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The default ruling is that having children is encouraged and it is something that Allah

has expressly mentioned as being of the greatest blessings of this world.

Allah SWT promises and blessings when we have children.

In fact it is human desire. It is an urge in default position in mankind that they want to have

progeny to love and to be loved in return and to pass their legacy down and to have someone to

take care of them in their old age and to just make life easier to live and so no doubt that

children is indeed one of the biggest and the most blessed blessings.

In fact that Allah SWT has given us nonetheless it is not obligatory to aim to have children

and the maximum that can be said is that it is makruh what you have decided to do and you have given

up a great blessing that most mankind want but as long as you do not bring in theology

i.e. you say for example that oh I'm worried who will take care of the children financial wise

we don't have enough money you know or you don't bring any some bizarre beliefs that you know

there are some fringe movements that I think that it is unethical to bring about children

in a world of evil you know as long as you don't have those types of beliefs and you're simply

for personal reasons you know people people's misage people's perceptions of the world and what

they want to do and not one do is different and some people you know they might have

not an inclination they just don't want to be involved in children so if you and your wife

have decided this and you take those precautions that you know prevent children being born

the least that can be said or I say the max that can be said is that this is something that is

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