Is fasting for two months obligatory in all madhhabs if a fetus conceived through zina (illicit sexual relations) is aborted at 112 days of gestation? Is there no blame in adopting the easier opinion? Is the amount of diyah (blood money) 213 grams of gold or one-tenth of it? Is this value converted to the local currency? Is the value doubled if the abortion occurs during the sacred months? Who are the heirs of the fetus? Is a funeral prayer performed for it? And how is the funeral prayer performed if it has already been buried?
Blood money (Diyya) and expiation (Kaffara) are obligatory for abortion if the fetus has taken on a human form. The mentioned amount for blood money is the full blood money of a fetus, and it is to be paid to the heirs of the fetus, who are its mother and her male agnates ( عصبتها). The blood money is not doubled if the abortion occurs during the sacred months (Ashhur Al-Hurum). As for praying over a miscarried fetus in which human creation has become apparent, there is a difference of opinion among scholars. What is obligatory is sincere repentance (Tawbah Nasuh) to Allah Almighty for that transgression.
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