Answer 6: It is not permissible.

Answer 6: It is not permissible.[^8] Question 7: What is the ruling in relation to having an abortion for women who are badly afflicted with psychological illnesses in which there is a possibility that their sickness may be passed on to the fetus? Answer 7: It is not permissible.[^9] Question 8: What is the ruling on having an abortion when after tests and examinations are carried out in which it is made known that the fetus has some seriously un-normal defects?

Answer 8: It is not permissible.[^10] Question 9: After many years, a couple was finally able to have a child however in the first few months of the pregnancy the doctors were able to diagnose that: a) If the pregnancy continues, there is a possibility of danger to the (life) of the mother. b) If the pregnancy continues, then the child will come into this world with defects. Thus, the doctors ordered that an abortion must be done – is it permissible to act according to the opinion of the doctors?

Answer 9: Simply having a possibility that the fetus will be born with defects is not an Islamic justification to abort the child.

However, if one is satisfied that there is fear for the life of the mother in the opinion of the doctor who is a specialist, then there is no problem in aborting the child before the soul has been infused into the fetus.[^11] Question 10: Is it permissible to engage in an abortion for medical reasons in the following examples before the soul has been infused into the fetus?

a) Illnesses that we know for sure will result in the death of the child after birth - keeping in mind that such estimations are not definite. b) Genetic illnesses. c) Physical deformations in the child (such as Anencephaly[^12]) Answer 10: It is problematic to have an abortion in the examples given above especially seeing as how the predictions are not definite.[^13] Question 11: At what time is the soul infused into the body?

What is the ruling in the above mentioned examples about having an abortion if it is done before the soul is infused into the body?

Answer 11: This is the time when the child who is in the womb of the mother starts moving which is normally around the fourth month.[^14] Question 12: In relation to the pregnant woman who has been diagnosed with uterine cancer whose treatment is through radiation therapy, and as it is known that going for radiation therapy would result in the deformation of the fetus - is it permissible to abort the fetus before one starts the radiation therapy?