What is the ruling on aborting the fetus in the first month or the first week?
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The questioner: Aborting the fetus in the first month or the first week, or until the end of it?
The Shaykh: Aborting the fetus before the soul is breathed into it is disliked (makruh) in the Shari'ah because it goes against one of the desires of the Messenger (peace be upon him).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: which is included in his authentic saying:, so the one who aborts the fetus means that he is striving, and the one who also regulates the population, as they say today, these and those, are only striving to go against the desire of the Messenger (peace be upon him) when he said: Sunan al-Bayhaqi 10:852, perhaps you have understood up to this point?
The questioner: Yes... Is the dislike a dislike of disapproval (tanzihi) or a dislike of prohibition (tahrimi)?
The Shaykh: I am asking you, have you understood up to this point?
The questioner : I understood.
The Shaykh: Okay, the discussion has a continuation.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So I told you that the one who aborts the fetus, or that he limits the population and regulates it as they claim.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: then he goes against the desire of the Messenger (peace be upon him), so this is a matter disliked in the Shari'ah. But if the motive for it is a non-Islamic idea, such as, for example, fear... fear of poverty, which is mentioned in the Qur'an, where the Lord of all creation said:[Al-Isra 17:31], so those who prevent the formation of the fetus and... at the time.
The Shaykh: Aborting the fetus before the soul is breathed into it is disliked (makruh) in the Shari'ah because it goes against one of the desires of the Messenger (peace be upon him).
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: which is included in his authentic saying:
Marry women who are fertile and loving; for I shall boast of you before the nations on the Day of Resurrection.
تزوَّجوا الولود الودود ؛ فإني مباهٍ بكم الأممَ يوم القيامةFor I shall boast of you before the nations on the Day of Resurrection.
فإنِّي مباهٍ بكم الأممَ يوم القيامةThe questioner: Yes... Is the dislike a dislike of disapproval (tanzihi) or a dislike of prohibition (tahrimi)?
The Shaykh: I am asking you, have you understood up to this point?
The questioner : I understood.
The Shaykh: Okay, the discussion has a continuation.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: So I told you that the one who aborts the fetus, or that he limits the population and regulates it as they claim.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh: then he goes against the desire of the Messenger (peace be upon him), so this is a matter disliked in the Shari'ah. But if the motive for it is a non-Islamic idea, such as, for example, fear... fear of poverty, which is mentioned in the Qur'an, where the Lord of all creation said:
And do not kill your children for fear of poverty
وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ
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