Yasir Qadhi – Is it Permissible to Practice Family Planning in Islam – Ask Shaykh YQ #148

			We have the next question brother emptyeyes from India Mashallah Tabata Cola, the land of my
ancestors, brother enthusiasts from India, he emails and he asks that is it permissible to practice
family planning in Islam and the extent of family planning? Is it allowed to space children out? And
what methods of contraception can be used?
		

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			So again, I have given a longer lecture but again, just to summarize in a brief answer here, that it
is permissible to practice family planning and to use and avail yourself to any type of
contraceptive that does not in and of itself harm the body permanently or long term any type of
contraceptive that is deemed to be safe is permissible, and family planning is permissible, except
in one scenario, in one scenario, it becomes theologically problematic, and therefore, it should not
be done. And that is that if the reason that you are spacing children out if the reason that you are
delaying or even stopping to have children is because you feel that you cannot afford to have
		

			children. In this case, you have contradicted the Quran that Allah says no, no, no, no Zuko, como
iya, whom we're going to take care of your children and feed them, and we shall feed you as well.
And therefore, if you space your children out, because it is easier, you know, for maintenance of
the the time, because again, a child takes up a lot of time and your wife, she might be partially
working or may be tired, or maybe even just not possible for her to take care of multiple youngsters
at a time. So she says, you know, I'll wait two, three years until this, this toddler is able to
take care a little bit of himself, then I can move on to the next child, and you plan in this
		

			manner, no problem, or she has a degree she's doing or for whatever reason, basically, any reason
that doesn't infringe on the rights of Allah subhanho wa Taala. Because when you say that, who's
going to take care of the child, it's as if your salaries taken care of the child, as long as the
NEA is not to challenge the other of a law, and that you just want for logistical purposes for
logistical purposes. Having said this, of course, we as Muslims, we love to have children because
our profitsystem asked us to have children. And he said, I want to have, you know, the largest oma
so it is something that is allowed, but it is makrooh it should, it's better to avoid, but it is not
		

			how long and there's evidence jab at him. Now, Abdullah explicitly mentioned that you know, we used
to withdraw from you know, our spouses or concerts, before the *. So, this was their type
of, you know, family planning, right. So, in those days, obviously, they did not have the types of
family planning that would that we have, they do not have prophylactics, they do not have pills,
they do not have any of these things. So, what would they do is that the man would pull his organ
out before *. And this would basically prevent pregnancy. But of course, there is no
foolproof mechanism because obviously it is possible to get pregnant. And in fact, in one such
		

			scenario in the time of the Prophet system, it in fact did happen that the man thought that he had
pulled out but in fact, obviously, it wasn't done in time. So the point being and the processor said
you can't change the father of a law, you cannot change if a law is wielded, you can practice all
the family planning you want and pregnancy will still occur. However, he allowed them to do this and
therefore, it is permissible. It is it is but it is you know, makuu it's something that should be
avoided. Simply because we are an oma that we are commanded to have more and more children, unless
you only reason that would be sinful and how long is if you think you cannot take care of your child
		

			from a financial perspective, in which case you are sinful for practicing family planning other than
this, you are not sinful and a lot of what Allah knows best.