Does the obligation to refrain from prayer and fasting for forty days apply to a woman who miscarried her fetus in the third month and is unmarried?
You must sincerely and resolutely regret and repent of adultery, increase good deeds, and strive for a lawful marriage. As for the fetus, if it was aborted before the ensoulment (four months), there is no expiation () or blood money (diyah). But if it was after that, then you bear sin and blood money (the value of five camels) and expiation (fasting for two consecutive months). As for the saying that prayer and fasting are not accepted for forty days, it is false. Prayer and fasting are only prohibited by the presence of post-natal bleeding () after an abortion. So, when the bleeding stops, purification, prayer, and fasting become obligatory, as well as making up any missed fasts from .
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