Is Using Sex Robots Halal?
Thank you for your reply brother, Aamir: First, fewer and fewer people in the world now have desire to have children. Furthermore, soon children will either be produced by a surrogate mother or perhaps in a lab. There was a time when we worried about overpopulation, now many nations of the world are worried about population decline. Sex robots are more than toys as they talk and behave like real humans. They feel real like a real human. And good thing is that they do not have issues like real married couples have. They will certainly take away people’s desire to get married. A minor example of that fact is in today’s video games. They have become so real and immersive that youth spend most of their time in front of the screen playing those games. They are becoming less in touch with physical play.
Brother Faisal. Thank you for your reply. We think based on our culture and community, but if you look around the world objectively, the desire to reproduce offspring is declining. This is especially true in well to do countries. Regarding morality of robots, yes, there is no direct moral impact. But doesn’t Islam go beyond impact to a person, but looks at the impact to the humanity? Morality in Islam was imposed for two reasons. 1. Just because we are in this world for a test and if Allah forbade us to do something, it is part of our test to follow Allah’s guidance. 2. Since Islam is a logical reason, the logic behind morality is to avoid reproduction of parentless children. Islam wanted to make sure children had dedicated parents. Thus it seems like Islam not only cares about individuals but cares about the impact to the community. I agree, let’s not speculate now. Let’s see if these robots become prevalent and if we see any moral or communal issues because of these robots. The scholars at that time will then form an opinion.