Is the husband's refusal to procreate—on the grounds of fearing bad offspring and the troubles they might bring—a legitimate Sharia justification for depriving his wife of her right to procreation, especially given her strong desire for motherhood and her changed treatment of him because of this?
Childbearing is a shared right between spouses, and the husband does not have the right to abstain from it without his wife's consent. Jurists have ruled that it is not permissible for a husband to practice coitus interruptus with a free woman except with her permission, because she has a right to children, and because practicing coitus interruptus without her permission diminishes her enjoyment. Delaying pregnancy out of fear of the children's corruption and poor upbringing is a sign of mistrust in Allah Almighty, because a large number of children is desirable in Islamic law, and a believer has good expectations of his Lord. The wife is not obligated to obey her husband in the use of contraceptives, and she may use stratagem to conceive, and she may seek divorce if the husband insists on his stance.
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