If modern contraceptives cause menstrual irregularity in a woman, is she sinful for that?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. With the advancement of medicine and modern drugs that prevent menstruation or delay it, or a woman using an IUD for contraception, a woman’s cycle has become irregular after it had become regular.
Answer:
By that action, and what she does in this state? If this causes harm to her in her religion or her body, then it is forbidden for her. And Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Baqarah 2:195] Also, if this is an escape from pregnancy and a dislike of pregnancy, the matter is more severe. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. With the advancement of medicine and modern drugs that prevent menstruation or delay it, or a woman using an IUD for contraception, a woman’s cycle has become irregular after it had become regular.
Answer:
By that action, and what she does in this state? If this causes harm to her in her religion or her body, then it is forbidden for her. And Allah the Exalted said:
and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [185 -2802] إذا تسببت الأدوية الحديثة لمنع الحمل في اضطراب الحيض للمرأة، هل تأثم بذلك؟ — youtube.com
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