The gemara in brachos 10a says that Chizkiyahu made the decision not to have children as he saw that his kids would be negative influences on the Jewish people. Then, Yeshayahu tells him that is not for Chizkiyahu to worry about God's secrets; he must simply do that which he is commanded.
The gemara in other places, one of them being Horayos 10b, talks about the concept of 'Aveira lishma'. The gemara says that when Yael did the aveira with Sisra, it was OK because it was done for the right reason. It seems to make a similar point about Tamar's acting like a prostitute in order to have children with Yehuda.
It seems to me that there is a contradiction here. Is it permissible to make a decision that contradicts Halacha because it is for the greater good (I.e. aveira lishma) or not (as implied by the Chizkiyahu story)?
(I note that the Tamar story was pre-Sinai and I can't work out if Yael was Jewish. This may be the answer; you can't make this decision as a fully fledged Jew. However, the gemara in Horayos sounds like it is a more general rule.)
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