Delaying having children


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Q 4: Are family planning and birth control Haram (prohibited)? Is there any blame on a person who wants to delay having children for some time?


A: Birth control is Haram, since having many children is desirable in Islam to increase the Muslim Ummah (nation based on one creed). As for family planning which means delaying the conception for a valid purpose, such as the woman's weak health or her need to breast-feed a child, there is no harm in that due to necessity. May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.


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Abortion for fear of poverty

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Birth control after physicians anticipated the offspring will suffer from a serious disease

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Birth control for a breastfeeding mother

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Practicing birth control without the husband's knowledge and abstaining from having intercourse with him

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Birth control due to a necessity

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Resorting to birth control due to poverty

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Using contraceptives due to having many children

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Resorting to abortion due to a dispute between the spouses

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