Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-171) and index.
Introduction: Birth control and pre-modern populations -- Why Islam permitted contraception -- Contraception and the rights of women -- Conception theory in Muslim thought -- Arabic medicine and birth control -- Birth control in the popular tradition -- Population and Middle Eastern history.
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In this study of birth control in the classical Islamic world, Basim Musallam demonstrates the wide range of evidence available to dispel many assumptions current today. Medieval Arabic discussions of contraception and abortion in Islamic jurisprudence, medicine, materia medica, belles lettres, erotica and popular literature show that birth control was sanctioned by Islamic law and opinion. Contraceptive methods were available throughout pre-modern times and were used to meet social, economic, personal and medical needs. Sex and Society in Islam considers the impact of birth control as a factor in demographic change, and therefore in social history.--Publisher description.
Birth control-- Islamic Empire.
Birth control-- Religious aspects-- Islam.
Family Planning Services-- history.
Naissances, Régulation des-- Aspect religieux-- Islam.