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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on using birth control pills?

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Question:
Birth control pills?

Answer:
There is a distinction: if there is a dire necessity, there is nothing wrong with it; otherwise, one should refrain from using them.
Q: What is a dire necessity?
A: Illness, or raising young children if they are numerous for her, or ... meaning there is pain.
Q: If she has only one child?
A: It appears that she is not burdened with this; she should not take the pills. That is, if the children are numerous for her and close in age, and their upbringing becomes difficult for her.
Q: How many?
A: Allah knows best. There is no fixed limit, but the intent is to consider ... and the duration is one or two years, the period of breastfeeding, if there is no harm, provided that medicine has determined that there is no harm.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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