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Ending the waiting period by inducing abortion: a stratagem

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The questioner:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A revocable waiting period ends with the delivery of the child if she is pregnant. So if a woman who is six months pregnant hastens to end her waiting period by performing a cesarean section or by aborting her pregnancy, does her waiting period end with this stratagem?

The Shaykh:
Yes, as long as it has exceeded eighty days and she has experienced bleeding, her waiting period ends, even if that was through abortion or miscarriage. Yes.

The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.

The Shaykh:
However, it is forbidden for her, and she will be sinful for this act, and she will owe an expiation; because she killed a soul. But if it comes out alive, praise be to Allah. If it comes out alive and lives, praise be to Allah, her waiting period ends, despite the prohibition of abortion.
Source الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 081-باب الشك في الطلاق - باب الرجعة - 16-2-25 هـ — archive.org (12:21)

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