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?
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It is permissible for a woman who is exhausted by closely spaced pregnancies to seek a permissible temporary contraceptive method to regain her health, and her husband should understand her situation. However, inserting an IUD is not permissible due to its inclusion of -related caveats. It would have been more appropriate for the woman to agree with her husband on a specific period for rest and recovery, and to take the legitimate means for that.
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