Fertility and Contraception
56 questions
Should a mother remove an IUD, and why is contraception considered "makrooh" (disliked) rather than "haram" (forbidden) if preventing pregnancy is forbidden?
Is it permissible to use contraception due to low income, poor health, and the fear of increased burdens with many children?
Is it necessary to delay having children until debts are paid off and a suitable Islamic environment can be provided for them?
Is it permissible to tie the fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy in cases of repeated cesarean sections and the existence of health contraindications to using other birth control methods?
What is the ruling on a female gynecologist working in the field of family planning and the financial gain derived from it?
Is it permissible to cease procreation until one's financial situation stabilizes, and is this considered birth control if there is no defined period for the financial situation to stabilize?
How is reproduction in Islam carried out?
Is it permissible for a married woman to insert an IUD for contraception without her husband's knowledge, if he insists on her repeated pregnancies despite her physical and psychological exhaustion and her preoccupation with work?
Is the husband entitled to prevent his wife from attempting to conceive a baby via IVF for gender selection, and is he sinful for preventing her?
Is a wife entitled to object to and prevent conception despite her husband's desire, given that she gives birth via C-section and suffers pain during and after childbirth? And is it permissible for the husband to marry another woman for the purpose of procreation?
What is the pregnancy concoction that can help with conception after three years of marriage, given the absence of clear medical reasons?
Is it permissible for a woman afflicted with Marfan syndrome to conceive and bear children, given the significant danger to her life, reaching 90%, and her need for an abortion if she becomes pregnant to save her life, with only a 10% success rate?
Is it permissible to keep the IUD to prevent pregnancy, knowing that it is unlawful, and my husband refuses to remove it due to his old age and inability to raise more children?
Is it permissible to consult a female doctor for ovarian stimulation and to use alkaline prescriptions to conceive twin boys, with the aim of spacing out pregnancies and curing the wife of depression attacks, given the existence of two daughters and the previous death of a son?
Does sperm live in water, and if so, how long should a woman wait before entering the bathroom after a man?
What is the ruling on a husband preventing his wife from going out, moving, and traveling, despite her old age and need for treatment, and her desire to attend her children's engagements? And what is the ruling on her traveling without his permission?
Is it permissible to believe that the disability and disfigurement of children result from consanguineous marriage, and is it permissible to stop procreation for fear of that, and is this considered an excuse for marrying another woman?
Is it permissible for the husband's wife (the co-wife) to donate an ovum to her husband's other wife (the questioner) given that the questioner lacks ova, especially since they share the same husband?
Do the spouses incur sin if they perform a temporary tubal ligation for the wife (temporary sterilization) for the purpose of birth control after trying all other methods and their failure for medical reasons, and what is the expiation for that if sin is incurred?
Is the wife sinful for not taking birth control pills – even though the doctor informed her of the necessity of taking them because her pregnancy could result in a hysterectomy, and the husband’s opinion agrees with the doctor’s – despite her reliance on Allah and her resorting to means of supplication and charity? And is she sinful if she tells her husband that she took them when she did not?
Is it true that pregnancy does not occur if sexual intercourse takes place between spouses 4 or 5 days before menstruation, and how can one calculate the days of the cycle and the next menstruation if it is regular (28 days)?
What is the ruling on attempting to take the husband's semen with a regular syringe to place it inside the uterus, and what is the ruling on treating sexual dysfunction and infertility in a husband who has accustomed himself to practicing masturbation?
What is the ruling on the process of ejaculation in a clinic to obtain seminal fluid, and what is the ruling on using and displaying pornographic materials (magazines and films) to stimulate the patient to ejaculate seminal fluid in a medical clinic?
Is there a specific diet for a man or a woman so that they may conceive a boy?