Is expiation (kaffarah) required for a woman whose fetus died due to placental abruption two weeks after she experienced slight pressure on her abdomen from playing at an amusement park in the eighth month of pregnancy, knowing that the fetal heartbeat was normal before that?
If your action caused the miscarriage, you must pay the blood money (diyah) to the fetus's heirs, which is five camels. You are also required to perform expiation (kaffarah) according to many scholars, which is freeing a slave or fasting for two consecutive months. If the fetus died due to another cause, then you owe nothing, and determining the cause should be referred to specialists among doctors.
The cause of the miscarriage is considered to be the mother's action if she drank medicine that caused her fetus to abort, or if the pain from a beating persisted until the fetus miscarried, because then the miscarriage is due to the apparent action.
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