What is the ruling on dilating the uterus during a woman’s delivery?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. There is a phenomenon in hospitals.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : In women’s hospitals, there is a phenomenon in...
The Shaykh : ...hospitals.
The questioner : Yes, in women’s hospitals regarding delivery, some of them perform dilation on women at the site of delivery; is this permissible in the Shari'ah? Dilation.
The Shaykh : What do some of them do?
The questioner : Dilation; before women give birth, they dilate the uterus.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : By cutting, is this permissible in the Shari'ah? And what is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding it?
The Shaykh : This dilation is not permissible to be made a standard for delivery; rather, it should be observed based on the need of the pregnant woman; because that requires exposing the 'awrah, and exposing the 'awrah is not permissible except out of dire necessity. And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has facilitated delivery for most women without that dilation. But sometimes, the child may come due to abnormal movements of the woman or a shock she suffered; so the position of the child in the womb is reversed, and some midwives are compelled in this state to perform that dilation. As for it becoming a standard, it is not permissible.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The dilation here in this country, due to the large number of women in hospitals, and they do not have patience to wait for the women to give birth naturally, so they resort to this method. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes, and I have received the answer.
Another questioner : ...even if the fetus is in its normal position... is dilation not permissible?
The Shaykh : Why dilation? Our Lord who created the fetus, formed it, and composed it has facilitated for the woman to give birth in a natural position. So if the position is not natural, then dilation is permissible here.
Another questioner : Of course, the delay; for example, the wife is delayed in delivery... they deliver her... they get rid of it... they perform the dilation.
The Shaykh : The delivery was delayed, so what resulted from the delay? If the delay harms the mother, then dilation is permissible there; otherwise, it is not. I said a comprehensive word: it is not permissible to adopt dilation as a standard, meaning: every woman who will give birth must undergo the dilation procedure; this is not permissible. But if a pressing need or dire necessity is found, then it is permissible there, provided it was not permissible before.
Please proceed.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : In women’s hospitals, there is a phenomenon in...
The Shaykh : ...hospitals.
The questioner : Yes, in women’s hospitals regarding delivery, some of them perform dilation on women at the site of delivery; is this permissible in the Shari'ah? Dilation.
The Shaykh : What do some of them do?
The questioner : Dilation; before women give birth, they dilate the uterus.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : By cutting, is this permissible in the Shari'ah? And what is the ruling of the Shari'ah regarding it?
The Shaykh : This dilation is not permissible to be made a standard for delivery; rather, it should be observed based on the need of the pregnant woman; because that requires exposing the 'awrah, and exposing the 'awrah is not permissible except out of dire necessity. And Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has facilitated delivery for most women without that dilation. But sometimes, the child may come due to abnormal movements of the woman or a shock she suffered; so the position of the child in the womb is reversed, and some midwives are compelled in this state to perform that dilation. As for it becoming a standard, it is not permissible.
Another questioner : ... .
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The dilation here in this country, due to the large number of women in hospitals, and they do not have patience to wait for the women to give birth naturally, so they resort to this method. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes, and I have received the answer.
Another questioner : ...even if the fetus is in its normal position... is dilation not permissible?
The Shaykh : Why dilation? Our Lord who created the fetus, formed it, and composed it has facilitated for the woman to give birth in a natural position. So if the position is not natural, then dilation is permissible here.
Another questioner : Of course, the delay; for example, the wife is delayed in delivery... they deliver her... they get rid of it... they perform the dilation.
The Shaykh : The delivery was delayed, so what resulted from the delay? If the delay harms the mother, then dilation is permissible there; otherwise, it is not. I said a comprehensive word: it is not permissible to adopt dilation as a standard, meaning: every woman who will give birth must undergo the dilation procedure; this is not permissible. But if a pressing need or dire necessity is found, then it is permissible there, provided it was not permissible before.
Please proceed.
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