What is the ruling on aborting fetuses?
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Question:
He says: My wife underwent a procedure for miscarriage or abortion twice. The first was when the fetus was six months old, and the second was when it was three months old.
Answer:
Yes, if it was six months, the soul had been breathed into it and it had become a human being, so expiation is obligatory for aborting it if she is the one who aborted it. However, if it fell on its own without any action on her part, she owes nothing. If she is the one who aborted it and it was six months old and came out dead, she must pay the expiation of freeing a slave. If she cannot find one, she must fast for two months, because this is killing a soul. As for the one that was only three months old, the soul had not been breathed into it, and there is no expiation for it, but she commits a sin by aborting it.
He says: My wife underwent a procedure for miscarriage or abortion twice. The first was when the fetus was six months old, and the second was when it was three months old.
Answer:
Yes, if it was six months, the soul had been breathed into it and it had become a human being, so expiation is obligatory for aborting it if she is the one who aborted it. However, if it fell on its own without any action on her part, she owes nothing. If she is the one who aborted it and it was six months old and came out dead, she must pay the expiation of freeing a slave. If she cannot find one, she must fast for two months, because this is killing a soul. As for the one that was only three months old, the soul had not been breathed into it, and there is no expiation for it, but she commits a sin by aborting it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم إجهاض الأجنة؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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