Aborting the fetus resulting from fornication
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: A woman became pregnant after committing the heinous act of zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), seeking refuge in Allah. Does she have the right to abort this fetus?
Answer:
This is not permissible. It combines two crimes: zina and a crime against the pregnancy. This is not permissible for her. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is a woman asking, and she says: A woman became pregnant after committing the heinous act of zina (unlawful sexual intercourse), seeking refuge in Allah. Does she have the right to abort this fetus?
Answer:
This is not permissible. It combines two crimes: zina and a crime against the pregnancy. This is not permissible for her. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل ثم جرى الأمر على السداد والاستقامة والأمة واحدة والدين واحد والمعبود واحد — islamhouse.com (56:56)
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