Forcing a wife to abort her fetus and what is required of her
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a man forced his wife to abort her fetus. Does she bear any sin or owe an expiation?
The Shaykh:
She does not obey him if he forced her; she does not obey him.Mishkat al-Masabih 3696 She does not obey him.
The questioner:
And does she owe an expiation if she aborted it before eighty days or after eighty days?
The Shaykh:
No, the expiation is not found except for four months or more. But this one, even if she had four months, was deliberate, and the deliberate one does not have an expiation; this was deliberate regarding the abortion. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, a man forced his wife to abort her fetus. Does she bear any sin or owe an expiation?
The Shaykh:
She does not obey him if he forced her; she does not obey him.
A creature is not to be obeyed when it involves disobedience to the "Creator.”
لَا طَاعَةَ لِمَخْلُوقٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ الْخَالِقِThe questioner:
And does she owe an expiation if she aborted it before eighty days or after eighty days?
The Shaykh:
No, the expiation is not found except for four months or more. But this one, even if she had four months, was deliberate, and the deliberate one does not have an expiation; this was deliberate regarding the abortion. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 116 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / القضاء / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:12:38)
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