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[3] The Sahih al-Bukhari (book of Hadith) writes that the fetus is believed to become a living soul after 120 days' gestation. [4] Therefore, some Hanafi scholars believe that abortion before the hundred-twenty-day period is over is permitted, though some Hanafi scholars teach that abortion within 120 days is makruh (disapproved, i.e ...
Abortion before 120 days was allowed in cases of rape during the Bosnian war. [53] After 120 days the fetus is believed to be human life, yet it is still permissible to abort it to save the life of the mother. This is because a fetus will die anyway if the mother dies, and the mother is part of a family and she has responsibilities. [53]
There is also no direct mention of abortion in the Qu'ran, although based on Qur'an 23:12–14, most jurists agree that abortion is acceptable up to 120 days after conception. [ 15 ] While the earliest Vedas have no mention of abortion, later scripture condemns it as one of the vilest of crimes, resulting in loss of caste and thus loss of ...
In Islam, abortion is traditionally permitted until a point in time when Muslims believe the soul enters the fetus, [25] considered by various theologians to be at conception, 40 days after conception, 120 days after conception, or at quickening. [190]
Abortion in Texas is illegal in most cases. [1] There are nominally exceptions to save the mother's life, or prevent "substantial impairment of major bodily function", but the law on abortion in Texas is written in such an ambiguous way that life-threatening or harmful pregnancies do not explicitly constitute an exception.
Malaysia: As a Muslim country, Malaysia has a dual legal system with Muslims being subject to Sharia law. The National Fatwa Council issued a fatwa permitting abortion up to 120 days of gestation in cases when the woman's life is deemed to be in great danger or there is fetal impairment. Abortion on the grounds of rape or incest is still ...
Abortion has existed since ancient times, with natural abortifacients being found amongst a wide variety of tribal people and in most written sources. The earliest known records of abortion techniques and general reproductive regulation date as far back as 2700 BC in China, and 1550 BC in Egypt. [6]
[58] [60] In the latter view, abortion after 40 or 120 days is considered to be a greater sin. [ 61 ] "Verily, the creation of one of you is brought together in the mother’s womb for forty days in the form of a drop (nutfah), then he becomes a clot ('alaqah) for a like period, then a lump for a like period, then there is sent an angel who ...