What is the ruling on taking medication to abort a fetus, knowing of the pregnancy and deliberately causing an abortion, and is blood money (diyah) obligatory for that, and how much is its amount?
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The sister's drinking of a medication she knows will lead to the abortion of the fetus is a forbidden act from which she must repent. She is liable for the blood money (diyyah) of the fetus, and she inherits nothing from this blood money.
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