Did the soul get breathed into the four fetuses that the wife miscarried on July 15th, knowing that the pregnancy occurred on March 29th after implantation, and what are the implications of that if the soul was breathed into them?
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The soul is breathed into the fetus after four months of pregnancy. If the wife intentionally aborts the fetuses, she owes for each fetus a "ghurrah": a male or female slave, which is one-tenth of the mother's blood money. The majority of scholars hold that expiation is obligatory for each fetus: freeing a slave; and whoever cannot find one, then fasting for two consecutive months. If the abortion was not due to her, then there is nothing due from her.
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