She Had Injections To Make Her Infertile – What Is The Ruling On That?
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There is a
woman who has been married for 20 years. All these
years she has not been keen to have children because
she is afraid of getting pregnant, after she
miscarried during her first pregnancy. She used
contraceptive pills during this time but Allaah
decreed that she could not prevent pregnancy
altogether. She has three children, all of whom were
born by caesarian section. After the last child she
went to the doctor who gave her injections which made
her completely infertile. Now she regrets what she did
and is asking whether she has to do anything. She says
that her husband knows about that; what does she have
to do besides repenting?
Praise be to Allaah.
Islam
encourages us to have many children, and the Prophet
of Allaah Shu'ayb (peace be upon him) reminded (his
people) of this blessing and said to them: "And
remember when you were but few, and He multiplied you"
[al-A'raaf 7:86]. And it was narrated from Ma'qil ibn
Yasaar (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the
Prophet (Peace And Blessings Of Allaah Be Upon Him)
said: "Marry those who are loving and fertile, for I
will be proud of your great numbers before the
nations." Narrated by Abu Dawood, 2050; classed as
saheeh by al-Albaani. See also question no. 13492.
Being sterilized permanently may mean one of two
things:
1 – It may be done out of necessity, such as if it is
determined by trustworthy medicinal evidence that
pregnancy will pose a danger to the mother's life, and
there is no hope of a cure, so permanent sterilization
will ward off that danger. In this case it is
permissible to be sterilized.
2 – When there is no need for it. Undoubtedly in this
case it is a criminal act and a major sin, because it
is a transgression against the creation of Allaah for
no reason, and preventing the production of offspring
which was encouraged by the Prophet (Peace And
Blessings Of Allaah Be Upon Him), and being ungrateful
for the blessing of children which Allaah bestows upon
His creation.
It says in al-Insaaf: It says in al-Faa'iq: And it is
not permissible to do anything that will put a stop to
pregnancy. (1/383).
The Islamic Fiqh Council stated the following in its
report no. 39 (1/5):
It is haraam to sterilize both men and women, if there
is no necessary reason for doing so unless there is a
necessity which is to be determined according to the
guidelines set out by sharee'ah. It is permissible to
take temporary measures to space pregnancies or
prevent them for a limited period of time, if there is
a legitimate shar'i need to do so, so long as this
decision is made on the basis of mutual consultation
and approval between the spouses. That is subject to
the condition that no harm should result from that,
and that the means should be acceptable according to
sharee'ah, and that there should be no harm caused to
an existing pregnancy. End quote.
Based on this, if your preventing pregnancy is for a
legitimate reason as outlined above, then you do not
have to do anything. But if it was not for a necessary
reason, then you have done something which is haraam,
and you have to repent sincerely to Allaah and stop
taking these injections immediately. If there is
anything that will reverse their effect without
causing harm, then you must take it. And Allaah knows
best.
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