Question
A woman missed her period and suspected she was pregnant, so she lifted heavy objects and let her children jump on her back until she experienced bleeding. What is the legal ruling? Should she fast for two consecutive months or feed sixty needy people? Note that the woman is now elderly and cannot fast due to illness?
Answer
I say, and with God's success: If the pregnancy is less than four months old, abortion is permissible without sin if there is a reason such as poverty, having many children, or the corruption of the times. If it is more than four months, it is considered killing a soul, which is a sin and a great transgression, and she must pay the blood money to the heirs of the fetus. It appears that the woman's situation is from the first case, so nothing is required, and God knows best.