Ruling on abortion due to fetal deformity

Q: If a pregnancy is diagnosed and a congenital defect and deformities are found during the months of pregnancy, is it permissible to terminate it, meaning: to expel the pregnancy before the months are completed?

A: That is not permissible; rather, it is obligatory to leave it, for Allah may change it. The doctors may have many assumptions, but Allah may invalidate their assumptions and the child may come out sound. Allah tests His servants with ease and hardship. It is not permissible to abort it just because the doctor sees a deformity in it; rather, it is obligatory to keep it. If it is found to be deformed, praise be to Allah, its parents can raise it and be patient with it, and they have a great reward for that. They may also hand it over to the care centers that the state has established for this purpose, and there is no blame in that. Circumstances may change; they may think there is a deformity in the fifth or sixth month, then things may be corrected, Allah may heal it, and the causes of the deformity may disappear.