Aborting a malformed fetus in Islamic law

Abstract

This research deals with the issue of aborting a deformed fetus in Islamic law, in terms of defining abortion in language and terminology, as well as defining the fetus and deformity in language and clarifying the idiomatic meaning of the deformed fetus, then mentioning the causes and types of deformities that affect fetuses, then explaining the sayings of Islamic jurists regarding abortion in general, then the sayings of the jurists of Islamic law regarding the abortion of the deformed fetus in particular, with an indication of the conditions and controls set by those who authorized it.

The research concluded a lot of results, perhaps the most prominent of which is that the issue of aborting the deformed fetus is one of the contemporary jurisprudential issues, but it is based on the issue of aborting the fetus according to the ancient jurists, and one should not rush to abort the fetus by simply saying that the fetus is sick or deformed, but rather a specialized medical committee must report And this is after all the necessary modern laboratory tests, and all of this is under the supervision of a Sharia board that decides the appropriate ruling.