ABORTION

A Dictionary of Islam · 1885 · p. 7

Arabic Isqāt̤ . There is no mention of the subject in the Qurʾān, but according to the Fatāwā-i-ʿĀlamgīrī (vol. iv. p. 238), it is forbidden after the child is formed in the womb. Muḥammad is related to have ordered prayers to be said over an abortion, when supplication should be made for the father and mother, for forgivene and mercy. ( Mishkāt , v. c. 2.)