Research Article
Abortion Discourse in the Perspective of Islamic Jurisprudence Scholars
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-10-2021.2316329, author={Rizal Wahyudi and JM Muslimin and Suci Ramadhan and Muhammad Farkhan}, title={Abortion Discourse in the Perspective of Islamic Jurisprudence Scholars}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 4th International Colloquium on Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies in conjunction with the 1st International Conference on Education, Science, Technology, Indonesian and Islamic Studies, ICIIS and ICESTIIS 2021, 20-21 October 2021, Jambi, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICIIS AND ICESTIIS}, year={2022}, month={2}, keywords={abortion discourse islamic law jurisprudence gestational}, doi={10.4108/eai.20-10-2021.2316329} }- Rizal Wahyudi
JM Muslimin
Suci Ramadhan
Muhammad Farkhan
Year: 2022
Abortion Discourse in the Perspective of Islamic Jurisprudence Scholars
ICIIS AND ICESTIIS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-10-2021.2316329
Abstract
Islam upholds related to maintaining the soul or self, this is following the purpose of Islamic law namely hifdzu an-Nafs or self-care. Regarding abortion, some scholars allow and others prohibit abortion. The discourse is abortion aborts the child before the perfect creation or before the perfect period of pregnancy. The study aims to analyze how abortion discourse is in the view of fiqh scholars. This study uses qualitative research with a normative approach. Research data sources use fiqh books, journal articles, and books. The data is collected by documentation techniques. Furthermore, the data is analyzed using integrative descriptive analysis. The results concluded that all scholars agreed that abortions performed at the gestational age of more than four months were haram. While abortions are performed when the gestational age is more than forty days and less than forty days the scholars differ as will be shown in this article.