The 'Aqiqah for a miscarriage after four months
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His Eminence the Shaykh: If the fetus is miscarried at around four months, is an 'Aqiqah sacrificed for it, and is the funeral prayer performed for it?
It is established in the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that when the fetus completes four months, the soul is breathed into it. So if it is miscarried after the soul has been breathed into it, it is as if it had been miscarried at full term; it is washed, shrouded, the funeral prayer is performed for it, and it is buried in the graveyards.
As for the 'Aqiqah, there is scholarly disagreement regarding it.Some scholars say: One view is that an 'Aqiqah is sacrificed for it, because it will be resurrected.And some scholars say: The other view is that no 'Aqiqah is sacrificed for it. I am of the opinion that an 'Aqiqah should be sacrificed for it if its father is well-off, because this involves good, charity, and kindness.
It is established in the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that when the fetus completes four months, the soul is breathed into it. So if it is miscarried after the soul has been breathed into it, it is as if it had been miscarried at full term; it is washed, shrouded, the funeral prayer is performed for it, and it is buried in the graveyards.
As for the 'Aqiqah, there is scholarly disagreement regarding it.Some scholars say: One view is that an 'Aqiqah is sacrificed for it, because it will be resurrected.And some scholars say: The other view is that no 'Aqiqah is sacrificed for it. I am of the opinion that an 'Aqiqah should be sacrificed for it if its father is well-off, because this involves good, charity, and kindness.