If the fetus is aborted in the fifth month, what is to be done with it?
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The questioner : We have a woman who had a miscarriage in the fourth month, so what happens to the fetus now?
The Shaykh : How so? In the fourth month?
The questioner : In the fourth month, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The fetus is five months old.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So what about the fetus, is it just buried?
The Shaykh : You mean it was aborted?
The questioner : It was aborted, yes, it was aborted.
The Shaykh : Was it aborted alive or dead?
The questioner : We don't know...
The Shaykh : Okay, and I do not know.
The questioner : So it is naturally dead.
The Shaykh : No, it is not natural, my brother.
The questioner : Now, in the fifth month, it is naturally dead.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah bless you, the soul is breathed into the fetus in the fourth month. So if you say that it was aborted in the fifth month, it may have been aborted alive or dead. If it was aborted dead, it is not buried and no prayer is performed over it.
The questioner : If it is dead?
The Shaykh : But if it is alive, it is prayed over, shrouded, and buried.
Another questioner : If it is dead, my Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I said both possibilities: if it was aborted dead, there is nothing to do, but if it was aborted alive, it is buried after it dies, of course.
The questioner : There is a woman who owes fasting!
Another questioner : She just rides in the car, she rides in the car.
The questioner : ... This child died, so what about this woman? She is breastfeeding from the breast.
The Shaykh : It does not harm her.
The questioner : Does she owe an expiation?
The Shaykh : She does not owe an expiation.
The Shaykh : How so? In the fourth month?
The questioner : In the fourth month, yes.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The fetus is five months old.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So what about the fetus, is it just buried?
The Shaykh : You mean it was aborted?
The questioner : It was aborted, yes, it was aborted.
The Shaykh : Was it aborted alive or dead?
The questioner : We don't know...
The Shaykh : Okay, and I do not know.
The questioner : So it is naturally dead.
The Shaykh : No, it is not natural, my brother.
The questioner : Now, in the fifth month, it is naturally dead.
The Shaykh : My brother, may Allah bless you, the soul is breathed into the fetus in the fourth month. So if you say that it was aborted in the fifth month, it may have been aborted alive or dead. If it was aborted dead, it is not buried and no prayer is performed over it.
The questioner : If it is dead?
The Shaykh : But if it is alive, it is prayed over, shrouded, and buried.
Another questioner : If it is dead, my Shaykh?
The Shaykh : I said both possibilities: if it was aborted dead, there is nothing to do, but if it was aborted alive, it is buried after it dies, of course.
The questioner : There is a woman who owes fasting!
Another questioner : She just rides in the car, she rides in the car.
The questioner : ... This child died, so what about this woman? She is breastfeeding from the breast.
The Shaykh : It does not harm her.
The questioner : Does she owe an expiation?
The Shaykh : She does not owe an expiation.
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