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Will the fetus that was miscarried after the ensoulment be resurrected, and will it be asked on the Day of Judgment, "For what sin was it killed," as mentioned in the verses?

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It is forbidden to abort a fetus after the ensoulment, by the consensus of the scholars. This is considered a form of infanticide (wa’d), and the Prophet, peace be upon him, called coitus interruptus a “hidden infanticide.” If a fetus is miscarried after ensoulment (after four months), it should be washed, shrouded, prayed over, named, and an 'aqiqah sacrifice made for it, and it will be resurrected on the Day of Judgment. However, before ensoulment, it is not treated as a human being.

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