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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on a woman who induced an abortion to breastfeed her child

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Question : A woman asks: What is the ruling if a woman takes medication and induces an abortion, or if she says she induced an abortion in the second month in order to breastfeed her first child, and now she has repented? Does she owe anything?

Answer : She must not return to this. As long as the fetus has not been formed, or as long as the soul has not been breathed into it, she must not repent—she must not return to it. However, if the soul has been breathed into it, it is not permissible to induce an abortion ever, because it is the killing of a soul. Yes.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، حكم من اسقطت جنينها لإرضاع طفلها — youtube.com

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