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Is there blood money for a fetus, and is the division of compensation for a fetus into fifths among the five heirs correct, or is there another method of division?

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The validity of the judge's division cannot be determined without knowing the circumstances of the case, and the enquirer should refer to the judiciary. There appears to be no reason to pay one-fifth of the amount, as it is either from the mother's blood money or the fetus's blood money, and neither aligns with the mentioned division. If a pregnant woman dies due to a felony and her fetus dies inside her, then, according to the majority of jurists, neither a ghurra nor blood money is obligatory for it, unless the fetus is expelled. If it is obligatory, the blood money for the fetus is a ghurra (a male or female slave), or one-tenth of its mother's blood money if that is not possible, and its blood money does not differ whether it is male or female.

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