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From: khan@cs.purdue.edu (Muhammad Farrukh Khan)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re: Islam on birth control
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Date: 1 Jun 90 22:15:20 GMT
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Abu Syed Marwan writes in  <8389@accuvax.nwu.edu>

	"... There are several hadith (look up Sahih Muslim) where 
	it is reported that coitus interruptus was practised 
	by the Prophet (PBUH). I asked this  ...

	Abu Syed Marwan ... "

As far as I researched the above, I could not verify it.  On the contrary, I
found in Sahih Muslim a whole chapter titled "Permissibility of intercourse
with a suckling lady and disapproval of 'Azl", which, among other things
states in hadith 3392 " ... Then they asked him (i.e. the Prophet) about
'azl, whereupon he said: That is secret (way of) burying alive ... ".
(Ref.  Sahih Muslim tr. A. H. Siddiqui; S. M. Ashraf, Lahore 1978, pp. 735)

Here I am not stating any position on birth control, which should properly
be discussed with scholars of Quran, Hadith and Fiqh: my point is that we as 
muslims need to be *extremely* careful in attributing any words or actions 
to Prophet Muhammad sallahu alaih wassalm.

Farrukh