Limiting Family Size Due to Financial Weakness and Mistrust in Allah
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Question:
The questioner says: A man whose financial situation is weak has agreed with his wife to have a limited number of children until his financial situation improves. Is this considered having a bad opinion of Allah the Exalted?
Answer:
There is no doubt that this is having a bad opinion of Allah the Exalted, because he thinks that the provision for these newborns is not with him, and that it is tight, that his provision is tight and he is poor. This is the belief of the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) who killed their children out of fear of poverty. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-An'am 6:151] [Al-Isra 17:31] We are pleased with you and them. And in the other verse: [Al-An'am 6:151].
So provision is in the hand of Allah the Exalted. The One who created them provides for them. The One who created them and brought them into existence provides for them and makes their provision easy for them. So one should not look at the money he has and then limit the children based on that. This is having a bad opinion of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
The questioner says: A man whose financial situation is weak has agreed with his wife to have a limited number of children until his financial situation improves. Is this considered having a bad opinion of Allah the Exalted?
Answer:
There is no doubt that this is having a bad opinion of Allah the Exalted, because he thinks that the provision for these newborns is not with him, and that it is tight, that his provision is tight and he is poor. This is the belief of the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) who killed their children out of fear of poverty. Allah the Exalted said:
do not kill your children out of poverty
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُم مِّنْ إِمْلَاقٍAnd do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ نَّحْنُand do not kill your children out of poverty; We will provide for you and them
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُم مِّنْ إِمْلَاقٍ نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُكُمْ وَإِيَّاهُمْSo provision is in the hand of Allah the Exalted. The One who created them provides for them. The One who created them and brought them into existence provides for them and makes their provision easy for them. So one should not look at the money he has and then limit the children based on that. This is having a bad opinion of Allah the Exalted. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/199 — archive.org (5:25)
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