A wife’s refusal to become pregnant due to fatigue after childbirth
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: What is the ruling on a wife refusing pregnancy on the grounds that she was mentally exhausted after her first delivery? She says that her first delivery affected her, and that this has been the case for more than two years. Is she allowed to refrain?
Answer:
Yes, she may take medication that delays pregnancy, but she must not take medication that terminates the pregnancy. Terminating the pregnancy is not permissible, but delaying it is permissible. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: What is the ruling on a wife refusing pregnancy on the grounds that she was mentally exhausted after her first delivery? She says that her first delivery affected her, and that this has been the case for more than two years. Is she allowed to refrain?
Answer:
Yes, she may take medication that delays pregnancy, but she must not take medication that terminates the pregnancy. Terminating the pregnancy is not permissible, but delaying it is permissible. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين-15-02-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (1:07:46)
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