Re: One thing love about Islam/being muslim
In ancient Hindu society there existed a practice known as Niyog Pratha. Pratha means practice. A woman who was childless because her husband was impotent was allowed to conceive through her brother-in-law. The child belonged to the couple and the brother-in-law had no claim over it. In our society today, surrogate motherhood is not unheard of. Niyog Pratha was surrogate fatherhood. It was much less complicated, legally and emotionally, than surrogate motherhood.
Such practices were not unique to Hinduism. One finds references to them in the Old Testament. Deuteronomy Chapter 25 Verse 5 reads, “If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.” Genesis Chapter 16 Verse 2 permits surrogate motherhood through the maid.
I have discussed about Sati in an earlier post.