If the fetus is a clot, rulings apply to it.
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The Shaykh : Well, if it is a clot, then rulings apply to it.
Among these, according to the well-known view in the madhhab of Imam Ahmad: if it is a clot, it is not permissible to remove it, meaning it is not permissible to abort it. Before it becomes a clot, abortion is permissible. This is the well-known view in the madhhab of Imam Ahmad, which the Hanbali jurists followed: as long as it is a drop of sperm, it is permissible for the woman to abort it, but if it becomes a clot, it is not permissible.
They distinguished between the two by saying that once it reaches the stage of being a clot, we are certain that it is the beginning of the creation of a human being. As long as it is a drop of sperm, it is possible that this drop will be corrupted, and it is possible that it will remain and be preserved until it becomes the beginning of the creation of a human being.
Among these, according to the well-known view in the madhhab of Imam Ahmad: if it is a clot, it is not permissible to remove it, meaning it is not permissible to abort it. Before it becomes a clot, abortion is permissible. This is the well-known view in the madhhab of Imam Ahmad, which the Hanbali jurists followed: as long as it is a drop of sperm, it is permissible for the woman to abort it, but if it becomes a clot, it is not permissible.
They distinguished between the two by saying that once it reaches the stage of being a clot, we are certain that it is the beginning of the creation of a human being. As long as it is a drop of sperm, it is possible that this drop will be corrupted, and it is possible that it will remain and be preserved until it becomes the beginning of the creation of a human being.