The Use of Birth Control Pills While the Husband Requests Pregnancy
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a woman asks and says: I am a woman who has a heart condition, high blood pressure, and diabetes, and I use birth control pills. I should mention that I take half of them and then stop.
The Shaykh:
The pills.
The questioner:
I should mention that I take half of them, then stop them for my period to come, then I finish the rest of the pills until they are done and my period comes a second time. This is because they cause me pain in my heart. I did not use the IUD because it did not suit me. The question, Honorable Shaykh, is that my husband is demanding that I become pregnant, and I have a daughter who is one year old after an operation. Is it possible for me to continue taking the pills, or should I stop them in obedience to my husband, even though it is a hardship for me?
The Shaykh:
If the doctors decide that pregnancy will harm you with clear harm, then it is not permissible for your husband to compel you to become pregnant, because this is harm. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 2340Da'if (Darussalam) He said: Mishkat al-Masabih 3696 And committing harm is a sin. But if there is no harm on you in becoming pregnant, then this is a right of the husband; he has the right to ask you to prepare for pregnancy. This is his right. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a woman asks and says: I am a woman who has a heart condition, high blood pressure, and diabetes, and I use birth control pills. I should mention that I take half of them and then stop.
The Shaykh:
The pills.
The questioner:
I should mention that I take half of them, then stop them for my period to come, then I finish the rest of the pills until they are done and my period comes a second time. This is because they cause me pain in my heart. I did not use the IUD because it did not suit me. The question, Honorable Shaykh, is that my husband is demanding that I become pregnant, and I have a daughter who is one year old after an operation. Is it possible for me to continue taking the pills, or should I stop them in obedience to my husband, even though it is a hardship for me?
The Shaykh:
If the doctors decide that pregnancy will harm you with clear harm, then it is not permissible for your husband to compel you to become pregnant, because this is harm. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
It was narrated from 'Ubadah bin Samit that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) ruled: “There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm.”
لا ضرر ولا ضرارA creature is not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the "Creator.”
لا طاعه لمخلوق في معصيه الخالق
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 075 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الفرائض / ميراث المفقود / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:13:44)
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