What are the excuses that permit regulating the timing of pregnancy?
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Question:
Some people take birth control pills on the pretext that they want to regulate their lives. Does this fall under killing children?
Answer:
No, this is permissible if there is a need for it, such as if she is breastfeeding and takes it, or if she has an illness, or during Ramadan for the sake of fasting due to necessity; in that case, there is no harm, if Allah wills. Otherwise, it is not from burying [children] alive; it is not from burying [children] alive.
Q: Some of them take these pills saying we are regulating our lives. For example, they have two or three children and they stop pregnancy?
The Shaykh: No, it is not befitting for him. It is befitting for him if it is for a need, or a condition, or an illness, or for breastfeeding. The Shari'ah came with the exhortation to have children and to increase the community:, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan al-Bayhaqi 10:852 So the man and woman should seek reward and be patient until the community increases, and perhaps Allah will grant them righteous children. But if it is for a condition; the woman is sick and it is difficult for her, or breastfeeding is difficult for her to carry and nurse, this is a temporary matter.
Q: What is the ruling on one who does this?
The Shaykh: It is a temporary matter; if it is for a need, there is no harm.
Q: What is its ruling?
The Shaykh: It is not befitting. The least of its states is that it is disliked.
Some people take birth control pills on the pretext that they want to regulate their lives. Does this fall under killing children?
Answer:
No, this is permissible if there is a need for it, such as if she is breastfeeding and takes it, or if she has an illness, or during Ramadan for the sake of fasting due to necessity; in that case, there is no harm, if Allah wills. Otherwise, it is not from burying [children] alive; it is not from burying [children] alive.
Q: Some of them take these pills saying we are regulating our lives. For example, they have two or three children and they stop pregnancy?
The Shaykh: No, it is not befitting for him. It is befitting for him if it is for a need, or a condition, or an illness, or for breastfeeding. The Shari'ah came with the exhortation to have children and to increase the community:
Marry the loving and fertile women
تزوجوا الودود الولودFor I will compete with the nations in numbers on the Day of Resurrection
فإني مكاثر بكم الأمم يوم القيامةQ: What is the ruling on one who does this?
The Shaykh: It is a temporary matter; if it is for a need, there is no harm.
Q: What is its ruling?
The Shaykh: It is not befitting. The least of its states is that it is disliked.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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