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| Birth control question |
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| Sunnah_ |
| 03/10/05 at 05:18:33 |
| Salam, how are you all? Does anyone know if the Qur'an says anything about birth control pills?? I know my mother-in-law and other relatives do not like the idea, I think my mother in law is the type to think that I cannot have kids (just assuming) and she is always telling us to have kids and I want to be able to know what our religion says about the pill so that I can sort of defend my self so that if she does say anything I can speak up...... thank uuuuu sis sunnah_ |
| Re: Birth control question |
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| Kathy |
| 03/10/05 at 10:46:39 |
| [slm] It is my understanding that it is allowed. (To the best of my knowledge there isn't anything in the Qur'an about it.) However there are conditions for using it. ie. Hubby has to be ok with it. Also a sis is allowed if she is ill or having a child would make her sick. There is hadith about using the Withdrawl method and alot of controversy over the IUD. Saying this, remember there is alot of hadith about having large families and that Allah swt will provide. And as a reminder.... I am not a scholar, check with your Imam. |
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| Abu_Hamza |
| 03/13/05 at 00:51:49 |
| [slm] The Qur'an obviously doesn't say anything about birth control pills. They are an invention of the 20th century! There are ahadith, however, which talk about [i]coitus interruptus[/i]. I think Kathy referred to it in her post (the withdrawal method). Allahu a'lam. |
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| Mona |
| 03/13/05 at 07:17:02 |
| [slm] it all depends on when you are planning to take birth control. is it at the start of the marriage or after having a few kids?? in my humble opinion, Islam encourages young families to, for lack of another word - "breed". so at the start of hte marriage, unless there are compelling reasons not to have children , the couple are supposed to start having a family. health-wise, a woman taking birth control risks messing up her reproductive system and fertility, and this may affect her future chances of having children. mind you, oral/dermal contraceptives these days are much safer than the first and second generation types. after the kids are born, then the couple can be justified for thinking about birth control. as kathy said, and as common sense dictates, the decision of taking birth control has to be agreeable to both spouses. it seems that some women hide this fact from their husbands which is really sneaky and dishonest. by the way, all mothers-in-law want babies. for them, that's the purpose of the marriage to start with!!! what about love, you say? they've never heard of the term! take care wassalam |
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