The Ruling on the Use of Birth Control Pills

Question:
The listener B.A. from Algeria asks: What is the ruling on using birth control pills? And is another method permissible for spacing out children?

Answer:
This is what is called birth control. If consecutive pregnancies harm the woman, or harm her child, there is nothing wrong with her taking what delays pregnancy until the harm is removed from her or from her child. This is not cutting off pregnancy, but rather delaying it until she is prepared for it. As for taking medication that cuts off pregnancy permanently, this is not permissible. It is not permissible except in a case of dire necessity, if the pregnancy threatens the mother's life, according to the report of trustworthy doctors, then it is permissible to take what cuts off the pregnancy to benefit from removing the harm of death from the mother. Yes.