Al-Amili on abortion before the fortieth day

Muhammad Al-Hurr Al-Amili writes:

باب أنه يحرم على المرأة شرب الدواء لطرح الحمل ولو نطفة

Chapter: It is forbidden for a woman to take a substance to rid herself of pregnancy, and that even at a drop

٣٥٠٦٣ / ١ – محمد بن علي بن الحسين باسناده عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن محمد بن أبي حمزة، وحسين الرواسي جميعا، عن إسحاق بن عمار قال: قلت لأبي الحسن عليه السلام: المرأة تخاف الحبل فتشرب الدواء فتلقي ما في بطنها قال: لا فقلت: إنما هو نطفة فقال: إن أول ما يخلق نطفة أقول: وتقدم ما يدل على ذلك عموما ويأتي ما يدل عليه

1/35063 – Muhammad Ibn Ali Ibn Husain reported with his chain to Husain Ibn Sa’id who reported from Ibn Abi Umair who reported from Muhammad Ibn Abi Hamzah and Husain Ar-Rawwasi all who reported from Ishaq Ibn Ammar that he said: ,,I said to Abu l-Hasan (Al-Kazim): ﴾A woman is afraid of pregnancy. So she takes a substance, whereupon she gets rid of what is in her belly.﴿ He said: ﴾No.﴿ Then I said: ﴾It is but a drop.﴿ So he said: ﴾The first thing that is created is a drop.﴿” I say: ,,And it preceded what generally points to it, and it will follow what points to it.” [Wasa’il-ush-Shi’ah, Vol. 29, page 25 – 26]

Comment:

The blood money for killing before the fortieth day of pregnancy is twenty gold coins (Al-Wasa’il, vol. 29, p. 312, h. 35674).