تحفظ نسل کو درپیش خطرات اور مقاصد شریعہ کی روشنی میں حل :ایک تحقیقی و تجزیاتی مطالعہ

Threats to the Preservation of Lineage and Their Solutions in the Light of the Objectives of sharīʿah: An Analytical and Research-Based Study

Abstract

This study describes the preservation of lineage (ḥifẓ al-nasl) as one of the five indispensable objectives (maqāṣid al-sharīʿah) in Islamic law, concentrating on contemporary threats to human lineage and the sharīʿah-basedresolutions that safeguard it. Drawing upon the Qur’an, Sunnah, and classical juristic thought, the Study examines moral, social, and legal challenges that endanger the continuity and purity of human generations—such as moral leniency, media influence, economic instability, delayed marriage, the destruction of family structures, and the normalization of unnatural sexual behaviors. The research highlights how these factors collectively undermine the divine order intended to protect human dignity, family integrity, and social balance.Through an analytical and descriptive approach, the article outlines sharīʿah-guided measures to counter these threats, including the promotion of chastity, encouragement of early and simple marriage, enforcement of legal restrictions on illicit sexual relations, protection of lineage through laws of maḥramiyyah and ʿiddah, and strengthening of moral education and media ethics. The study accomplishes that preserving lineage is not merely a biological or social concern, but a comprehensive religious duty that sustains both moral and civilizational continuity within the framework of Islam.