Surah At-Takwir (81) — Ayah 8

(Ayah 9,8){ وَ اِذَا الْمَوْءٗدَةُ سُىِٕلَتْ … : ’’ الْمَوْءٗدَةُ ‘‘} The girl who was buried alive. In the age of ignorance, some Arabs used to bury girls alive out of shame, so that they would not fall into the hands of the enemy or so that no one would become their son-in-law. Some did this due to poverty, and some even killed both boys and girls because of poverty. This custom has also existed among the Rajputs of India and some other nations. Nowadays, under the name of birth control, governments are systematically carrying out this act. In China, only one child is allowed in cities and only two in villages. Since most people prefer boys, in the case of a girl being born, many mothers do not even breastfeed, thus committing murder. Some rulers of Muslim countries, at the instigation of the disbelievers, are making the excuse of lack of resources (means of sustenance) to limit offspring, and in fact, are making every effort for the genocide of Muslims, and are spreading such methods by which the possibility of childbirth is eliminated altogether. For example, cutting the very tubes of sperm and eggs, and other indescribable methods. And this is being done by the people of the Ummah of that Messenger (peace be upon him) who disliked ‘azl (withdrawing at the time of ejaculation during intercourse), even though in the case of ‘azl, there remains a possibility of pregnancy, because the sperm can enter the womb through pre-seminal fluid even before ejaculation. And the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) himself expressed this reality that whether you practice ‘azl or not, the child that is destined to be born will be born. Nevertheless, when people once asked him about ‘azl, he (peace be upon him) said: [ ذٰلِکَ الْوَأْدُ الْخَفِيُّ وَھِيَ : «وَ اِذَا الْمَوْءٗدَةُ سُىِٕلَتْ » [التکویر: ۸] ] [مسلم، النکاح، باب جواز الغیلۃ… : ۱۴۱ /۱۴۴۲ ] “This is the hidden way of burying alive, and this act falls under the warning of Allah’s statement that when the girl buried alive will be questioned.” The purpose is that, despite the possibility of pregnancy in ‘azl, its continuous practice results in the destruction of the human race. From this hadith, the warning for other cruel methods of preventing pregnancy is self-evident.