Q: 4 - (2): From the past few months, an issue of cloning arose and it becomes a matter of life and death for our daily life as either it is ethically right or wrong. I am sending a short note which is taken from different magazines and newspapers.

Please, tell me what Islamic Shari'ah tells. If possible, explain through Qur'anic and Hadith verses.
(Naumann Farooq)


A: This issue has been thoroughly discussed in the recent session of the Islamic Fiqh Academy at Jeddah and it was unanimously decided that the Human coloning through physical cells is not acceptable in the Shari'ah. However, this process can be availed of in agriculture and animals.

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