Medical Issues: Who Pays the Blood Money for a 7-Month Aborted Fetus Conceived Illegitimately?
Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei
Medical Issues: Who Pays the Blood Money for a 7-Month Aborted Fetus Conceived Illegitimately?
English:
Question #1260:
A mother has aborted her seven-month-old illegitimately conceived fetus at the request of the father. Should blood money be paid? Assuming that it is a must, who should pay it, i.e., the mother or the father? How much is the blood money nowadays according to your opinion?
Answer #1260:
It is harām to abort the fetus, even if it was conceived due to adultery. The request of the father does not justify the action. The woman should bear the blood money if she had taken the initiative to abort the fetus and performed the action that resulted in the abortion herself. As for the amount of blood money, it is doubtful in the given case. However, as a matter of caution, a settlement should be reached. This blood money has the ruling of the inheritance of a person who died with no relatives as heirs.