What is the Islam teaching on abortion similar issues

Praise be to Allaah.

The Council of Senior Scholars issued the following statement:

1 – It is not permissible to abort a pregnancy at any stage unless there is a legitimate reason, & within very precise limits.

2 – If the pregnancy is in the first stage, which is a period of forty days, & aborting it serves a legitimate purpose or will ward off harm, then it is permissible to abort it. But aborting it at this stage for fear of the difficulty of raising children or of being unable to bear the costs of maintaining & educating them, or for fear for their future or because the couple feel that they have enough children – this is not permissible.

3 – It is not permissible to abort a pregnancy when it is an ‘alaqah (clot) or mudghah (chewed lump of flesh) (which r the second & third periods of forty days each) until a trustworthy medical committee has decided that continuing the pregnancy poses a threat to the mother’s wellbeing, in that there is the fear that she will die if the pregnancy continues. It is permissible to abort it once all means of warding off that danger have been exhausted.

4 – After the third stage, & after four months have passed, it is not permissible to abort the pregnancy unless a group of trustworthy medical specialists decide that keeping the foetus in his mother’s womb will cause her death, & that should only be done after all means of keeping the foetus alive have been exhausted. A concession is made allowing abortion in this case so as to ward off the greater of two evils & to serve the greater of two interests.



Al-Fataawa al-Jaami’ah, 3/1056

Abortion: All Islamic scholars agree that after the Angel blows to soul into the foetus, it is sinful to perform an abortion.

The scholars differed about whether it is allowed or not before the soul is blown into the foetus. Some scholars said it is allowed with certain conditions and others said it is not allowed.

Euthanasia: It is not allowed. If a person was on the machine but showed the signs of being dead, then taking them off the machine is allowed.

Allah says in the Qur'an (Chapter 5, Verse 32):
''Whosoever has spared the life of a soul, it is as though he has spared the life of all people. Whosoever has killed a soul, it is as though he has murdered all of mankind.''

Another verse from the Qur'an (Chapter 23, Verse 12 - 14):
Man, We did create from a quintessence (of clay); then We placed him as (a drop of) sperm in a place of rest, firmly fixed; then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood; then of that clot We made a (foetus) lump; then We made out of that lump bones, & clothed the bones with flesh; then We developed out of it another creature: So blessed be Allah, the best to create.



In a Hadith [Prophet Muhammad is (pbuh) saying]:
''Verily the creation of each one of u is brought together in his mother is belly for forty days in the form of a seed, then he is a clot of blood for a like period, then an angel is sent to him who blows the breath of life into him.''



Based on the above references, Muslim jurists have deduced that the first four months (120 days) of gestation is the crucial time period. After this the foetus is regarded as being 'alive' & an abortion is not permissible for any reason whatsoever; and, should an abortion be done then it would constitute murder.

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Abortion is not permissible but within 120 days as stated above; however, it is permissible to abort the child in the following instances:

1. Rape & incest

2. Proven abnormalities, e.g. Anencephacy (no brain), Downs Syndrome, Trisomy, HIV positive, congenital rubella health.

3. If the foetal abnormalities r not proven but speculated, if there is a high risk that a woman may suffer from any of the above factors, then in the opinion of an honest, reliable & an experienced Muslim doctor, abortion may be permissible prior to the four months' gestation. It must be stressed that these r exceptional circumstances in which an abortion is allowed. Once again, it must be emphasised that the permission granted rests on medical grounds. (Ibid)

4. If there is a high risk of the mother is permanent mental well-being & if the doctor is certain (Zanne Ghaalib) that the depression, schizophrenia will be permanent & incurable.

5. Abortion before 120 days is not permissible due to spacing of children, financial constraints, young age & unwed mothers.

Welcome to any one with faith.

Quran has forbidden-ed killing,

Islam allows abortion in one case: that is when the life of the mother is in danger, abortion shall be done before abortion becomes dangerous to the mother is life.

Mercy killing is also forbidden in Islam for the same reason, it is not the man who decides if death is better than life for anyone, it is not the man who decides that decides if an illness is curable or not.

many cases where I live happened,
My aunt had a decrease in blood pressure, when she arrived the hospital, she was in a comma, her heart is beats decreased to half the average, the brain gave almost no signal of living..

Doctors consulted her family saying:
'' she is dead anyway, so do u want us to remove the instruments & her life, or will u wait for a certain death?''
They refused & decided to ask for Allah is mercy, prayed & asked Allah for help, after 10 days, she woke up & talked normally in the middle of the astonishment of the doctors.

Allah says:
''O u who believe! Be not like those who disbelieve (hypocrites) & who say to their brethren when they travel through the earth or go out to fight: ''If they had stayed with us, they would not have died or been killed,'' so that Allâh may make it a cause of regret in their hearts. It is Allâh that gives life & causes death. And Allâh is All-Seer of what u do.''
Quran 3:156

and said:
''Verily, Allâh! Unto Him belongs the dominion of the heavens & the earth, He gives life & He causes death. And besides Allâh u have neither any Walî (protector or guardian) nor any helper.''
Quran 9:116

'' He it is Who gives life & causes death. And when He decides upon a thing He says to it only: ''Be!'' - & it is.''
Quran 40:85


Allah can recreate the dead (as we believers know), so how about hust curing?

Allah says:
'' And he puts forth for Us a parable, & forgets his own creation. He says: ''Who will give life to these bones after they r rotted & have became dust?''
Quran 36:83

Many Muslims & elsewhere, raise the question of abortion in Islam. Sometimes misinformation is worse than ignorance. It is therefore useful to shed some light on this issue from an Islamic perspective.Humans r the most favoured creation of the Creator, Allah (swt): ''And indeed We have honoured the children of Adam, carried them on land & sea, gave them lawful, pure provisions, & greatly preferred them above many of those We have created.'' (Al-Isra,17:70)Among these signs of Allah’s favour on the children of Adam, is the sacred value Allah (swt) assigns to the life of a human being. When that value was violated with the first unlawful murder of a human being on earth, when one of Adam’s sons killed his own brother out of malice, Allah (swt) condemned that act & put it on record in the Quran as a reminder, to be recited until the Day of Judgement.Allah (swt) went even further, making unlawful killing of a single individual human being equal to mass murder of the whole of mankind: ''Because of that, We ordained for the children of Israel that if anyone killed a person not in retaliation for murder or for spreading mischief on earth, it would be as if he killed all mankind. And who saved a life, it would be as if he saved all mankind.'' (Al-Maidah,5:32)

Some Muslims argue that abortion is permissible if the foetus is younger than four months (120 days). They quote a statement from the Prophet (s) that refers to a human being starting as a fertilised ovum in the uterus of the mother for forty days, then it grows into a clot for the same period, then into a morsel of flesh for the same period, then an angel is sent to that foetus to blow the Ruh into it & to write down its age, deeds, sustenance, & whether it is destined to be happy or sad. Assuming the hadith to be authentic, scholars explain that the error comes from understanding that before the Ruh is blown into the foetus at 120 days, the foetus is not a living entity, & therefore aborting it does not amount to killing it. This understanding is wrong, scholars argue, because the foetus is a living entity right from the moment of fertilisation & implantation on the wall of the uterus. Scholars explain that the Ruh mentioned in this hadith of the Prophet (s) is something other than being alive & only Allah (swt) knows what it is, based on the verse in the Quran: ''And they ask u about the Ruh. The Ruh is one of the things the knowledge of which is only with my Lord, & you, mankind, have been given only little knowledge.'' (Al-Isra,17:85)It therefore becomes clear that aborting a foetus before 120 days is still killing a living entity, let alone abortion after that presumed period.

The only case when aborting a foetus, before or after 120 days, is allowed in Islam, is when a medical situation threatens the life of the mother, leaving only two options, to let either the other or the foetus survive, but not both. Scholars argue that such a case can only be determined by a specialist, trusted & committed Muslim doctor. They argue that the mother can have other children, whereas the child cannot make up for losing the mother. A fatwa (legal ruling) to that effect was issued by the late Dr Mahmoud Shaltut, Shaikhul Azhar (Al-Fatawa, p164).Imam Al-Ghazali discussed this issue in his famous book, Ihya Ulumuddin. Briefly, he asserted that once the semen from a man fertilised an ovum from a woman, & went into the womb of the mother, it was indeed a living entity & should not be intentionally aborted. As the foetus progressively develops in the womb, intentional abortion becomes an even worse sin amounting to killing a living entity. In some schools of Islamic thought, causing a foetus to be accidentally aborted, say by beating a pregnant mother, results in payment of the blood money penalty equal to one-tenth of that paid for mistakenly killing a mature human being.

, Muslims r exposed to all kinds of false arguments, including media reports in all forms & shapes, about a female having full authority on what to do with her body, including becoming pregnant through adultery & /or aborting an undesirable pregnancy. In Islam, freedom is not absolute. It is qualified by conditions set by Allah (swt) & His Messenger (s).

The bottom line is that abortion is not recommended or allowed.
However, the consensus is that it is allowed before the 120-day pregnant mark because the soul does not enter the body until then.

Here r some verses from Qur'an & hadith regarding abortion:

POVERTY:

Al-Israa 17:31

And kill not ur children for fear of poverty. We provide for them & for you. Surely, the killing of them is a great sin.

Al-An'aam 6:151

Say : ''Come, I will recite what ur Lord has prohibited u from: Join not anything in worship with Him; be good & dutiful to ur parents; kill not ur children because of poverty - We provide sustenance for u & for them; come not near to Al-Fawâhish (shameful sins, illegal sexual intercourse, etc.) whether committed openly or secretly, & kill not anyone whom Allâh has forbidden, except for a just cause (according to Islâmic law). This He has commanded u that u may understand.


A Miscarriage or Murder of Fetus
Caused by Another Person

Hadith - Sahih Bukhari 9.420, Narrated Al Mughira bin Shuba, r.a.

'Umar bin Al-Khattab asked (the people) about the Imlas of a woman, i.e., a woman who has an abortion because of having been beaten on her abdomen, saying, ''Who among u has heard anything about it from the Prophet?'' I said, ''I did.) He said, ''What is that?'' I said, ''I heard the Prophet saying, 'Its Diya (blood money) is either a male or a female slave.' '' 'Umar said, ''Do not leave till u present witness in support of ur statement.'' So I went out, & found Muhammad bin Maslama. I brought him, & he bore witness with me that he had heard the Prophet saying, ''Its Diya (blood money) is either a male slave or a female slave.''

Hadith - Sahih Bukhari 9.44, Narrated Abu Huraira, r.a.

Allah is Apostle gave a verdict regarding an aborted fetus of a woman from Bani Lihyan that the killer (of the fetus) should give a male or female slave (as a Diya) but the woman who was required to give the slave, died, so Allah is Apostle gave the verdict that her inheritance be given to her children & her husband & the Diya be paid by her 'Asaba.

Hadith - Abu Dawood 4555, Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab, r.a.

Ibn Abbas said: Umar asked about the decision of the Prophet (peace be upon him) about that (i.e. abortion) Haml ibn Malik ibn an-Nabighah got up & said: I was between two women. One of them struck another with a rolling-pin killing both her & what was in her womb. So the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) gave judgment that the blood-wit for the unborn child should be a male or a female slave of the best quality & that she should be killed.

Hadith - Al-Muwatta 43.5

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf from Abu Hurayra that a woman from the Hudhayl tribe threw a stone at a woman from the same tribe, & she had a miscarriage. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him & grant him peace, gave a judgment that a slave or slave-girl of fair complexion & excellence should be given to her.

151. . Say: ''Come, I will rehearse what Allah hath (really) prohibited you from'': Join not anything as equal with Him; be good to your parents; kill not your children on a plea of want;- We provide sustenance for you and for them;- come not nigh to shameful deeds. Whether open or secret; take not life, which Allah hath made sacred, except by way of justice and law: thus doth He command you, that ye may learn wisdom