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Should I abort my baby if the pregnancy will risk my life?

· 12 Safar 1435 AH1 min readFatwa 27574English

Question

I wanted to know when a woman is in childbirth - if there are complications and both the mothers and the new unborn childs life are in danger and only one can be saved - according to shariah whose life is a priority? is it a priority to save the mother or the child?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

What is the complication and why both lives cannot be saved?

In principle, both lives are equally important and both lives should be saved.

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Zakariya Memon

Student Darul Iftaa
Chatham, Canada

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

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