Is it permissible to take pills to induce a delayed menstrual period, knowing that the questioner does not wish to become pregnant at the present time and that she is on the 32nd day of her cycle?
The basic ruling on using menstruation-inducing pills is permissibility. However, if doctors prove their harm to a woman's health, then it is not permissible to use them, based on the Almighty's saying: "And do not kill yourselves. Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful" (Quran 4:29), and the Prophet's (PBUH) saying: "There should be neither harming nor reciprocating harm."
Furthermore, pregnancy might be present when menstruation is absent, and abortion is a crime and a deprivation of numerous offspring.
If a necessity for their use is established by a report from trustworthy specialists, then there is no objection to using them, because necessities permit the forbidden.
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