It says in a statement of the Islamic Fiqh Council belonging to the
Muslim World League: The Islamic Fiqh Council affirms unanimously that
it is not permissible to limit the number of children
in general and it is not permissible to prevent pregnancy if the reason
for doing that is fear of poverty, because Allah is the Provider and
Owner of great power, and there is no living creature on earth but its
provision is due from Allah, or if that is for other reasons that are
not acceptable according to sharee’ah.
As for using means of preventing or delaying pregnancy in individual cases where there real and certain harm will result from it, such as if the pregnant woman will have to give birth in a manner other than that which is usual, and she will have to have surgery to bring the child forth, in which case there is nothing in sharee’ah to prevent her doing that. The same applies if it is delayed for other legitimate shar’i or health reasons confirmed by a trustworthy Muslim doctor. Contraception becomes a must in a case where it is proven that harm would result for the mother or there is the fear that she may die, according to the opinion of a trustworthy Muslim doctor. End quote from Fataawa Islamiyyah, 3/200.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: Is it permissible to use birth control so that a person has a child every five years, because he sees the corruption in society and would not be able to raise a lot of children close in age in this overwhelmingly corrupt society?
He replied: So long as this is the intention, then it is not permissible to do this, because it reflects a lack of trust in Allaah with regard to the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) who said “Marry the one who is loving and fertile…”
But if the birth control has to do with the condition of the woman – because she cannot cope with repeated pregnancies – this may be permissible.
Thirdly:
It is permissible to use condoms and withdrawal, i.e., ejaculating outside the vagina, on condition that you ask your wife's permission to do that, because she has the right to pleasure and to have a child.
The evidence that withdrawal is permissible is the hadeeth of Jaabir ibn ‘Abd-Allaah who said: We used to engage in ‘azl at the time of the Messenger of Allaah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). News of that reached the Messenger of Allaah (and peace of Allah be upon him) and he did not forbid us to do it.
Narrated by al-Bukhaari (5209) and Muslim (1440).
As for using means of preventing or delaying pregnancy in individual cases where there real and certain harm will result from it, such as if the pregnant woman will have to give birth in a manner other than that which is usual, and she will have to have surgery to bring the child forth, in which case there is nothing in sharee’ah to prevent her doing that. The same applies if it is delayed for other legitimate shar’i or health reasons confirmed by a trustworthy Muslim doctor. Contraception becomes a must in a case where it is proven that harm would result for the mother or there is the fear that she may die, according to the opinion of a trustworthy Muslim doctor. End quote from Fataawa Islamiyyah, 3/200.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: Is it permissible to use birth control so that a person has a child every five years, because he sees the corruption in society and would not be able to raise a lot of children close in age in this overwhelmingly corrupt society?
He replied: So long as this is the intention, then it is not permissible to do this, because it reflects a lack of trust in Allaah with regard to the hadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) who said “Marry the one who is loving and fertile…”
But if the birth control has to do with the condition of the woman – because she cannot cope with repeated pregnancies – this may be permissible.
Thirdly:
It is permissible to use condoms and withdrawal, i.e., ejaculating outside the vagina, on condition that you ask your wife's permission to do that, because she has the right to pleasure and to have a child.
The evidence that withdrawal is permissible is the hadeeth of Jaabir ibn ‘Abd-Allaah who said: We used to engage in ‘azl at the time of the Messenger of Allaah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). News of that reached the Messenger of Allaah (and peace of Allah be upon him) and he did not forbid us to do it.
Narrated by al-Bukhaari (5209) and Muslim (1440).
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