The ruling on praying over a fetus after four months if the doctor informs that it died before that
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Question:
The questioner, S.A.M., says: If a fetus is delivered from its mother’s womb after four months, but the doctor says that it has been dead in its mother’s womb for a long time, is it prescribed to pray over this fetus or not? And is the blood that comes out considered post-natal bleeding for the woman’s prayer?
Answer:
Yes, the blood is post-natal bleeding without a doubt, because if it exceeds eighty-one days, the blood that comes out after the delivery is post-natal bleeding. As for praying over it, yes, it is prayed over as long as it has reached four months; it is prayed over based on the apparent evidence. The doctor’s statement may be mistaken. Does the prayer over it not become invalid? Yes.
The questioner, S.A.M., says: If a fetus is delivered from its mother’s womb after four months, but the doctor says that it has been dead in its mother’s womb for a long time, is it prescribed to pray over this fetus or not? And is the blood that comes out considered post-natal bleeding for the woman’s prayer?
Answer:
Yes, the blood is post-natal bleeding without a doubt, because if it exceeds eighty-one days, the blood that comes out after the delivery is post-natal bleeding. As for praying over it, yes, it is prayed over as long as it has reached four months; it is prayed over based on the apparent evidence. The doctor’s statement may be mistaken. Does the prayer over it not become invalid? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7607- حكم الصلاة على الجنين بعد أربعة أشهر إذا أخبر الدكتور بموته قبل ذلك - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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