Guarantee for a fetus less than four months old if it is aborted through disciplinary action
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a disciplinarian strikes a pregnant woman and she aborts a fetus, is he liable to pay compensation according to the view that he is liable even if the fetus is less than four months old?
Answer:
If it is less than four months old, there is no liability. He is liable if it had life and then died afterward. As for the one before four months, there is no liability and no expiation, because it has not yet become a human being up to this point; it has not yet become a human being. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a disciplinarian strikes a pregnant woman and she aborts a fetus, is he liable to pay compensation according to the view that he is liable even if the fetus is less than four months old?
Answer:
If it is less than four months old, there is no liability. He is liable if it had life and then died afterward. As for the one before four months, there is no liability and no expiation, because it has not yet become a human being up to this point; it has not yet become a human being. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 102 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / الديات / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (34:42)
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