What is the ruling on family planning through coitus interruptus, not out of fear of poverty, in accordance with the hadith of al-ghayl and the verse (And mothers shall breastfeed their children for two complete years for whoever wishes to complete the breastfeeding)?

The questioner : Family planning within these limits, the limits you are speaking of, meaning that we do not practice it out of fear of poverty... and so on, but as an application of the saying of Allah, the Exalted: and as a realization of His saying, peace and blessings be upon him: In terms of the meaning of the hadith, it is said that its meaning is that al-ghayl is when a woman becomes pregnant while she is breastfeeding her infant. It is said that in our case, for two years, a man can practice coitus interruptus with his wife during her fertile period so that she does not bear a child from him, and approximately one year for breastfeeding, making it three years. Is it permissible in the Shari'ah for a man to practice coitus interruptus with his wife in this manner? Or to regulate childbirth so that it is for three years, knowing that the will, first and last, belongs to Allah, the Exalted?

The Shaykh : Look, Professor, the word "regulation" in both word and meaning in current terminology also came to us from Europe. Yes, they do not believe in the divine decree (qadar) that we believe in, as our Lord, Mighty and Majestic, said in the Noble Qur'an: And our Prophet, may Allah's prayers and peace be upon him, said: So the Europeans do not have anything called qadar, unlike the believers. And based on this difference in thought, intellect, and creed, they speak of something called "regulation" because they do not believe that qadar may intervene in the matter and turn their regulation upside down. If that were the case, in short, there is no regulation in Islam; because the person who regulates things until his wife finishes breastfeeding her child before she becomes pregnant with his brother or sister, the divine qadar may intervene and take this infant, do you understand? So let it proceed according to the decree of our Lord, He is the one who regulates the matter. Did you notice the answer?

The questioner : Yes, beautiful.

The questioner : The hadith of the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him: ...

The Shaykh : No, beware of al-ghayl. It has come in the authentic hadith, its meaning is: And indeed, as a mere experience, personally, my wife used to become pregnant every year. So it is not a consistent rule that al-ghayl may

The questioner : weaken

The Shaykh : Yes, it is not a rule. I am not saying it has no effect; it may have an effect, but it is not a rule such that we adopt it as a system upon which we build palaces and castles. So we do not see regulation as prescribed (mashru') either. However, if we place the previous restrictions, we do not say it is forbidden, but rather that it is disliked (makruh), because of the reduction in the offspring of the Ummah of the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him, that results from it.