What is obligatory upon the parents regarding a dead fetus in the mother's womb that is four or five months old?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is obligatory upon the parents regarding a dead fetus in the mother's womb that is four or five months old, or more? What is obligatory upon them regarding praying over it, naming it, and performing the 'aqiqah sacrifice for it?
Answer:
All of this is prescribed. It is obligatory that it be washed, it is obligatory that it be shrouded, and it is obligatory that the funeral prayer be performed over it, because it has the rulings of a homicide. As for naming it and performing the 'aqiqah sacrifice for it, these are recommended practices. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What is obligatory upon the parents regarding a dead fetus in the mother's womb that is four or five months old, or more? What is obligatory upon them regarding praying over it, naming it, and performing the 'aqiqah sacrifice for it?
Answer:
All of this is prescribed. It is obligatory that it be washed, it is obligatory that it be shrouded, and it is obligatory that the funeral prayer be performed over it, because it has the rulings of a homicide. As for naming it and performing the 'aqiqah sacrifice for it, these are recommended practices. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [522 -582] ما الواجب على الوالدين في الجنين الميت في بطن أمه وعمره أربعة أشهر أو خمسة أشهر؟ — youtube.com
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