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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Aborting the fetus that doctors determine has problems

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: His wife is pregnant, and three specialist doctors told him that the fetus has problems in its brain, and that it is better to abort this fetus. His question is: Should he obey them in this?

Answer:
No, it is not permissible to abort the pregnancy unless the doctors determine that its continuation poses a danger to the mother’s life. If its continuation poses a danger to the mother’s life, then it is permissible to abort it, if the doctors—who are not one or two, but a group of specialists—determine that its continuation poses a danger to its mother’s life. As for if it has deformities, it is left to the will of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). How many fetuses have doctors determined to have problems, only for them to turn out healthy? How many fetuses did they determine had a disease, only for Allah to cure them? They are left to the will of Allah. If it dies, then praise be to Allah, and if it lives, that is what is hoped for. Yes.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب ما جاء فيمن يلازم بقعة بعينها من المسجد — islamhouse.com (1:07:38)

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