If the fetus is aborted at around four months, is an 'Aqiqah sacrifice performed for it and is the funeral prayer offered for it?
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The questioner : May Allah love you, O honorable Shaykh, as you love me in Him.
The Shaykh : May Allah love you in that which you loved me in.
The questioner : My question is: if the fetus is aborted at around four months, is an 'Aqiqah sacrifice performed for it and is the funeral prayer offered for it?
The Shaykh : It is established from 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 reaches four months, the soul is breathed into it. Therefore, if it is aborted after the soul has been breathed into it, it is like a full-term birth. It is washed, shrouded, the funeral prayer is offered for it, and it is buried in the cemeteries. As for the 'Aqiqah, there is a difference of opinion among scholars. Some scholars say that an 'Aqiqah is performed for it because it will be resurrected, while other scholars say that no 'Aqiqah is performed for it. I see that an 'Aqiqah should be performed for it if its father is well-off, because there is good in it, there is charity in it, and there is dutifulness in it. Yes.
The Shaykh : May Allah love you in that which you loved me in.
The questioner : My question is: if the fetus is aborted at around four months, is an 'Aqiqah sacrifice performed for it and is the funeral prayer offered for it?
The Shaykh : It is established from 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 reaches four months, the soul is breathed into it. Therefore, if it is aborted after the soul has been breathed into it, it is like a full-term birth. It is washed, shrouded, the funeral prayer is offered for it, and it is buried in the cemeteries. As for the 'Aqiqah, there is a difference of opinion among scholars. Some scholars say that an 'Aqiqah is performed for it because it will be resurrected, while other scholars say that no 'Aqiqah is performed for it. I see that an 'Aqiqah should be performed for it if its father is well-off, because there is good in it, there is charity in it, and there is dutifulness in it. Yes.