Is it permissible to use contraceptives for birth control and nurturing capability, or to preserve the wife's beauty, or for fear of unlawful earnings? And what is the preferred interval between births?
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It is permissible to use contraceptives of all types under four conditions: that they do not cause harm to the woman, that it is with the consent of both spouses, that there is a need for it, such as the mother's fatigue or physical weakness, or the man's poverty and large family, without fearing a decrease in provision, and that the intention is not to completely sever progeny.
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