The Ruling on Aborting a Fetus
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He mentions that his wife is in her first month of pregnancy and that he has a child who is one and a half years old. Is it permissible for him to abort this fetus?
Answer:
It is not good. It is not permissible to abort a fetus unless it is weighed against the mother’s life. If the doctors determine that if this fetus remains, the mother will die, then it is not permissible to abort the fetus. However, if it is merely that he does not want the child, or the mother does not want it, that is not permissible.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He mentions that his wife is in her first month of pregnancy and that he has a child who is one and a half years old. Is it permissible for him to abort this fetus?
Answer:
It is not good. It is not permissible to abort a fetus unless it is weighed against the mother’s life. If the doctors determine that if this fetus remains, the mother will die, then it is not permissible to abort the fetus. However, if it is merely that he does not want the child, or the mother does not want it, that is not permissible.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/87 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:01:09)
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