07-15-2003, 04:58 AM
Forgive me if I offend any of you, I'll try to be quick and painless:
From what I understand, contraception in sex is forbidden in Islam. My first question, why? My second question, since times have changed and there are more sexual worries out there even with married couples (AIDS, STD's, etc) wouldn't it be a good idea to allow contraception under certain circumstances. For example, let's say a muslim man and woman get married, but the man has AIDS and the woman doesn't. They can now have sex if they please, but wouldn't it make sense to let the man use a condom so he doesn't cause his wife a premature and painful death?