Birth control.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
Assalalaiku
Please advice me about the use of IUD to prevent pregnancy. Alhamdulillah we
have 3 children. Third had was delivered in pre term and it was threat to both
my wife and the Child. Now Alhamdulillah all are fine.
My wife is week and Doctor advised her not get preganant for few years,
otherwise it will be threat to wife`s life. Therefore we are planning for an
IUD (Coil) for my wife could you please advice sharia rulling on the same.
Please advice On first place is it permitted in islam and consequences if
any.
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Answer:
Birth control
In the name of Allah,
We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah
guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide
them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah
Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the
seal of His Messengers.
Islam has permitted the spacing
of children in a marriage, if one wishes to do so. It has been reported in authentic narrations
that some of the noble companions of the Messenger of Allah (saws) used to
practice ‘coitus-interruptus’, whereby the male organ is removed from the
female organ just before ejaculation.
Sahih Al-Bukhari
Hadith 7.136 Narrated by Jabir
We used to practice
‘coitus interruptus’ during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (saws) while the
Qur'an was being Revealed.
Most of the scholars of Islam
are of the opinion, that there is no harm if one wishes or tries to space the
birth of one’s child, or even uses one of the modern forms of birth control to
space the ages of their children. But
all of them are absolutely unanimous in their opinion that any form of
permanent birth control is absolutely forbidden in Islam.
If one genuinely fears for the
safety of one’s wife if she were to bear more children, and under medical
advice chooses to practice birth control until the wife recovers her health,
there is indeed allowance for the spacing of one’s children in Shariah.
Whatever written of
Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever
of error is of me alone. Allah Alone
Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan