If an incomplete child is aborted whose features have become...

If an incomplete child is aborted whose features have become distinct but the soul not entered the body, the penalty is one hundred misqal. If soul had entered it and it was a male child, diyah is one thousand misqal, and if female, it is five hundred misqal. If a pregnant woman dies, it is necessary to remove the unborn child by operation. Any carelessness in this regard is ‘Harām’. If due to carelessness the child dies, diyah is Wajib upon the one who was responsible for the lapse.

Repenting For Murder By way of repentance, a person who has committed a willful murder should surrender himself to the heir of the murdered person. The successors of the murdered person have a choice of either avenging the death or accepting the ‘diyah’. That is, they can forgive him or kill him in retribution.

If the murderer is forgiven, Three things become obligatory on him: Freeing a slave Feeding sixty poor people Keeping sixty fasts If freeing a slave is not allowed by the law, the other two penalties should be fulfilled. Accidental and Intended Murder Even in the case of an accidental murder the heirs…