What is the ruling on a woman undergoing a sterilization procedure because she suffers from severe pain during childbirth?

Question:
My mother underwent a sterilization procedure, and this was not out of fear of poverty or having too many children. We are, praise be to Allah, in the best of circumstances and have everything we need. However, she did it because of illness. At the beginning of the ninth month, she falls ill and suffers from the worst pain of childbirth, especially in the last three days of the month before delivery. With the eighth child, the pain increased for her, and she did not give birth except in the hospital. After that, she underwent the sterilization procedure. What is the ruling on what she did? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
If there is a danger to her life from pregnancy, there is no harm in her undergoing a procedure to prevent pregnancy. However, if there is no danger from pregnancy and the most that happens is that she feels pain, she should be patient and not prevent pregnancy, because it is well known that pregnancy involves pain. Allah the Exalted said: , and Allah the Exalted said: . Therefore, pain is inevitable unless the matter reaches the level of danger or unbearable pain, in which case there is no harm in her taking what prevents pregnancy to ward off harm from herself. May Allah reward you with good.