The author examines various medical and Sharia opinions related to infectious and genetic diseases, and their effect upon marriage, fertility, and children.

He tackles important, yet rarely discussed, topics, such as:

· the pros and cons of mandating medical examination before marriage.

· testing for genetic disorders that can cause miscarriage.

· marriage to someone with an infectious disease.

· marriage when both spouses have an infectious disease.

· intimacy with a spouse who has an infectious disease.

· pregnancy of a woman who has an infectious disease.

· conceiving children when the father has an infectious disease.

· abortion due to infectious disease.

· sustainability of marriage with an infectious disease.

· divorce due to infectious disease.

· a parent with an infectious disease raising a healthy child.