Islam holds that ethics cannot be divorced from morality and ethics are not to be split from law. Islamic law is a compendium of ethics, morality and legal rules. Islam considers medical ethics the same as ethics in other aspects of life.1 Contemporary issues such as that related to fertilization, and termination or prevention of pregnancy, organ transplantation, end of life issues, stem cell research and cloning etc. should be clearly discussed and presented to the health care providers.