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Fiqh On Family Planning
Fiqh On Family Planning
PLANNING
The basic precepts of Islam
• A religion of ease no hardship (2:185)
• Allah desires for you ease [yusr]; He
desires not hardship [eusr] for you.
Reference: Omran A. Family Planning in the Legacy of Islam. London: Routledge; 1992.
Islamic ruling on Family Planning
• First opinion (not permissible)
• Wealth or rizq is from Allah. (Al-Quran 6:151 & 17:31) - contradictory to
provision (rizq) or reliance on Allah (Tawakkul).
• Ibn Hazm - coitus interruptus is consider as hidden infanticide
• Second opinion (permissible)
• No Qur'anic text forbids prevention of conception.
• Hadith - Prophet (pbuh) which allowed some of his followers to
practice 'azl or coitus interruptus.
• Modern methods are, by analogy, permissible.
• Based on several terms*
1. Omran A. Family Planning in the Legacy of Islam. London: Routledge; 1992.
2. Pejabat Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan - IRSYAD AL-FATWA KE-146 : HUKUM MERANCANG KELUARGA KERANA BERPENDAPATAN RENDAH
[Internet]. Muftiwp.gov.my. 2016 [cited 26 April 2018]. Available from: http://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-fatwa/irsyad-fatwa-
umum/1847-irsyad-al-fatwa-ke-146-hukum-merancang-keluarga-kerana-berpendapatan-rendah?highlight=WyJrZWx1YXJnYSJd
Terms for family planning in Islam
Reference:
1. Omran A. Family Planning in the Legacy of Islam. London: Routledge; 1992.
2. Pejabat Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan - IRSYAD AL-FATWA KE-146 : HUKUM MERANCANG KELUARGA KERANA BERPENDAPATAN RENDAH
[Internet]. Muftiwp.gov.my. 2016 [cited 26 April 2018]. Available from: http://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-fatwa/irsyad-fatwa-
umum/1847-irsyad-al-fatwa-ke-146-hukum-merancang-keluarga-kerana-berpendapatan-rendah?highlight=WyJrZWx1YXJnYSJd
Avoid economic
Maternal well being
hardships
contraception
Health risks to a because Preserve a wife’s
beauty and fitness –
suckling child & ’new’
to keep happiness in
child
marriage
It is not allowed if
*Involved permanent
Cause harm to
method (changes
mother or father
anatomy)
Methods
Temporary Permanent
2. Merali A, Merali S. From Marriage to Parenthood The Heavenly Path. Canada: The Islamic Education
Board of the World Federation of KSIMC; 2006.
3. Pejabat Mufti Wilayah Persekutuan - IRSYAD AL-FATWA KE-146 : HUKUM MERANCANG KELUARGA
KERANA BERPENDAPATAN RENDAH [Internet]. Muftiwp.gov.my. 2016 [cited 26 April 2018]. Available
from: http://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-fatwa/irsyad-fatwa-umum/1847-irsyad-al-fatwa-ke-
146-hukum-merancang-keluarga-kerana-berpendapatan-rendah?highlight=WyJrZWx1YXJnYSJd
4. Family Planning and Islam: A Review [Internet]. Islamawareness.net. [cited 27 April 2018]. Available
from: http://www.islamawareness.net/FamilyPlanning/familyplanning.html
5. Perubatan Islam dan Bukti Sains Moden. Kuala Lumpur: PTS Millennia; 2014.