Is the husband entitled to abstain and refrain from another pregnancy?
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It is not permissible to use permanent contraception, due to its implications of severing progeny and nullifying the wisdom behind marriage. However, temporary contraception is permissible for an overriding benefit, such as a wife's illness. It is a condition that both spouses consent to it, because each of them has a right to offspring. Therefore, a husband does not have the right to practice 'azl (coitus interruptus) with his free wife except with her permission.
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