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Assalamualaikum I've aborted my 12 weeks old fetus without any valid reason via medication.And I'm regretting this with all my heart.How can I repent now?will allah merciful ever forgive me for this heinous crime..Is there any way I can get out of this guilt.On a side note I've buried my baby according the rules of burial (dafan) in a graviard under the supervision of a hujur who usually performs dafan
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All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.
Abortion without necessity is a grave, reprehensible act. However, no matter how great the sin, Allah's vast mercy and immense generosity are such that He accepts repentance when its conditions are fulfilled. The door of repentance remains open, closed to no one, until the sun rises from the west. Allah, the Exalted, says (what means): {Say, ‘O My servants who have transgressed against themselves [by sinning], do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed, Allah forgives all sins. Indeed, it is He who is the Forgiving, the Merciful.’} [Quran 39:53]
Part of repenting from this sin is paying the diyah (blood money) for the fetus, which is equivalent to 212.5 grams of gold, to be paid to the fetus's heirs — though whoever performed the abortion or assisted in it does not inherit from it.
There is a difference of opinion regarding the obligation of kaffarah (expiation) in this case; the more cautious course is to perform it, which consists of freeing a slave, or fasting two consecutive months.
Allah Knows best.
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