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"Death is God's business and people should not interfere"
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Religion And Medical Ethics Section C "Death is God's business and people should not interfere" I agree with this statement because death and life is in God's hands and no one can interfere. Death is the end of a person's or animal's life. The basic premise of all Qur'anic teaching concerning death is Allah's omnipotence: He creates human beings, determines their life span, and causes them to die. The Qur'an states: "Some will die early, while others are made to live to a miserable old age, when all that they once knew they shall know no more (Surah 22:5). ABORTION Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy before the infant can survive outside the uterus. The age at which a fetus is considered viable has not been completely agreed upon. Many obstetricians use either 21 weeks or 400-500 grams (0.9-1.1 pounds) birth weight as the baseline between abortion and premature delivery, because few infants have survived...
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