The Ruling on a Woman Regulating Her Fertility Without Her Husband’s Consent
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This is Umm al-Bara’ saying, may Allah bless you. I am married and have many children, and pregnancy exhausts me to the point that I have become afflicted with diabetes, high blood pressure, and so on. I want to regulate my fertility, but my husband forbids me from doing so. Is it permissible for me to do so without his consent and without his knowledge?
Answer:
If there is a medical reason for regulating or delaying fertility, and the doctors have determined this—if the doctor decides that consecutive pregnancies will harm her—then there is no harm in her taking what delays pregnancy. This is based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “There is no harm and no reciprocating harm,”[Al-Baqarah 2:195], even if her husband does not agree with this, because this is removing harm from her. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This is Umm al-Bara’ saying, may Allah bless you. I am married and have many children, and pregnancy exhausts me to the point that I have become afflicted with diabetes, high blood pressure, and so on. I want to regulate my fertility, but my husband forbids me from doing so. Is it permissible for me to do so without his consent and without his knowledge?
Answer:
If there is a medical reason for regulating or delaying fertility, and the doctors have determined this—if the doctor decides that consecutive pregnancies will harm her—then there is no harm in her taking what delays pregnancy. This is based on the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): “There is no harm and no reciprocating harm,”
and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6885- حكم تنظيم المرأة للنسل بدون رضا زوجها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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