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Labour
pains are expiation of sins
Question:
My wife used to pray regularly until her first child. After
that she became quite lazy, claiming that a woman's sins are
all forgiven due to the pain she faces during labour. What
do you say to her?
Response:
This is not true. If the woman, like other humans, faces some
hardship and she is patient and hopes for reward for that,
she will be rewarded due to that pain and affliction. In fact,
the Prophet (sal-Allaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) gave examples
of much lesser types of pain which expiate sins, such as being
pricked by a thorn. Know that if a person has patience and
expects reward from Allaah for anything that has afflicted
him, he will be rewarded according to what he has of patience
and expectations. The essence of affliction is the removal
of his sins. The one who is afflicted has his sins removed
under any circumstance. Furthermore, if this is accompanied
with patience, the person will also be rewarded for his patience
with his affliction. When a woman gives birth, there is no
doubt that she suffers a lot of pain and hardship. That pain
removes some of her sins from her. If she is also patient
and expecting reward from Allaah, then, in addition to having
sins removed, she will also be rewarded and have good deeds
recorded for her.
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa al-Mar.ah
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