A husband who does not want children and orders his wife to abort the fetus
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a question from Britain. A man says he does not want to have children. He married a woman, but he did not tell her about this until after the marriage. Now this woman has become pregnant.
The Shaykh:
This is not in his hands. Having children is desirable, and it is a recommended practice (sunnah)Sunan Abi Dawud 2050Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) on the Day of Resurrection. So do not shun children. These are the calls of the disbelievers. Muslims desire children and proceed with pregnancy, and praise be to Allah, they act according to the Sunnah. Yes.
The questioner:
And she says, may Allah preserve you, that he is now ordering her to abort the fetus?
The Shaykh:
No, no, do not obey him. This is a sin. Do not obey him in this sin. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a question from Britain. A man says he does not want to have children. He married a woman, but he did not tell her about this until after the marriage. Now this woman has become pregnant.
The Shaykh:
This is not in his hands. Having children is desirable, and it is a recommended practice (sunnah)
Marry women who are loving and very prolific, for I shall outnumber the peoples by you.
تَزَوَّجُوا الْوَدُودَ الْوَلُودَ فَإِنِّي مُكَاثِرٌ بِكُمُ الأُمَمَThe questioner:
And she says, may Allah preserve you, that he is now ordering her to abort the fetus?
The Shaykh:
No, no, do not obey him. This is a sin. Do not obey him in this sin. Yes.
Source
التفسير المفصل - 13-06-1432هـ — af.org.sa (1:08:45)
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