What is the criterion for the blowing of the soul into the fetus, and when does it occur?
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The questioner : Why is the criterion not the blowing of the soul, since the human being is connected to the blowing of the soul... not the form?
The Shaykh : The fetus has rulings; it has four rulings. Some relate to the clot, some to the lump of flesh, some to the blowing of the soul into it, and some to its birth alive and crying out. Do you understand?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : They all differ. For example, regarding inheritance: if it is born dead, even if the soul has been blown into it, does it inherit or not?
The student: It does not inherit.
The Shaykh : It does not inherit. Yes. As for praying over it and burying it with the people, that is if the soul has been blown into it. If the soul has been blown into it. As for post-natal bleeding? If it has taken form. As for the termination of the waiting period? If it has taken form. As for the prohibition of aborting it, which is called abortion? If it has become a clot, this is the well-known position in the school of thought. And most scholars hold that it is forbidden to abort it as soon as it is formed, even if it is not a clot, except out of dire necessity. Do you understand? So the rulings are different.
The questioner : Evidence... O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Evidence... If it is established that it is a pregnancy, it is established that it is a pregnancy and that it is the beginning of the creation of a human being.
The questioner : ... intentionally
The Shaykh : Unless it was intentional, that is what they said... Yes.
The questioner : We mentioned this in the previous lesson, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : What?
The Shaykh : The fetus has rulings; it has four rulings. Some relate to the clot, some to the lump of flesh, some to the blowing of the soul into it, and some to its birth alive and crying out. Do you understand?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : They all differ. For example, regarding inheritance: if it is born dead, even if the soul has been blown into it, does it inherit or not?
The student: It does not inherit.
The Shaykh : It does not inherit. Yes. As for praying over it and burying it with the people, that is if the soul has been blown into it. If the soul has been blown into it. As for post-natal bleeding? If it has taken form. As for the termination of the waiting period? If it has taken form. As for the prohibition of aborting it, which is called abortion? If it has become a clot, this is the well-known position in the school of thought. And most scholars hold that it is forbidden to abort it as soon as it is formed, even if it is not a clot, except out of dire necessity. Do you understand? So the rulings are different.
The questioner : Evidence... O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Evidence... If it is established that it is a pregnancy, it is established that it is a pregnancy and that it is the beginning of the creation of a human being.
The questioner : ... intentionally
The Shaykh : Unless it was intentional, that is what they said... Yes.
The questioner : We mentioned this in the previous lesson, may Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : What?