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Contraception & Fertility
128 fatawa from 6 South African Darul Iftas on Contraception & Fertility, part of Medical & Health. Newest first; every fatwa links to the page where its Darul Ifta published it.
Subtopics are grouped from each Darul Ifta’s own categories and the fatwa titles, so the count is approximate.
By Darul Ifta
Contraception & Fertility fatawa — page 1 of 4
- Ibn Masood15 Sep 2026
Haidh And Contraception
The contraceptive pill is effectively a hormone pill administered for 3 weeks, and a sugar pill during the fourth week of the month. It is at this…
Mufti Abdul Kader Fazlani - Mufti Online17 Dec 2025
Using contraceptive patches
Are contraceptive patches allowed in Islam?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online23 Sep 2025
Vasectomy
Can a man have a vasectomy? He and his wife have both agreed this is the best way forward because they do not want anymore kids and she does not…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online9 Sep 2025
Artificial insemination
Can you take your husband's sperm and inject it in yourself to try and get pregnant because he has a problem he can't penetrate.
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online28 Jun 2025
ICSI procedure to fall pregnant
My wife and I have been trying to fall pregnant for a few years now with no success, and after visiting a number of doctors, we've been advised that…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood25 Apr 2024
Selling contraceptives to unmarried individuals
1. Is it permissible in Islam to sell contraceptives to individuals who are not married? Additionally, is it permissible to sell products that are…
Maulana Ahmed Saeed - Ask Imaam17 Nov 2023
In vitro fertilization (IVF) - Is this permissible?
Salam, I want to do ivf ( test tube baby). I have 2 kids before but after that I could not get pregnant. I tried for many years and then I did IVF…
Muajul I. Chowdhury - Mufti Online20 Sep 2023
Using the loop as a contraceptive
Please clarify this matter for us: 1. In the case where a lady gets very sick during pregnancy, and is vomiting and unable to eat properly etc. for…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Ibn Masood23 Aug 2023
Permissibility of adopting contraceptive methods
Kindly advise if using contraceptives to prevent pregnancy is permissible. If permissible, kindly advise which types .
Maulana Ahmed Saeed - Mufti Online20 Jun 2023
Unmarried woman freezing her eggs and using them when she gets married
I want to know if it permissible for women to freeze their eggs while they're optimal and use them later when they get married? As they have not…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online12 Feb 2023
Fertility treatment and gender selection in Islam
I'm going for a fertility treatment. I have 2 boys and I really want a beautiful healthy normal baby girl insha-Allah. I wanted to know, is gender…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online28 Jan 2023
Doctor suggesting contraceptive measures based on poverty
Being a medical doctor, is it permissible to suggest contraceptive measures for couples having recurrent pregnancies and facing extreme poverty…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online20 Feb 2022
In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) due to medical reasons
A woman has been having recurring miscarriages. She has had 4 miscarriages in 9 years. Between the first 2 miscarriages and the last 2 miscarriages…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online8 Jan 2022
Surrogacy in Islam
Is surrogacy allowed in Islam? Can an individual use his sperm and another lady's egg to be fertilised after which she will carry the baby on behalf…
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville29 Nov 2021
IVF
Is the fertility assisted procedure known as IVF permissible in Islam?
- Mufti Online18 Sep 2021
Using condoms
Can I use condoms for sexual intercourse?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Azaadville16 Aug 2021
Using “The Loop” For Contraception
I Would like to know the permissibility of using the birth control known as ‘the loop’ … The reason for wanting to practice birth control is to have…
- Mufti Online13 Jan 2021
Take birth control measures because one is not ready for children
Is one allowed to take birth control measures because one feels they are not ready for children or they want to enjoy time with their husband and…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam26 Sep 2020
IVF to avoid Genetic disorders - Is this permissible?
Assalamualaikum, i’ve a son who is physically disabled and is bed confined due to some genetic condition and doctors said there is a 25% chance the…
Bilal Yusuf Pandor - Jamiat KZN15 Jun 2020
Family Planning (2/2)
Is the Practice of contraception allowed in Islam? If so, under what circumstances?
Mufti Ebrahim Desai - Jamiat KZN15 Jun 2020
Family Planning (1/2)
if Family planning is prohibited in Islam, then how should a couple stop breeding new off spring after the some Years of marriage, i.e they could…
- Mufti Online8 Jun 2020
IUI and IVF fertility treatment
Are fertility assisted procedures such as IUI and IVF permissible in Islam?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam19 Jan 2020
Choosing gender in IVF - Is it permissible?
As salami-Alaykum WW, Hope you are well, I had a question for you. My wife has given birth to 4 sons, every time she has wished for a girl but with…
Bilal Yusuf Pandor - Mufti Online25 Sep 2019
Test tube baby
Can an unmarried girl get a test tube child or is it only for a married woman?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online19 Sep 2019
Tying one's tubes after pregnancy
I have psoriatic arthritis. It gets worse after each pregnancy. After my 2nd child (I have 2), the bones in my feet and knees have become bad so I…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Sep 2019
Husband forcing the wife to take birth control pills
If a woman is on birth control, is she allowed to stop taking them without the consent of her husband? She would love more kids but he says no.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Sep 2019
IVF treatment
Me and my wife have been married for 7 years now Alhamdulillah, but unfortunately we have no children. We are speaking to ivf specialists and when…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Sep 2019
Using condoms
Is using condoms valid?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Ask Imaam19 Mar 2019
Contraceptives
Asalamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu Dear Mufti saab Alhamdulillah by the grace of Allah I have a one year old son and my wife feels that if…
Muajul I. Chowdhury - Ask Imaam17 Mar 2019
IVF with egg donor
Assalamu alaykum , please give me fatwa in my situation. Me and my husband married for 13 years, we love each other, but we do not have any child.…
Muajul I. Chowdhury - Mufti Online7 Mar 2019
Taking birth control pills
Is birth control pills permissible?
Mufti Zakaria Makada - Mufti Online4 Dec 2018
IVF fertilization
Me and my husband have beta thalassemia trait and have been offered ivf. I would like to know if it is permissable to get it tested before they…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online10 Nov 2018
Artificial insemination and test tube baby
Does Islam allow the following: 1. Artificial insemination with the husband's semen? 2. Artificial insemination with a donor's semen? Buy the semen…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online7 Nov 2018
What type of fertility treatment would be permissible to conceive a child?
What type of fertility treatment would be permissible to conceive a child? My husband and I are desperate to conceive.
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online5 Nov 2018
Using iui (intra-uterine insemination) fertility treatment
My husband and I have been trying to conceive for the past many years. Unfortunately my womb was damaged during a previous c-section, and I have…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online4 Nov 2018
Population control and family planning
1. Is there any ruling in Islam regarding population control. Nowadays there is a drum beating of population explosion that the earth cannot sustain…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online9 Oct 2018
Morning after pill
Is the morning after pill otherwise known as emergency contraception allowed in Islam?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online9 Jul 2018
Husband making azal without the wife's consent
I've been married for 2 years and my husband practises azl. I am not very young and would like a family but he is preventing it. He also always says…
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online3 Apr 2018
Taking contraception pills
Is taking contraception pills before your first child haraam?
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee - Mufti Online1 Apr 2018
Unmarried woman getting pregnant through artificial insemination
A Muslim sister in a certain Islamic community got pregnant. The Islamic leaders decided to discipline her since she was not married. When the…
Mufti Zakaria Makada
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