The Ruling on Aborting a Deformed Fetus
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A woman is pregnant, and the doctor has informed her that the fetus has deformities and that it must be aborted. What is the ruling on this?
Answer:
Does the fetus live, or does it not live? I mean, if it is more likely that it will live, then it is not permissible to abort it. But if it is more likely that it will not live, and the doctors have decided—three doctors decide, not one—that it will not live, then there is no harm in aborting it if its remaining in the womb causes harm to its mother. However, if there is no harm to its mother, it is left to Allah the Exalted and Majestic. If it lives, praise be to Allah, and if it does not live, praise be to Allah as well. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A woman is pregnant, and the doctor has informed her that the fetus has deformities and that it must be aborted. What is the ruling on this?
Answer:
Does the fetus live, or does it not live? I mean, if it is more likely that it will live, then it is not permissible to abort it. But if it is more likely that it will not live, and the doctors have decided—three doctors decide, not one—that it will not live, then there is no harm in aborting it if its remaining in the womb causes harm to its mother. However, if there is no harm to its mother, it is left to Allah the Exalted and Majestic. If it lives, praise be to Allah, and if it does not live, praise be to Allah as well. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب النهي عن ثمن عسب الفحل — islamhouse.com (1:08:54)
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