A woman whose fetus was aborted in the fourth month, but it was not clear whether it was male or female: how is it to be named?
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Question:
A woman’s fetus was aborted in the fourth month, and the soul had been breathed into it, and the creation of the human being was evident in it, but it was not clear whether it was male or female? How is it to be named, with the name of a male or a female? And how is the 'aqiqah to be performed for it, with one sheep or two?
Answer:
I do not think it reaches four months and the soul is breathed into it without it being clear whether it is male or female, unless it is a hermaphrodite of ambiguous nature. If it is a hermaphrodite of ambiguous nature, it is possible, but the general rule is that it becomes clear whether it is male or female after eighty-one days have passed, when it becomes a clot, it becomes clear in it whether it is male or female, and the like. And as for when the soul is breathed into it, if it becomes clear that it is male or female, except in the case where it is a hermaphrodite of ambiguous nature. If it is a hermaphrodite of ambiguous nature, then he names it with a name that suits both, he names it 'Abdullah, for example, or 'Abd al-Rahman, or something similar, and he performs the 'aqiqah for it. The most cautious thing is that he performs the 'aqiqah with two, this is the most cautious, he acts with caution. Yes.
A woman’s fetus was aborted in the fourth month, and the soul had been breathed into it, and the creation of the human being was evident in it, but it was not clear whether it was male or female? How is it to be named, with the name of a male or a female? And how is the 'aqiqah to be performed for it, with one sheep or two?
Answer:
I do not think it reaches four months and the soul is breathed into it without it being clear whether it is male or female, unless it is a hermaphrodite of ambiguous nature. If it is a hermaphrodite of ambiguous nature, it is possible, but the general rule is that it becomes clear whether it is male or female after eighty-one days have passed, when it becomes a clot, it becomes clear in it whether it is male or female, and the like. And as for when the soul is breathed into it, if it becomes clear that it is male or female, except in the case where it is a hermaphrodite of ambiguous nature. If it is a hermaphrodite of ambiguous nature, then he names it with a name that suits both, he names it 'Abdullah, for example, or 'Abd al-Rahman, or something similar, and he performs the 'aqiqah for it. The most cautious thing is that he performs the 'aqiqah with two, this is the most cautious, he acts with caution. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، امرأة سقط جنينها في الشهر الرابع ولكن لم يتبين أذكر أم أنثى، كيف يُسمَّى؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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