Does a divorce that the husband intended to pronounce inwardly take effect when his wife intentionally aborts the fetus, knowing that he informed her of his intention then retracted his informing her, and is conjugal relations between the spouses unlawful in this situation?
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"Thoughts of divorce have no effect, and divorce does not occur thereby; the marital bond remains intact. Abortion is forbidden at any stage of the fetus, according to the preponderant opinion, and the wife must sincerely repent if there was no genuine excuse. If the abortion occurs after forty days have passed, the blood money (diyah) for the fetus is obligatory, which is one-tenth of the mother's blood money."
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