Is blood money obligatory for one who aborts a fetus due to dangerous therapeutic reasons, and is it permissible to pay it in installments?
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Aborting a fetus is impermissible unless there is a necessity, such as its continued presence posing a danger to the mother's life. In such a case, if trustworthy doctors determine this, then abortion is permissible, and neither blood money (diyya) nor expiation () is required; this is because the fundamental principle is the absence of liability for an authorized action.
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