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Is it permissible for a healthy woman to use contraceptives to space out the intervals between pregnancies so that she can raise her children?

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. You ask and say: Is it permissible for a healthy woman to use contraceptives to space out the intervals between pregnancies so that she can preserve her health and be able to raise her children? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
If there is a need to regulate pregnancy and delay it for a period so that the woman can prepare for the new baby, there is no harm in doing so for the sake of that need. However, if it is solely for the sake of comfort, then it is not permissible to use contraception; rather, pregnancy is desired, and a person does not know what is decreed for him. Perhaps a time will come when the woman is afflicted and cannot conceive, and she will be deprived of offspring. So she should leave the matter to Allah, leaving pregnancy alone unless a need arises to delay it, a need regarding her health, or a need for the children she has given birth to. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز استعمال موانع للحمل للمرأة الصحيحة لمباعدة الفترات بين الحمل حتى تتمكن من تربية أطفالها؟ — youtube.com

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