Abortion - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Abortion - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Krawietz, Birgit

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1059794
Doc. NO	:	ALei191
Main Entry	:	Krawietz, Birgit
Title & Author	:	Abortion - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Krawietz, Birgit
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,993 words)
Abstract	:	Abortion (Ar. usually ijhāḍ, saqṭ , or isqāṭ al-ḥaml) is frowned on by Islamic law, although many jurists accept that it may be permitted in certain cases. The different schools of law agree that abortion is permitted if continuing the pregnancy would put the mother’s life in real danger, but they hold different views on whether any other reasons for abortion are permitted, and, if so, at what stage of pregnancy. Neither the Qurʾān nor the Sunna deals explicitly with abortion. Muslim jurists hold life to be one of
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei191.pdf