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What is the ruling of Islamic law on aborting a pregnancy by administering traditional medicines to a maid who became pregnant through adultery, without knowing the duration of the pregnancy, and is expiation (kaffarah) or blood money (diyah) required?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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Abortion is forbidden at any stage of pregnancy, and the prohibition intensifies if it occurs after the ensoulment. Blood money (diyah) is obligatory for whoever directly performs the abortion if the fetus has already formed. This amounts to one-tenth of the mother's blood money and is given to the legal heirs of the fetus, with the mother inheriting nothing from it. The indirect cause of the abortion must repent. Caution must be exercised regarding leniency in being alone with female domestic workers, and a child born out of wedlock is not attributed to the fornicator but to its mother.

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