The ruling on terminating a pregnancy when there is danger to the mother
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The questioner : May Allah bless you, our Shaykh. One of our relatives asked me a question a little while ago. I would naturally like to ask you the same thing because I did not give her an answer. Yes, she says that she is married and got married at a late age, so she gave birth to her first three children through C-sections. Yes. So she decided, in the last instance, the doctor told her not to get pregnant now because there is danger to her. Yes. So Allah willed and decreed that she became pregnant despite the prevention. Allah is the Greatest. Yes, so she asked me. She went to a doctor and consulted this doctor, and he said, "I cannot let you have a cleaning procedure done now because it has been a week since her period, meaning a week has passed." So this doctor said, "Stay as you are now, you are pregnant, and I will follow up with you in four months, if Allah wills. In these four months, if we find there is danger to you, then I will remove this fetus. The fetus. The fetus, yes. It has not become a baby yet. Yes. Well done, our Shaykh, and may Allah bless you. And in the future. So what is your opinion?"
The Shaykh : My opinion is that she should consult a Muslim doctor. Yes. Not just any doctor, but a Muslim doctor who is sincere. Do you know her doctor?
The questioner : It is likely that this man is one of the Muslim doctors, and if Allah wills, he is one of the sincere ones.
The Shaykh : Yes, how can the child be aborted after four months? It would become haram (forbidden) to abort it.
The questioner : Yes, what came to my mind was that if there is danger to her, it would be better than it becoming large.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is why I advise her to go to Dr. 'Asbah.
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : And 'Asbah seeks my opinion in many matters.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, you and 'Asbah.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : Yes, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : So it would be better this way.
The questioner : Okay, our Shaykh, let us take the answer because I am recording this tape for the sake of scholarly benefit in the future.
The Shaykh : Okay.
The questioner : We take the benefit from you, meaning, if there is initial danger to her, does she abort?
The Shaykh : Regarding the danger, we answer on the assumption that there is danger, she aborts, meaning she prepares herself, but before the soul is breathed in. As for after the soul is breathed in, it is haram (forbidden), it is not permissible.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But this permissible matter that we speak of is based on the opinion of a sincere Muslim doctor,
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Who says that there is danger to her. So if there is danger to her, the answer is what you mentioned.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : If she is in danger and the fetus in her womb is, for example, four or five months old, she must be patient until Allah decrees what He wills.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : And may Allah reward us all with good.
The Shaykh : Okay.
The questioner : Service, our Shaykh, what service?
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe, may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : Our master, the Shaykh, is it possible to ask two questions? Is there anything in the Shari'ah about the angels in the Hereafter, meaning after the blowing of the Trumpet or near that time, that they die?
The Shaykh : No. No.
The Shaykh : My opinion is that she should consult a Muslim doctor. Yes. Not just any doctor, but a Muslim doctor who is sincere. Do you know her doctor?
The questioner : It is likely that this man is one of the Muslim doctors, and if Allah wills, he is one of the sincere ones.
The Shaykh : Yes, how can the child be aborted after four months? It would become haram (forbidden) to abort it.
The questioner : Yes, what came to my mind was that if there is danger to her, it would be better than it becoming large.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is why I advise her to go to Dr. 'Asbah.
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : And 'Asbah seeks my opinion in many matters.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, you and 'Asbah.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : Yes, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : So it would be better this way.
The questioner : Okay, our Shaykh, let us take the answer because I am recording this tape for the sake of scholarly benefit in the future.
The Shaykh : Okay.
The questioner : We take the benefit from you, meaning, if there is initial danger to her, does she abort?
The Shaykh : Regarding the danger, we answer on the assumption that there is danger, she aborts, meaning she prepares herself, but before the soul is breathed in. As for after the soul is breathed in, it is haram (forbidden), it is not permissible.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : But this permissible matter that we speak of is based on the opinion of a sincere Muslim doctor,
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Who says that there is danger to her. So if there is danger to her, the answer is what you mentioned.
The questioner : May Allah bless you, our Shaykh.
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe.
The questioner : If she is in danger and the fetus in her womb is, for example, four or five months old, she must be patient until Allah decrees what He wills.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed.
The questioner : And may Allah reward us all with good.
The Shaykh : Okay.
The questioner : Service, our Shaykh, what service?
The Shaykh : May Allah keep you safe, may Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Yes.
The questioner : Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : Our master, the Shaykh, is it possible to ask two questions? Is there anything in the Shari'ah about the angels in the Hereafter, meaning after the blowing of the Trumpet or near that time, that they die?
The Shaykh : No. No.
Source
سلسلة الهدى والنور، المجلس 1256 — d3watuna.com (21:19)
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