Is it permissible to perform a tubal ligation on a woman who has given birth by Caesarean section three times, given that there are health risks if she becomes pregnant again, and her doctors and family have advised her to do so, and her husband agrees provided it is Islamically permissible?
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There is no harm in the aforementioned procedure if doctors determine that pregnancy would harm the wife, and after her husband's permission.
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