What is the ruling on abortion?

The Shaykh : As for the expulsion of the fetus within the first three months, we must examine the motive behind this expulsion. If the motive is a medical matter, it is permissible, as long as the soul has not been breathed into it. We mean the soul about which there is a report in the Shari'ah, and about which the doctors have no report. We do not mean the soul that is the nature of almost every created being. So, if the expulsion is there for a Shari'ah excuse and before the breathing of the soul, then it is permissible. I reserve my judgment when I say this... because I know, from my interaction with people, that they consider abortion permissible out of regard for economic aspects, or... to these two spouses, this time, that that is not enough for them; therefore, from the perspective of managing financial affairs, they resort to abortion. In that case, we say: this motive for this abortion makes the abortion forbidden. Then I add to what I said earlier that if the motive is prescribed, it is necessary to remind that the abortion must be performed by a Muslim woman, and that no room should be given for a male doctor, especially if he is a disbeliever, to look at the woman's 'awrah, whether the major or the minor... The necessities, it is true, permit the prohibited, but necessities are estimated by their degree, as I have classified such an answer there... I said: It is obligatory to begin, above all, if a woman requires treatment, whether abortion or otherwise, that she present herself to a Muslim female doctor. If she does not find one, then to a disbelieving female doctor. If she does not find one, then to a Muslim male doctor. If she does not find one, then there is no power and no strength except with Allah, to a disbelieving male doctor. But this is for necessity, not for the simplest illness from which a woman complains... to a disbelieving male doctor; because this presentation is forbidden, and the forbidden is not made lawful by the slightest... as mentioned before.
Likewise, the issue of contraceptive pills requires us to examine the motive for that. If there is a dire necessity, it is permissible; otherwise, it is not permissible for a Muslim to stand in the way of the desire of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), which he expressed by saying: , . Then we find men to whom Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has granted wives who are truly affectionate and fertile, and they deny the blessing of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) by taking contraceptive pills, while the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) wants to increase the number of his Ummah, as came in some authentic hadiths. Therefore, it is not permissible for a Muslim to prevent the desire of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) from the desire of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) because of these pills. We must keep this in mind, along with something else that the masses of Muslims have overlooked. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . This is also a long field of research, but this is enough for us, considering the number of questions.

The questioner : The same question, approximately, regarding the dissection of the corpse in the medical college for the sake of the issue of learning?

The Shaykh : You will now hear an opinion that you will find strange, but it is the creed of Islam. We do not see the permissibility of what the modernized Muslim youth of today has been afflicted with.
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The questioner : A question regarding the experiment of dissecting corpses in the medical college with the intention of learning?

The Shaykh : I say: This returns to what we mentioned earlier regarding acting or drama, and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade it, as he forbade breaking the bones of the dead believer, as we mentioned earlier. Therefore, I say in directing this procedure, which is necessary: It should be that, if it is absolutely necessary to perform such procedures, that they be performed on one who does not believe in Allah and the Last Day [everyone laughs!]. This is clear from the word "believer": . The Muslim has sanctity; this sanctity is not for the disbelievers other than him.