Expiation and blood money for the abortion of a fetus by a medical procedure
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, he says: Perhaps if a woman aborts her fetus by a medical procedure, is there blood money and expiation, and who is it upon?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if she aborts her fetus after the soul has been breathed into it and she aborts it dead, then she owes the expiation, because she killed it by aborting it, so she owes the expiation.
The questioner:
A debt.
The Shaykh:
And the blood money is for her relatives if they permit it, praise be to Allah, and if they do not permit it, the debt is obligatory upon her, and it is five camels, the value of five camels,
The questioner:
The doctor, the Shaykh, with his consent, witnessed.
The Shaykh:
It is upon her, but if the doctor forced her and aborted it without her choice, it is upon the doctor. As for if she is an adult of sound mind and she is the one who requested the abortion, she is the direct agent, so the expiation is upon her. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, he says: Perhaps if a woman aborts her fetus by a medical procedure, is there blood money and expiation, and who is it upon?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if she aborts her fetus after the soul has been breathed into it and she aborts it dead, then she owes the expiation, because she killed it by aborting it, so she owes the expiation.
The questioner:
A debt.
The Shaykh:
And the blood money is for her relatives if they permit it, praise be to Allah, and if they do not permit it, the debt is obligatory upon her, and it is five camels, the value of five camels,
The questioner:
The doctor, the Shaykh, with his consent, witnessed.
The Shaykh:
It is upon her, but if the doctor forced her and aborted it without her choice, it is upon the doctor. As for if she is an adult of sound mind and she is the one who requested the abortion, she is the direct agent, so the expiation is upon her. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 82 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الحدود|فصل فيمن أتى حدا خارج الحرم ثم لجأ إليه|صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:19:20)
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