Aborting a down syndrome fetus

Submitted by user2 on Tue, 2019-01-29 06:48

Q: I need to find out if it's permissible to terminate a fetus due to down syndrome, turner syndrome and certain sex chromosome abnormalities. So the child will be mentally and physically challenged. I am 10 weeks now and I have heard that it is permissible to terminate a fetus upto 120 days. My husband is feeling difficult to terminate the fetus as he feels that Allah has given us this situation. Please advise.

A: No. Just as it is not permissible to kill a down syndrome child after it is born, similarly it is not permissible to terminate the life of the fetus.

And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.

Answered by:

Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

Category:

Nikaah & Marriage Issues›Abortion

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