Re: Stem Cell Research, Morals and Religion
I understand, I feel sorry for anyone having to make that decision. Some animal research is very inhumane but it saved millions then again psyah also said that each life is important, by taking the life of one organism (during trials) if you save a million is it right? I get the ‘greater good’ picture and like I said I would hate to be the one making the decision but who are we to decide which life is worth taking and which is not?
If there is any way possible to avoid it, like cloning existing stem cells, using stem cells from umbilical cords or bone marrow, then I would be completely against it if however it was the only way and it would have the potential to save millions I may be tempted. I think though that if one way is truly haraam then there will always be an alternative ‘halaal’ way as well, we just can’t be too quick to jump on the band wagon after reading one good article and as muslims need to have a more prominent presence in the field of genetics so that we can carry out the research, but the right way.
I remember going to see an Islamic scholar who was also very knowledgeable in medicine, I didn’t think much of him tbh but he did mention a hadith that any cure derived from haraam means is also haraam. Food for thought really
Yes thus the huge debate on euthanasia too … life is truly very complicated and it does show that no matter how much we excel in field of science some things would always remain out of our hands such as life and death itself. And this is what strengthens my faith even more and gets me closer to Allah SWT
