Islamic Medicines: Genetics & Cloning

Genetics & Cloning

Transformation, from the Fiqh point of view, is defined as “changing the nature of the defiled or
forbidden substance to produce a different substance in name, properties and characteristics.”

Transformation & cloning and other issues
Transformation, from the Fiqh point of view, is defined as “changing the nature of the defiled or forbidden substance to produce a different substance in name, properties and characteristics.”

Islamic Perspectives on Cloning
The Islamic views presented about cloning in this article are formulated with a necessary caution. In the absence of a central institution resembling the pope or the Vatican,

Cloning
Cloning is done by the use of the nucleus of an egg and selected DNA from the one being cloned. These two are than fused together with the use of an electrical current.