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What is the ruling on a woman using birth control pills if she fears harm? And what is the ruling on a man using a rubber barrier?

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The questioner : 3: What is the ruling on women using birth control pills if the woman fears harm? And what is the ruling on a man using a rubber barrier?

The Shaykh : My belief in this matter is that the original ruling is permissibility, based on the reports in the Sirah that the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) practiced coitus interruptus with their wives without being prohibited from doing so. Indeed, it is reported in the authentic hadith of Jabir ibn 'Abd Allah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "We used to practice coitus interruptus while the Qur'an was being revealed." This is the original ruling regarding coitus interruptus, which is permissibility. However, this permissibility does not contradict what is better, and the better course is to refrain from coitus interruptus. This is because coitus interruptus conflicts with a great objective and a noble purpose among the objectives of marriage in Islam, which is to increase the number of the Messenger's (peace and blessings be upon him) Ummah. This is explicitly stated in the authentic hadith where he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Marry women who are fertile and loving; for I shall boast of you before the nations on the Day of Resurrection. تزوَّجوا الولود الودود ؛ فإني مباهٍ بكم الأممَ يوم القيامة
. Since coitus interruptus conflicts with this objective for which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged a man to marry a fertile woman, coitus interruptus is not free from some degree of dislike (makruh) due to its conflict with this noble and great purpose. Furthermore, this dislike strengthens and intensifies until it reaches the level of prohibition (haram) if it is accompanied by an intention that contradicts a text in the Book or the Sunnah. This is like what some people in the present era, who were raised with a foreign European upbringing and for whom only the desires of their bellies and private parts matter, resort to; they reduce and regulate their children on the basis that the provision coming to them is not...
This motive for this regulation, which is caused by coitus interruptus and the use of barriers in the present era, this motive aligns with the motive that drove the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) to kill their children. So our Lord (Blessed and Exalted is He) explicitly prohibited them from that in the Noble Qur'an, saying:
And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ
[Al-Isra 17:31]
. Yes, there is no direct limit in coitus interruptus or in using a barrier, whether by the woman or the man. Rather, coitus interruptus aligns in its objective with the killing that the people of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah) resorted to. This objective is
out of fear of poverty خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ
. If such a pre-Islamic motive is accompanied by coitus interruptus, or the use of a barrier, or anything that prevents a woman from becoming pregnant, then in that case, coitus interruptus becomes forbidden (haram).
...accompanied by the fact that the woman uses a barrier out of fear of harm to herself. In that case, it is clear that the answer is permissibility. However, she should repel from herself that pre-Islamic motive we mentioned earlier. And if what we have mentioned is known, then the ruling for a man who uses that modern means so that his fluid does not mix with the woman's fluid and she becomes pregnant is also known; it is said that if there is a dire necessity (darurah), then "necessities permit the prohibited." Otherwise, the matter in that case revolves between dislike (makruh) and prohibition (haram).
This is what I have regarding this question.
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