• Social Matters >> Nikah (Marriage)

    Question ID: 16657Country: Pakistan

    Title: IS ABORTION ALLOWED IF A WOMEN CONCIEVES FOLLOWING A RAPE INCIDENT. AND IF SHE DECIDES TO CONTINUE WITH THE PREGNANCY THEN IS THE BABY ILLIGETAMITE.

    Question: IS ABORTION ALLOWED IF A WOMEN CONCIEVES FOLLOWING A RAPE INCIDENT. AND IF SHE DECIDES TO CONTINUE WITH THE PREGNANCY THEN IS THE BABY ILLIGETAMITE.

    Answer ID: 16657

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 1625/1289/L=1430)

     

    If the woman is unmarried, the child will be illegitimate as child is not attributed to adulterer. Yes, if the woman is married, the child will be legitimate as the hadith says: الولد للفراش و للعاھر الحجر

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India