Abortion in the second month
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Question:
A woman says that she induced an abortion in the second month of pregnancy and disposed of it in the salt water cycle. Is there any sin or expiation in this action of hers?
Answer:
If she is the one who induced the abortion, it is not permissible for her to abort the fetus. She commits a sin by doing so, and she must repent. If the fetus fell on its own and it was only two months old, it has no ruling, because it did not become a lump of flesh; it was still a clot, meaning a collection of blood that has no ruling, whether it was in the bathroom or in the cycle, because it was a clot.
A woman says that she induced an abortion in the second month of pregnancy and disposed of it in the salt water cycle. Is there any sin or expiation in this action of hers?
Answer:
If she is the one who induced the abortion, it is not permissible for her to abort the fetus. She commits a sin by doing so, and she must repent. If the fetus fell on its own and it was only two months old, it has no ruling, because it did not become a lump of flesh; it was still a clot, meaning a collection of blood that has no ruling, whether it was in the bathroom or in the cycle, because it was a clot.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/109 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:23:20)
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