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From: paul@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
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Subject: Re: Islam on birth control
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Date: 1 Jun 90 22:20:58 GMT
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>(1) Yes for coitus interruptus (because of the example of the Prophet-PBUH).
>(2) Yes for condoms - similar to number 1.
>(3) No for the pill because it is an uncertain technology, and can hurt the
>woman.
>(4) No for IUD such as rings, etc -- same reason as number 3.
>(5) Yes for diaphragm ( similar to number 1.
>(6) I did not ask him about contraceptive jelly
>(7) Abortion -- prohibited unless the life of the mother is in danger. This
>opinion was given to me by somebody else, not A. Ahmed.

Since pregnancy holds more risks for the woman than use of the
pill, UIDs, or even a properly performed abortion (U.S. Surgeon
General's Report), pregnancy would be prohibited because of "danger to
the woman", by the above logic.

The "coitus interruptus" ahadith which, I quoted in an ealier posting,
expounds upon the inevitability of the children being born,
essentially says that "coitus interruptus" is not desirable. Hence I
called this an "oblique reference".