The miscarriage that ends the waiting period of a divorced woman
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Your Eminence! A fetus miscarried before its time. Does the waiting period end with it, whether the miscarriage was due to an external cause or without a cause?
The scholars say: If the fetus has a discernible human form, the waiting period ends with it, and the blood is considered post-natal bleeding. However, if no human form is discernible in it, it is not considered, the waiting period does not end with it, and the blood that occurred in the woman is not post-natal bleeding.
If the woman intentionally causes the miscarriage, it is not permissible for her to intentionally cause it after the human form has become discernible. Regarding the miscarriage in the first forty days, according to the opinion of some scholars, some scholars hold that it is not permissible even in the first forty days. As for after the human form has become discernible, it is not permissible for her to cause the miscarriage, except if it becomes clear that there is a defect in this fetus, such as a disfigurement that cannot be tolerated, and the doctors see that it should be delivered, then there is no harm.
The scholars say: If the fetus has a discernible human form, the waiting period ends with it, and the blood is considered post-natal bleeding. However, if no human form is discernible in it, it is not considered, the waiting period does not end with it, and the blood that occurred in the woman is not post-natal bleeding.
If the woman intentionally causes the miscarriage, it is not permissible for her to intentionally cause it after the human form has become discernible. Regarding the miscarriage in the first forty days, according to the opinion of some scholars, some scholars hold that it is not permissible even in the first forty days. As for after the human form has become discernible, it is not permissible for her to cause the miscarriage, except if it becomes clear that there is a defect in this fetus, such as a disfigurement that cannot be tolerated, and the doctors see that it should be delivered, then there is no harm.