AL-�AZL

Coitus interruptus is permitted, but it is useless if the object is to prevent conception, for that is in the hand of Allah.  AbU Sirma reports: �We went out with Allah�s Messenger on the expedition. . . . and took some excellent Arab women; and we desired them . . . but we also desired ransom for them.  So we decided to have sexual intercourse with them but by observing �azl.� They consulted Muhammad, and he advised: �It does not matter if you do not do it, for every soul that is to be born up to the Day of Resurrection will be born� (3371).

author : ram swarup