Having the uterus removed

Question

Whenever my wife conceives, she suffers great distress and severe pain, and the nearer the time of birth approaches, the more the pain increases; then the child is also lost. The doctors have exhausted themselves treating her, and no remedy brings any benefit. After the delivery the treatment goes on for a very long time, and only then does the pain go away and her strength return. The doctors say: “Have the uterus removed, and then this suffering will not occur.

Answer

If, because of conception and childbirth, unbearable suffering occurs and dangerous illnesses arise from which there is a strong likelihood of losing her life, then there are other means of protection too: for example, ‘azl (coitus interruptus)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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