ASSAMOALAIKUM, MOULANA , i am a strict follower of deoband thinking . I am having a daughter which is just 1 and half years old and is suffering from Thallasemia disease( in which every month blood has to be given to child) . The cause of this as explained to us by the doctors is due to parents. till today there is no proper cure for this disease and it looks like artificial life of the child. meaning go on giving blood every month to keep her alive. Now my wife is pregnant and we are expecting a second child , the doctors say that there is a test which can be done at the early stage of pregnancy in which we can come the know whether the child in the womb of the mother will be having a disease or not. supposes(nauzubillah) if the child is also having the same problem, then can we get the child aborted or not .Because if the second child is also having the same problem of blood then you can imagine how difficult the life will be for the parents to get blood every month for their child and it looks like a total artificial life of children. please advice me soon as i have to take a decision urgently . Allah given you’ll plenty of jazai khair.
Answer:
(Fatwa: 1398/1046=H-1429)
If the medical test suggests that the child in the womb is having the same disease, then it is admissible to get it aborted before 120 days from conception. (فتاوی شامی:5/476)
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband