التجربة الأردنية – السياسة السكانية في المباعدة بين المواليد في ضوء الشريعة الإسلامية

The Jordanian Experience - Population Policy in the Spacing of Births in the Light of Islamic Sharia

This study deals with the Jordanian experience in population policies including the establishment of a national committee for population in 1973 to represent official and public sectors, to define the components of the population policy and to coordinate the efforts of official bodies. The study also tackles the foundations of the population national strategy and how it derives its principles from the provisions of Islamic law (Shariah) the provisions of the constitution and the National Charter. The demographic status in Jordan and its growth in addition to age structure of the population was also a focal point in the study. An important issue in the study is the issue of birth spacing in Islamic Shariah and that birth control is permissible preconditioning the agreement of the married couple and also the use of modern means to control birth based on the insulation permissible by Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him to his fellow companions. The study also deals with the numbers of the newborns (few or many). The Shariah sees that Muslims should concentrate on the qualitative aspect rather than the quantitative aspect. Family control should not be adopted as a general law by the state because it will turn to birth control which is in strict violation of the provisions of Shariah. Keywords: Jordanian Experience, Population Policies, National Strategy of Population, National Cahrter, Islamic Shariah.