What is the ruling on aborting an illegitimate fetus to cover up the sin?
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The questioner : A questioner says: O Shaykh, if the fetus is an illegitimate child.
The Shaykh : Pay attention.
The questioner: Illegitimate.
The Shaykh : That is incorrect.
The questioner : If the fetus
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed
The questioner : is a child
The Shaykh : Okay.
The student: Illegitimate, may Allah protect us.
The Shaykh : It does not help if it is a child
The questioner : who is illegitimate.
The Shaykh : That is enough.
The questioner : And may Allah protect us, is it permissible to abort it to cover up the sin?
The Shaykh : If it is what, a child?
The questioner : Illegitimate.
The Shaykh : Yes, in reality, the door cannot be opened in this matter; it is absolutely impossible, otherwise there would be many fornicators and fornicatrices, and if a woman became pregnant, she would abort. Therefore, we do not issue a fatwa permitting this in this case. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. This is a female questioner who says:
The Shaykh : First, the woman.
The questioner : We presented two men with two questions.
The Shaykh : All right, go ahead.
The questioner : She says: He divorced his wife by saying, "If you enter the apartment, you are divorced," and he said he intended to threaten her with it. Did the divorce take place?
The Shaykh : We answer: The mu'adhdhin says, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.
The mu'adhdhin: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest.
The mu'adhdhin: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh : Pay attention.
The questioner: Illegitimate.
The Shaykh : That is incorrect.
The questioner : If the fetus
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed
The questioner : is a child
The Shaykh : Okay.
The student: Illegitimate, may Allah protect us.
The Shaykh : It does not help if it is a child
The questioner : who is illegitimate.
The Shaykh : That is enough.
The questioner : And may Allah protect us, is it permissible to abort it to cover up the sin?
The Shaykh : If it is what, a child?
The questioner : Illegitimate.
The Shaykh : Yes, in reality, the door cannot be opened in this matter; it is absolutely impossible, otherwise there would be many fornicators and fornicatrices, and if a woman became pregnant, she would abort. Therefore, we do not issue a fatwa permitting this in this case. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. This is a female questioner who says:
The Shaykh : First, the woman.
The questioner : We presented two men with two questions.
The Shaykh : All right, go ahead.
The questioner : She says: He divorced his wife by saying, "If you enter the apartment, you are divorced," and he said he intended to threaten her with it. Did the divorce take place?
The Shaykh : We answer: The mu'adhdhin says, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.
The mu'adhdhin: Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar.
The Shaykh : Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest.
The mu'adhdhin: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah.