems, could not stop myself from writing on the issue. Female infanticide has been practiced since very old times in many parts of the world. It is commonly narrated that in pre- Islamic Arabia killing of female infants was very common and this fact is narrated in such a way as if it were exclusively practiced in Pre-Islamic Arabia. However, the facts seem quite contrary: it might have been practiced in many parts of the world and the practice has gone unnoticed because no nation took it seriously and historians of all ages have ignored it as it appeared to them as a mundane affair, needing no space or explanation in the historical accounts. It is because of the utmost importance that Islam lays on the prevention of female infanticide that it finds prominent place in the Islamic literature. The practice in Arabia was that if a girl was born, she was immediately buried alive. Sometimes the father would rear her for some time and then, finding time, would take her to the desert and bury her alive. This cruelty was once described by a person before the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace). It is related in the first chapter of Sunan Darimi that a man came to the Holy Prophet and narrated this incident of pre-Islamic days of ignorance: "I had a daughter who was much attached to me. When I called her, she would come running to me. One day I called her and took her out with me. On the way we came across a well. Holding her by the hand I pushed her into the well. Her last words that I heard were: Oh father, oh father!!" Hearing this, the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) wept and tears started falling from his eyes One of those present on the occasion said: O man, you have grieved the Holy Prophet. The Holy Prophet said: Do not stop him, let him question about what he feels so strongly now. Then the Holy Prophet asked him to narrate his story once again. When he narrated it again the Holy Prophet wept so bitterly that his beard became wet with tears. Then he said to the man: "Allah has forgiven that you did in the days of ignorance: now turn to Him in repentance.' The incident shows the concern of Prophet Mohammad (upon whom be peace) against the female infanticide, and outlines the Islamic view point in this matter. In Islamic societies the practice has been abolished since then but continues to be practiced in many other societies. For example according to estimates in 2005, 90 million women were estimated to be missing in seven Asian countries, apparently because of sex-selective abortion. The Indian Medical Association estimates that five million female foetuses are aborted every year. In Kashmir though this practice was rarely resorted to owing to the strong religious inclination of people, but now the situation has changed. The matter of concern are the census figures for child sex ratio for J&K which was 941 in 2001 has fallen to 859 in 2011. That is a decadal drop of 82. The reasons as appear to me are that the pre-natal sex determination tests have made it easier to kill the girl child in a womb itself. The act doesn’t appear as horrific to people as killing it after birth. Consequently people regard it as a minor sin or no sin at all. However, the killing in womb is as horrific as killing after birth, as would follow later.
Causes: The women in our society are regarded as a burden
because of various customs, e.q. the institution of dowry and huge amount that is incurred upon the marriage of a girl, the moral degradation in society, the difficulty in finding the mate for a girl etc. contrary to it the male child is regarded as a boon because he is regarded as the person who would earn for the family and take care of the parents when they are old. The advances in medical technology have made it possible to determine the sex of the foetus and if found out to be female, it is aborted. Islam is the solution: No law, however powerful it might be, can help in the elimination of this practice because of the nature of this crime. Only Islam can provide a safety to the girl child. Firstly Islam not only prohibits female infanticide, but it forbids all types of infanticide, irrespective of whether the infant is a male or female. Allah says in the Qur’an: “Kill not your children for fear of want: We shall provide sustenance for them as well as for you. Verily the killing of them is a great sin.” (17:31). In the verse cited above, Allah has admonished such people for their ignorance in assuming the responsibility of providing sustenance to their children. This is the exclusive domain of Allah and He is the One who gives you your sustenance. Now, He who gives it to you shall be the one who would give it to them as well. He would take care of the needs of your daughters as well, you need not worry. Secondly Islam elevates the position of the women and promises great rewards for bringing up of girl child. Islam wiped out the concept that the birth of a daughter was in any way a calamity. On the contrary, Islam taught that bringing up daughters, giving them good education and enabling them to become good housewives, is an act of great merit and virtue. Prophet Muhammad (upon whom be peace) has said: "The person who is put to a test because of the birth of the daughters and then he treats them generously, they will become a means of rescue for him from Hell." (Bukhari, Muslim). The Abortion after Four Months is Tantamount to Infanticide (Ruling) “Burying infants alive or killing them is a major sin and a heinous brutality. Aborting a foetus after four months falls under the same category in Shari'ah, because within four months the foetus receives the soul and treated as a living human being.” (Mufti Muhammad Shafi in Maarif ul Qur'an Vol. 8). As a matter of fact the method in vogue in Kashmir for detection of the sex of the foetus is through Sonography and by this method the sex of the baby can be determined through this method only when the foetus is of four months of age or in other words the abortion to kill the girl child can be carried out only when it has reached fourth month or in other words this abortion is tantamount to infanticide as such the Sonologist who determines the sex of the baby, the Gynecologist and the other related staff who carry out the abortion are also equally responsible for this infanticide. If the sex of the baby is determined before four months and abortion carried out before that time, it shouldn’t be regarded as “allowed” – that too is a heinous crime. Surely no doctor would like to become a party in infanticide for a few bucks but in telling the sex of the baby, he is actually becoming a cause of and a party to it. And in one Hadith, the Holy Prophet has been reported to have said, "Whoever abets in the killing of a believer by assisting the killer even with one word will be brought before Allah on the day of Resurrection. And written on his forehead shall be (Deprived of the mercy of Allah). (Mazhari from Ibn Ma’jah and Isbahani) Allah declares the predicament of those involved in the crime, on the Day of Judgment which is sure to come: “When the female (infant), buried alive, is questioned, for what crime she was killed.” (81: 8-9) The parents who buried their daughters alive would not be asked: "Why did you kill the innocent infant?" But the innocent girl will be asked: "For what crime were you slain?" And she will tell her story how cruelly she had been treated by her barbarous parents and buried alive. The irony is that there is no sense of remorse – the criminal may feel that he has just killed a fly or gnat— he feels happier, elated that he has got rid of an unwanted being, an enemy in the battle field – an unarmed soul who might be making the pleas “papa Don’t Kill me, spare me, why are you killing me, I have a right to live – God has given me life, you have no right to snatch it.” but it goes unheard and on the Day of Judgement the question would be posed to her, “For what crime were you slain“ and when she declares her innocence, the father would be put to enormous shame and helplessness, unable to defend himself – he would have no excuse, helpless – he would be as helpless as his daughter was when he killed her. He would regret, but of no avail. He alone would not be in the dock, but those who helped in the process – Gynaecologists, nurses, Sonologist — too would be put to harsh trial. There would be no hiding place for them. Author is Lecturer of Sociology at Govt. Degree College (Boys) Anantnag. Sham Sun Nisa D/o Manzoor Ahmad Dar R/o Zirpora, Bijbehara Anantnag
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