Birth Control From an Islamic and Scientific Perspective

Birth Control From an Islamic and Scientific Perspective

  Birth control, also known as contraception and birth control, is a method or device used to prevent pregnancy. Over the past 50-60 years, the debate about birth control or population control has become a point of discussion on television, radio, the Internet, and various other platforms.

 Ahmet and Abu Dawud, a man came to Rasulullah saw. "I have found a classy and beautiful woman, but she has no children. Can I marry her?" He said, "No." He came back to her, but she forbade him. He returned to him a third time, then the Prophet SAW said, "Marry women who are healthy and fertile, because I will have more of you people." This hadith says to stay away from indirect birth control and similar practices.

Effects of birth control methods on maternal health It has been established that the use of birth control methods has a serious impact on the mother's health.

 The female reproductive system is controlled by a group of reproductive hormones secreted by the pituitary gland and the frontal lobe of the ovary. , this hormone is produced at measured levels. Any increase or decrease in it can cause disease.

 Thus, medical scientists admit that all contraceptives have adverse effects on users. This is the result of many studies in this field. Some serious side effects of using birth control pills include.

1. Imbalance of body hormones 2. Weight and fluid retention. 3. Acute inflammation of the female reproductive system. 4. increased vulnerability to fatal heart disease for people over thirty is greater than for people over forty. 

Death of a woman taking birth control pills A news agency once reported a case of a British woman who died from using birth control pills. He had been using a tablet known as Walden for eight years before switching to another known as Mitoclore on medical advice.

 A few weeks later, he was sick and bedridden. Then his health deteriorated and he died. Recently, it has been determined that the use of contraception, especially the pill, can cause some cancers.

The most balanced advice The Prophet (PBUH) wanted to forbid breastfeeding a child if the mother was pregnant unless he knew that the Romans were doing it. 

This is because such breast milk can harm the lactating mother and inhibit the growth of the baby.

 If  about the Prophet's instructions, we will understand that the gap between one pregnancy and another should be three years, especially if we go back to what God said: "Mothers should breastfeed their children for two years, that is for those (parents) who want to complete breastfeeding." (Al-Baqarah 2:233) 

Then we will see that allowing the mother to recover (after giving birth) is a mandated matter, as opposed to preventing pregnancy ultimately through birth control methods.