You made a blanket statement along the lines of ‘elders always know best’ which I pointed out is not always true.
As for ur link, the Saudi scholar u mentioned in regards to contraception is Wahhabi, much much more literal and orthodox than us ‘regular’ Hanafis, no wonder u have such a conservative slant in ur answers.. There are lots of points in that post that need addressing but the one that is niggling at me straight away is the mention of those scholars disallowing the pill simply because it alters a woman’s physiology. How can this be forbidden when other pills such as the ones that delay a woman’s period (I know about it because my mum got it from the doctor when she went on Hajj) be allowed?? It’s not logical.. There have been mentions here that the pill has a risk of side-effects or can cause some harm to the body but in reality that risk is actually no more than most other tablets we take such as aspirin but that doesn’t stop us using them, does it?
The vast vast majority of sholars do allow the condom, there is not much difference in opinion in regards to that despite what u have written, in fact u’ll struggle to find a non-Salafi scholar or imam who says it’s not allowed.
Regarding the pill:
'Other contemporary and well-known methods of birth control include oral contraceptives and vaginal suppositories. Using such methods is permissible as long as there is no harm in them.’
Source: http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=3&ID=3949&CATE=335
LK has taken the strictest view possible. Strictest does not necessarily mean it is correct.