Kadark:
You're right. I'm stumped. Clearly the Arabic speaking classical jurists have no claim to knowledge. Woe is me! :bawl:
Sam, Kadark, you are both correct.
Abortion as practiced in the US is forbidden, because merely not wanting a child is not a reason to abort a fetus, there must be a medical reason or in the case of rape it is permissible.
According to many scholars of Islam, a fetus at 40 days, or something similar, develops a heartbeat and becomes an organism, for which it is not allowed to be killed except some conditions.
Anyway, we are all Muslims, we do we have to fight over such a petty matters, everyone is entitled to differences.
When it is permitted to have an abortion
The Shari’ah ruling on abortion:
Abortion can be divided into two stages:
a) Abortion after the soul (Ruh) enters the foetus
b) Abortion prior to the entry of the soul in to the foetus
Before mentioning the ruling on abortion with regards to these two stages, it must be remembered here, that according to Shari’ah the soul (Ruh) enters the foetus at 120 days (4 months) from conception.
The Jurists (Fuqaha) have based this duration upon a Qur’anic verse and a statement of the beloved of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace). In the verse Allah states the stages of development of the embryo in the womb of the mother. Allah Almighty says:
“And verily we did create man 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 and clothed the bones with flesh. Then we developed out of it another creature (by breathing life into it). So blessed be Allah, the most marvellous creator” (Surah al-Mu’minun, 12/13/14).
In the Hadith recorded by the two most authentic authorities, Imam al-Bukhari and Imam Muslim in their respective Sahih collections, the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) discussed in detail the periods elapsing between these stages, mentioned by the Qur’an.
Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace) said:
“The seed of one of you remains in the womb of the mother for forty days in the form of a Nutfa (sperm). Then it remains like a clot for another forty days, and then for a same number of days like a lump of flesh (when the formation of the limbs and the growth of the bones begin) (Sahih al-Bukhari & Sahih Muslim).
The great Hanafi Faqeeh Ibn Abidin States in his Radd al-Muhtar:
“The soul enters the foutus at one hundred & twenty days (4 months), as established by the Hadith” (Radd al-Muhtar, 1/202)
The ruling on abortion in stage (a) i.e. after the entry of the soul into the foetus which is (as explained) 120 days, is that, it is totally impermissible and tantamount to murder, as it results in the taking out of an innocent life. All the scholars have unanimously condemned such a ghastly act.
Imam Ibn Tamiiyah states in his Fatawa collection:
“Aborting a foetus has been declared unlawful (Haram) with the consensus of all the Muslim scholars. It is similar to burying an infant alive as referred to by Allah Almighty in the verse of the Qur’an: “And when the female infant, buried alive, will be asked as to what crime she was killed for” (Surah al-Takwir, 8) (Fatawa Ibn Tamiyya, 4/217).
Ibn Abidin (Allah have Mercy on him) also states the prohibition of this gruesome act in his treatise ‘Radd al-Muhtar’:
“If a woman intends to abort her pregnancy, then the Fuqaha have said: If the period of the soul being blown into the foetus has elapsed, it will be impermissible” (Radd al-Muhtar, 5/276).
In conclusion, abortion after 120 days is totally unlawful and tantamount to murder. Some Fuqaha, however, have given a dispensation only in the situation where the mothers life is in certain danger. As far as abortion before the 120 days have elapsed is concerned, it will still be unlawful, though the sin will be of a lesser degree, and it will become permissible if there is a genuine and valid reason.
And Allah knows best
It's funny how the pro-abortionist Muslims rely vehemently on opinionated scholars, political websites, and ticky-tacky hadiths to justify their reasoning. I'd like to see some Qur'anic references, but I see that is quickly becoming too heavy a burden.
The Jurists (Fuqaha) have based this duration upon a Qur’anic verse and a statement of the beloved of Allah (Allah bless him & give him peace). In the verse Allah states the stages of development of the embryo in the womb of the mother. Allah Almighty says:
“And verily we did create man 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 and clothed the bones with flesh. Then we developed out of it another creature (by breathing life into it). So blessed be Allah, the most marvellous creator” (Surah al-Mu’minun, 12/13/14).
DH said:Anyway, we are all Muslims, we do we have to fight over such a petty matters, everyone is entitled to differences.
See the meaning of the words in Arabic.
Bruv, that’s a bit harsh. I didn't know much about abortion and just searched it on Sunnipath.com, a well established Sunni website with authentic scholars, you won’t find anything on there that goes against the Quran or Sunnah, there’s no politics on there. I'm not pro-abortion, I think it is wrong. Men and women should only be having sex when married and if they fall pregnant they should not abort, I would never allow that personally, no way. But in cases of rape it may be necessary. Even relationships out of marriage (where they have no intention of marrying), though these people are on the level of animals no one can tell the woman she has no right to abort (before the watershed).
At the end of the day, I'm not deciding what the Islamic view-point is. I am referring back to Sunni scholars. I cannot just use the Quran based on my own limited understanding. This is the way seeking knowledge in Islam is encouraged, you must attach yourself to those that have a better understanding of the Quran and hadiths (scholars of the Ahlus-Sunnah, those with Ijaza), you must constantly refer back to them. Just as the Companions during the time of the Prophet always came to him for explanations and clarification.
Anyway, this was from the link: