The Prayer for a Miscarried Fetus, Naming It, and Performing the 'Aqiqah for It
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If a fetus is miscarried in the fifth month, is the funeral prayer performed for it, is it named, and is the 'aqiqah performed for it?
Answer:
Yes, if it enters the fourth month, not the fifth, before the fifth. If it enters the fourth month, it takes on the rulings of a newborn: it is washed, shrouded, the funeral prayer is performed for it, and it is buried with the Muslims in Muslim cemeteries. Yes. It is also named, and the 'aqiqah is performed for it. The recommended practice and virtue are to perform the 'aqiqah for it and name it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: If a fetus is miscarried in the fifth month, is the funeral prayer performed for it, is it named, and is the 'aqiqah performed for it?
Answer:
Yes, if it enters the fourth month, not the fifth, before the fifth. If it enters the fourth month, it takes on the rulings of a newborn: it is washed, shrouded, the funeral prayer is performed for it, and it is buried with the Muslims in Muslim cemeteries. Yes. It is also named, and the 'aqiqah is performed for it. The recommended practice and virtue are to perform the 'aqiqah for it and name it. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 04-11-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (1:06:58)
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