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Is it permissible, Islamically, to stop conception and to ejaculate outside the womb to avoid conceiving children who would suffer from a medical syndrome that causes poor eyesight, obesity, and an extra finger?

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There is no harm in that, subject to the conditions mentioned in Fatwa No. 103372 and its related rulings. Ejaculation outside the womb is permissible with the wife's permission.

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