People say the abortion is permitted if it is done within three months or before the soul is put into feutus.
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My question is on abortion in Islam. It is confusing sometimes people say the
abortion is permitted if it is done within three months or before the soul is
put into feutus, is that correct? Please explain.
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Answer:
Abortion in Islam
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anaam verse 140:
Most surely they
became losers, who, in their folly and ignorance killed their own
children; and made unlawful what
Allah had provided them as sustenance,
falsely ascribing prohibitions to Allah. Surely, they went astray and were not at all
rightly guided.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 6 Surah Anaam verse 151 (part):
You should not kill your children for fear of poverty; for We provide sustenance for you and will provide sustenance for them also.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 17 Surah Israa verse 31:
Do not kill
your children for fear of want; for it is We Who
provide for them, and for you as well. Indeed,
their killing is a heinous crime!
The heinous act of intentionally killing one’s unborn
child is akin to the crime of murder in the Sight of Allah Subhanah; abortion
of an unborn child, absolutely regardless of whether one aborts a foetus which
is a day old or in its ninth month of pregnancy, is absolutely forbidden,
impermissible, an abomination and a grave sin in Islam.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan