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Is it permissible to be content with three daughters and use a birth control method for the rest of one's life, with the husband's knowledge and consent, given the husband's busy schedule and inability to bear the burdens of a new baby, and the questioner's desire to focus on her work and raising her daughters?

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It is impermissible to use anything that completely prevents pregnancy and severs progeny, except out of necessity. However, it is permissible to use it temporarily when there is a need. And whenever childbirth is possible without hardship, it must be pursued, for children are a blessing.

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