Expiation for the Miscarriage of a Fetus Before the Soul Is Breathed Into It

The questioner:
This questioner says: My mother was three months pregnant, and she carried something heavy, so she experienced bleeding. Then she went to the doctor, and he caused her to miscarry. It is known that she carried the heavy object while she was unaware. Does she owe an expiation?

The Shaykh:
As long as it did not reach four months, it was only three months old, and the soul was not breathed into it.

The questioner:
You are free of it.

The Shaykh:
So there is no expiation for it.

The questioner:
Yes.

The Shaykh:
The expiation is only when the soul is breathed into it, and the soul is not breathed into it until four months. Yes.