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What is the ruling on aborting a fetus conceived throughzina, given that the perpetrator cannot afford to marry the woman who became pregnant by him and wishes to cover her?

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We ask Allah to grant you sincere repentance for what you have fallen into. The most important thing to focus on is getting rid of the consequences of this act in the hereafter. Marrying the woman to cover her is a good deed, and her family should facilitate her marriage and reduce the dowry. As for abortion, it is unanimously impermissible if the soul has been breathed into the fetus, and before that, there is a detailed discussion among scholars.

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