Assalamu alaikum....
I know that we can not pray for non believers but if a fetus of a non believer dies before birth, can we pray for that baby? My understanding is we are born muslim therefore that baby is still a muslim until the parents raise it with a different faith.
Jazak Allahu Khair in advance.
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death of a baby
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, Jan 17 2004 02:08 PM
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Posted 18 January 2004 - 10:04 AM
Salam alikom
Question :
My wife was pregnant, and at four months and three weeks of pregnancy the foetus died in his mother’s womb. What should we do? Should he be named and the ‘aqeeqah sacrificed for him? If anything else needs to be done, I hope that you can help us with that. May Allaah reward you with good.
Answer :
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
There is a difference of opinion among the scholars regarding a miscarriage that happens after four months. That which is stated in the fatwas of our shaykhs is that the foetus should be named, washed and shrouded, and the funeral prayer offered for him, and he should be buried with the Muslims, and the ‘aqeeqah should be done for him.
The scholars of the Standing Committee were asked:
Please advise me concerning my wife; before she died she miscarried a foetus, at four months of pregnancy. She took him and buried him without offering the funeral prayer. Please advise me as to whether I should have done anything.
They replied:
He should have been washed and shrouded, and the funeral prayer offered for him, according to the correct scholarly opinion, so long as the age of four months had been reached, because of the general meaning of the report narrated by Abu Dawood and al-Tirmidhi from al-Mugheerah ibn Shu’bah (may Allaah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The funeral prayer should be offered for the miscarried foetus.” But this was not done, and you do not have to do anything now.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 8/406.
And they said:
If the age of four months has not been reached, then the funeral prayer should not be offered, and he should not be named or the ‘aqeeqah offered, because the soul had not been breathed into him.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 8/408.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked:
If a foetus is miscarried before four months should the ‘aqeeqah be done for him or not?
He replied:
If the foetus is miscarried before four months of pregnancy, then no ‘aqeeqah should be done, and he should not be named or the funeral prayer offered for him, and he may be buried anywhere.
But after four months the soul has been breathed into him, so he should be named and shrouded and the funeral prayer should be offered for him, and he should be buried with the Muslims, and the ‘aqeeqah should be done for him in our view. Some of the scholars said that the ‘aqeeqah should not be done unless he lived for seven days, but the correct view is that the ‘aqeeqah should be offered for him because he will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection, and he will intercede for his parents.
As’ilat al-Baab il-Maftooh, Q. 653.
Secondly:
The blood which comes out when the foetus is miscarried at this stage is nifaas, so the woman should not pray or fast, and it is haraam for her husband to have intercourse with her. This blood is regarded as nifaas if the woman miscarries a foetus in which human features can be seen.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said:
The scholars said: If the foetus comes out and human features can be seen in it, then the blood that comes after that is nifaas, so she should stop praying and fasting, and her husband should avoid intercourse with her until she becomes pure. If the embryo comes out unformed, then the bleeding is not regarded as nifaas, rather it is irregular bleeding which does not prevent her from praying, fasting etc.
The scholars said: The minimum period after which features appears is eighty-one days.
Fataawa al-Mar’ah al-Muslimah, 1/304, 305.
See also question no. 37784
And Allaah knows best.
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Question :
My wife was pregnant, and at four months and three weeks of pregnancy the foetus died in his mother’s womb. What should we do? Should he be named and the ‘aqeeqah sacrificed for him? If anything else needs to be done, I hope that you can help us with that. May Allaah reward you with good.
Answer :
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
There is a difference of opinion among the scholars regarding a miscarriage that happens after four months. That which is stated in the fatwas of our shaykhs is that the foetus should be named, washed and shrouded, and the funeral prayer offered for him, and he should be buried with the Muslims, and the ‘aqeeqah should be done for him.
The scholars of the Standing Committee were asked:
Please advise me concerning my wife; before she died she miscarried a foetus, at four months of pregnancy. She took him and buried him without offering the funeral prayer. Please advise me as to whether I should have done anything.
They replied:
He should have been washed and shrouded, and the funeral prayer offered for him, according to the correct scholarly opinion, so long as the age of four months had been reached, because of the general meaning of the report narrated by Abu Dawood and al-Tirmidhi from al-Mugheerah ibn Shu’bah (may Allaah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “The funeral prayer should be offered for the miscarried foetus.” But this was not done, and you do not have to do anything now.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 8/406.
And they said:
If the age of four months has not been reached, then the funeral prayer should not be offered, and he should not be named or the ‘aqeeqah offered, because the soul had not been breathed into him.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 8/408.
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked:
If a foetus is miscarried before four months should the ‘aqeeqah be done for him or not?
He replied:
If the foetus is miscarried before four months of pregnancy, then no ‘aqeeqah should be done, and he should not be named or the funeral prayer offered for him, and he may be buried anywhere.
But after four months the soul has been breathed into him, so he should be named and shrouded and the funeral prayer should be offered for him, and he should be buried with the Muslims, and the ‘aqeeqah should be done for him in our view. Some of the scholars said that the ‘aqeeqah should not be done unless he lived for seven days, but the correct view is that the ‘aqeeqah should be offered for him because he will be resurrected on the Day of Resurrection, and he will intercede for his parents.
As’ilat al-Baab il-Maftooh, Q. 653.
Secondly:
The blood which comes out when the foetus is miscarried at this stage is nifaas, so the woman should not pray or fast, and it is haraam for her husband to have intercourse with her. This blood is regarded as nifaas if the woman miscarries a foetus in which human features can be seen.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen said:
The scholars said: If the foetus comes out and human features can be seen in it, then the blood that comes after that is nifaas, so she should stop praying and fasting, and her husband should avoid intercourse with her until she becomes pure. If the embryo comes out unformed, then the bleeding is not regarded as nifaas, rather it is irregular bleeding which does not prevent her from praying, fasting etc.
The scholars said: The minimum period after which features appears is eighty-one days.
Fataawa al-Mar’ah al-Muslimah, 1/304, 305.
See also question no. 37784
And Allaah knows best.
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#3
Posted 18 January 2004 - 10:26 AM
Salam alikom
Question :
If a dhimmi woman [a Jewish or Christian woman who is living under Islamic rule; from the context it would appear to refer to a Jewish or Christian wife of a Muslim – Translator] dies when she is pregnant with a Muslim child, where should she be buried?
Answer :
Praise be to Allaah.
The most correct view is that she should be buried between the graveyards of the Muslims and the kuffaar. It was also said that she should be buried on the way to the Muslim graveyard, or with her co-religionists, so that they can take care of washing her and burying her in their graveyard. Wherever she is buried, her back should be towards the Qiblah, because the face of the foetus faces the mother’s back.
From Fatawa al-Imaam al-Nawawi, p. 80. (www.islam-qa.com)
Question :
If a dhimmi woman [a Jewish or Christian woman who is living under Islamic rule; from the context it would appear to refer to a Jewish or Christian wife of a Muslim – Translator] dies when she is pregnant with a Muslim child, where should she be buried?
Answer :
Praise be to Allaah.
The most correct view is that she should be buried between the graveyards of the Muslims and the kuffaar. It was also said that she should be buried on the way to the Muslim graveyard, or with her co-religionists, so that they can take care of washing her and burying her in their graveyard. Wherever she is buried, her back should be towards the Qiblah, because the face of the foetus faces the mother’s back.
From Fatawa al-Imaam al-Nawawi, p. 80. (www.islam-qa.com)
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