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Abortion Before 120 Days

Posted by on Jan 14, 2012 in Featured, Medical Issues | 4 comments

Question:

Assalam alyaikum, would you mind answering about an abortion? Is it permissible before 120 days of pregnancy? Can you give information about the mu’tamad position of the Shafi school and what Ibn Hajar said about it in his “Tuhfa” about it?

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Answer:

As salamu alaykum wa rahmatuLlah wa barakatuHu,

The issue of when a pregnancy may be aborted is a topic on which the ulama differed. In regards to the documented mu’tamad position of the Shafi’i School, the case generally discussed seems to be a woman using an abortifacient.

There is a difference of opinion between Ibn Hajar al-Haytami and Shams al-Din al-Ramli:

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