The effect of fear of livelihood problems on reluctance to have children and the moral-educational solution of the Holy Quran with a jurisprudential perspective.

Document Type : Original Article

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Ishraq and Irfan Institute of Qom

Abstract

This article deals with the issue of reducing the desire of families to have children, the fear of livelihood problems in having children and its moral educational solution. The purpose of the article was to present the moral-educational solution of the Holy Quran for families to overcome the fear of livelihood problems in having children. This article analyzes religious texts with a disciplined jurisprudential inference method using a text-based qualitative research method. The most important finding of this article was extracting the solution mentioned in the Quran for families to overcome the fear of livelihood problems, the application of which can eliminate the reluctance to have children due to livelihood problems. The Qur'an's solution was that a person should not be afraid of livelihood problems in order to have children and leave the provision of his and his children's expenses to God. Among the other findings was the investigation and short answer to four concepts of livelihood problems in having children, which are: weak faith and belief in the promises of sustenance, fear of inability to provide for the present and future expenses, believing unrealistic needs to be real, and fourth, greed in life. By analyzing the verses of the Quran, it was concluded that trusting in God is a solution to overcome the fear of livelihood problems in having children. Therefore, the strategies for creating and strengthening trust were extracted from religious texts, which were four strategies: paying attention to divine characteristics and attributes, strengthening faith,...

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