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((Short description|Islamic views on abortion))((Copy edit|date=August 2023))((Islam))
'''Muslim views on abortion''' are shaped by  [[Hadith]] (the words, actions, and the silent approval of the Islamic prophet Muhammad as transmitted through chains of narrators), as well as by the opinions of legal and religious scholars and commentators. The [[Quran]] does not directly address intentional [[abortion]], leaving greater discretion to the laws of individual countries. Although opinions among Islamic scholars differ over when a pregnancy can be terminated, there are no explicit prohibitions on a woman's ability to abort under Islamic law.<ref name=":1">((Cite web|last=Molina|first=Alejandra|date=2021-09-04|title=Comparing Texas' abortion ban to Islamic law is inaccurate, perpetuates Islamophobia, experts say|url=https://religionnews.com/2021/09/03/texas-abortion-ban-comparisons-to-islamic-law-are-innacurate-and-perpetuate-islamophobia-experts-say/|access-date=2021-10-09|website=[[Religion News Service]]|language=en-US|quote=While opinions vary over when a pregnancy can be terminated, there is no complete ban on a woman’s right to end a pregnancy under Islamic law.))</ref><ref>((Cite web |last=Hatuqa |first=Dalia |date=January 26, 2022 |title=US Muslim advocates weigh in on abortion rights battle |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/26/us-muslim-advocates-weigh-in-on-abortion-rights-battle |access-date=2022-02-24 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en))</ref> 

Each of the four [[Sunni Islam]] schools of thought – [[Hanafi]], [[Shafi‘i]], [[Hanbali]] and [[Maliki]] – have their own reservations on if and when abortions are permissible in Islam.<ref name="Weigl"/> The [[Maliki]] madhhab holds "that the fetus is ensouled at the moment of conception" and thus "most Malikis do not permit abortion at any point, seeing God's hand as actively forming the fetus at every stage of development."<ref name="Weigl">((cite book |last1=Weigl |first1=Constanze |title=Reproductive Health Behavior and Decision-making of Muslim Women: An Ethnographic Study in a Low-income Community in Urban North India |date=2010 |publisher=LIT Verlag Münster |isbn=978-3-643-10770-1 |page=199))</ref> On the other hand, some Hanafi scholars believe that abortion before the hundred twenty day period is over is permitted, though some Hanafi scholars teach that an abortion within 120 days is ''makruh'' (disapproved, i.e. discouraged).<ref name="Weigl"/> All Islamic schools of thought agree abortion is recommended when the mother's life is in danger,  because the mother's life is paramount. ''[[Sahih al-Bukhari]]'' (book of Hadith) writes that the [[fetus]] is believed to become a living [[soul]] after 120 days' gestation.<ref>"''(The matter of the Creation of) a human being is put together in the womb of the mother in 40 days(some say 120), and then he becomes a clot of thick blood for a similar period, and then a piece of flesh for a similar period. Then Allah sends an angel who is ordered to write four things...then the soul is breathed into him''"<br/>((Hadith-usc|bukhari|usc=yes|4|54|430))</ref>

In [[Shia Islam]], abortion is "forbidden after implantation of the fertilised ovum." The leader of the [[Iranian Islamic Revolution]],  [[Ayatollah Khomeini]] declared that [[shari'a]] forbids abortion without any reason "even at the earliest possible stage"<ref name="auto">((cite journal |last1=Hedayat |first1=K M |last2=Shooshtarizadeh |first2=P |last3=Raza |first3=M |title=Therapeutic abortion in Islam: contemporary views of Muslim Shiite scholars and effect of recent Iranian legislation |journal=Journal of Medical Ethics |date=1 November 2006 |volume=32 |issue=11 |pages=652–657 |doi=10.1136/jme.2005.015289|pmid=17074823 |pmc=2563289 ))</ref> a position shared by other Shiite scholars.

American academic [[Azizah Y. al-Hibri]] claims that "the majority of Muslim scholars permit abortion, although they differ on the stage of fetal development beyond which it becomes prohibited."<ref name="USAToday">((Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-08-13-forum-abortion_x.htm |work=[[USA Today]] |title=Where does God stand on abortion? |first=Tom |last=Ehrich |date=August 13, 2006))</ref> According to [[Sherman Jackson]], "while abortion, even during the first trimester, is forbidden according to a minority of jurists, it is not held to be an offense for which there are criminal or even civil sanctions."<ref>((Cite book |first=Sherman A. |last=Jackson |chapter=Blackamerica, Immigrant Islam, and the Dominant Culture |title=Islam and the Blackamerican<!-- Sic -->: Looking Toward the Third Resurrection |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nprKYM8sleYC&pg=PA151 |year=2005 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford, UK |page=151|isbn=9780195343571 ))</ref>

In the 47 [[Muslim world|countries of the world with Muslim-majority populations]], access to abortion varies greatly. In many, abortion is allowed when the mother's life is at risk.<ref>((cite journal |first=Gilla K |last=Shapiro |title=Abortion law in Muslim-majority countries: an overview of the Islamic discourse with policy implications |journal=Health Policy and Planning |volume=29 |issue=4 |date=1 July 2014 |pages=483–494 |doi=10.1093/heapol/czt040|pmid=23749735 |doi-access=free ))</ref> In 18 of the countries, including Iraq, Egypt and Indonesia, this is the only circumstance where abortion is permitted. In another ten countries it is allowed on request. Mauritania prohibits abortion under any circumstance.<ref name="Center for Reproductive Rights 2023">((cite web | title=The World's Abortion Laws | website=Center for Reproductive Rights | date=2023-02-01 | url=https://reproductiverights.org/maps/worlds-abortion-laws/ | access-date=2023-04-04))</ref> In others((which|date=May 2022)), abortion is permitted under certain circumstances besides preserving the mother's life, such as preserving her mental health, cases of foetal impairment, incest or rape, and social or economic reasons.

== History ==
A majority of scholars during the medieval age viewed 120 days after conception as a crucial dividing line in the development of the fetus – the time when the fetus became "[[Ensoulment|ensouled]]" (becomes a living soul),  and thus a live human being.
Abortion before this point was  permissible, according to Islamic law scholar Abed Awad,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4">((Cite journal |last=Hessini |first=Leila |date=2007 |title=Abortion and Islam: Policies and Practice in the Middle East and North Africa |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0968-8080(06)29279-6 |journal=Reproductive Health Matters |volume=15 |issue=29 |pages=75–84 |doi=10.1016/s0968-8080(06)29279-6 |pmid=17512379 |s2cid=44503130 |issn=0968-8080))</ref> but afterwards a termination of life.
These views towards abortion are still referenced and used by several modern Islamic theologians and scholars.<ref name=":1" /> 

According to religious studies scholar Zahra Ayubi,  historically Muslim thought was more concerned with the topic of preservation of human life and safeguarding of the mother's life,  than determining when life begins.<ref name=":2">((Cite news |last=McCamon |first=Sarah |date=May 8, 2022 |title=When does life begin? Religions don't agree |language=en |work=[[NPR.org]] |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/05/08/1097274169/when-does-life-begin-religions-dont-agree |access-date=2022-05-10))</ref>  Several contemporary Muslim writers have also stated that premodern Islamic scholars were more tolerant on abortion.<ref>((Cite web |last=Quraishi-Landes |first=Asifa |author-link=Asifa Quraishi |date=2022-06-23 |title=Abortion bans trample on the religious freedom of Muslims, too |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/abortion-bans-religion-17259119.php |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=San Francisco Chronicle |language=en-US))</ref>

The controversial Hanbali jurist [[Ibn Taymiyyah]] stated in his fatwa collection ''Fatawa Ibn Taymiyyah'', "Aborting a fetus has been declared unlawful (haram) with the consensus of all the Muslim scholars. It is similar to burying an infant alive as referred to by Allah Almighty in the verse of the Qur'an: 'And when the female infant, buried alive, will be asked as to what crime she was killed for' (Surah al-Takwir, verse 8)".<ref>((Cite web |date=2011-10-06 |title=When is Having an Abortion Permitted? |url=https://seekersguidance.org/answers/hanafi-fiqh/when-is-having-an-abortion-permitted/ |access-date=2022-05-10 |website=SeekersGuidance |language=en-US))</ref> A verse in the Quran refers to pregnant women who abort their pregnancies upon the Day of Judgment.<ref name="Greenberg Pati 2023 p. 316">((cite book | last1=Greenberg | first1=Y.K. | last2=Pati | first2=G. | title=The Routledge Handbook of Religion and the Body | publisher=Taylor & Francis | series=Routledge Handbooks in Religion | year=2023 | isbn=978-1-000-83466-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-AumEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT316 | access-date=2023-04-04 | page=316))</ref>

==Hadith and abortion==
((refimprove section|date=April 2011))
There were no medical abortions in the time of Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam, but a number of [[Hadith]]  deal with situations where a pregnant woman lost an unborn child, often by being struck in the belly.  

In at least the Hadith mentioned below (all are "sound" Hadith of Sunni Islam), Muhammad, would declare the proper  ''[[Diya (Islam)|diya]]'' (monetary compensation in Islamic law for bodily harm or property damage) for the woman's loss.   In each case the compensation was a slave, thus indicating that the value of an unborn child was another human being. 

===Relevant excerpts ===
((blockquote|Allah's Messenger gave a verdict regarding an aborted fetus of a woman from Bani Lihyan that the killer (of the fetus) should give a male or female slave (as a Diya) but the woman who was required to give the slave, died, so Allah's Messenger gave the verdict that her inheritance be given to her children and her husband and the Diya be paid by her 'Asaba.
:Hadith—[[Sahih al-Bukhari]] Book 87, Hadith 47,<ref>((Cite web|title=Hadith - Book of Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - Sahih al-Bukhari - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)|url=https://sunnah.com/bukhari/87/47|access-date=2020-11-08|website=sunnah.com))</ref> Narrated [[Abu Hurairah]]


[[Umar]] consulted the companions about the case of a woman's abortion (caused by somebody else). Al-Mughira said: The Prophet gave the verdict that a male or female slave should be given (as a Diya). Then Muhammad bin Maslama testified that he had witnessed the Prophet giving such a verdict.
:Hadith—Sahih Bukhari Book 87, Hadith 44,<ref>((Cite web|title=Hadith - Book of Blood Money (Ad-Diyat) - Sahih al-Bukhari - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)|url=https://sunnah.com/bukhari/87/44|access-date=2020-11-08|website=sunnah.com))</ref> Narrated [[Mughira ibn Shu'ba|Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba]]


Umar consulted the people about the compensation of abortion of woman. Al-Mughirah b. Shu'bah said: I was present with the Messenger of Allah when he gave judgement that a male or female slave should testify you. So he brought Muhammad b. Maslamah to him. Harun added: He then testified him.


Abu Dawud said: I have been informed that Abu 'Ubaid said: It (abortion) is called ''imlas'' [i.e. a man striking the belly of his wife] because the woman causes it to slip before the time of delivery. Similarly, anything which slips from the hand or from some other thing is called malasa (slipped).
:Hadith— Sunan Abi Dawud Book 41, Hadith 77,<ref name=":0">((Cite web|title=Hadith - Book of Types of Blood-Wit (Kitab Al-Diyat) - Sunan Abi Dawud - Sunnah.com - Sayings and Teachings of Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه و سلم)|url=https://sunnah.com/abudawud/41/79|access-date=2020-11-08|website=sunnah.com))</ref> Narrated [[Mughira ibn Shu'ba|Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba]]


Umar asked about the decision of the Prophet about that (i.e. abortion). Haml b. Malik b. al-Nabhigah got up and said: I was between two women. One of them struck another with a rolling-pin killing both her and what was in her womb. So the Messenger of Allah gave judgement that the bloodwit for the unborn child should be a male or a female slave of the best quality and then she should be killed.

Abu Dawud said: Al-Nadr b. Shumail said: Mistah means a rolling-pin.

Abu Dawud said: Abu 'Ubaid said: Mistah means a pole from the tent-poles.
:Hadith— Sunan Abi Dawud Book 41, Hadith 79,<ref name=":0"/> Narrated [[Ibn Abbas|Ibn-Abbas]]))

== Abortion in various schools of thought ==

===Ensoulment===
In [[Sunni Islam]], the period when a fetus becomes ensouled can vary within the same [[madhhab]] even if consensus exists. 
*120 days after conception. The [[Hanafi]], [[Shia Islam|Shi'is]], [[Zaydism|Zaydi]] and some [[Shafi'i school|Shafi]] schools view the fetus as being ensouled at 120 days. 
*80 days. However, other Shafi schools set the ensoulment stage of a fetus at 80 days. 
*40 days. In the [[Maliki]] and [[Hanbali]] school of thought, ensoulment is placed at 40 days.<ref name=":3">[https://hearttogrow.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Abortion-Resources.pdf Abortion: Islamic Rulings]. Hearttogrow.org. Retrieved 2022-05-10</ref>((bsn|date=January 2023)) 
* Conception. The [[Ibadi Islam|Ibadi]] position states that a fetus becomes ensouled right at the time of conception.<ref name=":3" />((bsn|date=January 2023))

===Other factors===
Most schools consider abortion permissible if the pregnancy poses a physical or psychological harm to the mother.<ref name=":3" />((bsn|date=January 2023))  Socio-economic factors or the presence of fetal anomalies is also viewed as justifiable reasons to abort in many schools.<ref name=":4" /> However, Islamic jurists in all schools state that abortion is permissible even after the ensoulment stage of a fetus if the mother's life is in danger.<ref>((Cite news |date=24 June 2022 |title=On abortion, Muslims say Islamic history is 'on the side of mercy' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/06/24/abortion-muslim-americans-say-islamic-history-is-side-mercy/ |access-date=25 June 2022))</ref><ref>((Cite web |last=Iqbal |first=Zainab |date=24 June 2022 |title=Roe v Wade: Muslim women say overturning of decision will hurt everyone |url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/roe-v-wade-us-muslim-women-say-overturning-hurts-everyone |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=[[Middle East Eye]] |language=en))</ref>

===When abortion is permissible===
Among Muslims, the permissibility of abortion depends on factors such as time and extenuating circumstances. 

In [[Shia Islam]], abortion is "forbidden after implantation of the fertilised ovum." As with other Shiite scholars, [[Ayatollah Khomeini]] declared that "Termination of pregnancy even at the earliest possible stage under normal circumstances without any reason is not allowed" and that "The shari'a does not permit the abortion of a fetus."<ref name="auto"/> 

The four Sunni schools of thought have differing perspectives in which parts of gestation where abortion is permissible. It is important to note that Malikites do not permit abortion in any of the stages of gestation.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Stage
!Time period
!Permitted by [[Hanafites]]
![[Shafites]]
![[Hanbalites]]
![[Malikites]]
!Notes
|-
|''Nutfa'' (sperm)
|0-40 days after conception
|Yes<ref>((Cite journal |last1=Shapiro |first1=G. K |year=2013 |title=Abortion law in Muslim-majority countries: An overview of the Islamic discourse with policy implications |journal=Health Policy and Planning |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=483–94 |doi=10.1093/heapol/czt040 |pmid=23749735 |doi-access=free))</ref>
|Majority yes
|Some
|No
|Among contemporary Sunni scholars, [[Yasir Qadhi]] states that abortion may be performed within the first 40 days of pregnancy "for a very legitimate reason", but is prohibited after that period, at which point [[ensoulment]] occurs.<ref>((Cite web |title=What Is Islam's Stance On Abortion? |url=https://www.faithiq.org/Family/What-Is-Islam-s-Stance-On-Abortion- |access-date=2020-10-05 |website=www.faithiq.org |language=en-US))</ref>
|-
|''Alaqa'' (blood clot)
|40-80 days after conception
|Yes
|Some
|Some
|No
|
|-
|''Mudgha'' (embryo)
|80-120 days after conception
|Yes
|Some
|Some
|No
|
|-
|''Khalqan Akhar'' (spirit)
|120+ days after conception
|No
|No
|No
|No
|Based on Islam, at this stage a soul/spirit has entered the body, and none of the four schools of thought permit abortion.
|}

====After four months of gestation====
Sayyid al-Sabiq, author of ''Fiqh al-Sunnah'', has summarized the views of the classical jurists in this regard in the following words:

((blockquote|Abortion is not allowed after four months have passed since conception because at that time it is akin to taking a life, an act that entails penalty in this world and in the Hereafter. As regards the matter of abortion before this period elapses, it is considered allowed if necessary. However, in the absence of a reasonable excuse it is detestable [a  legal category meaning discouraged but not forbidden]. The author of ‘Subul-ul-Maram’ writes: "A woman’s treatment for aborting a pregnancy before the spirit has been blown into it is a matter upon which scholars differed on account of difference of opinion on the matter of ‘Azal (i.e. measures to hinder conception). Those who allow ‘Azal consider abortion as allowable and vice versa." The same ruling should be applicable for women deciding on sterilization. [[Imam Gazzali|Imam Ghazzali]] opines: "Induced abortion is a sin after conception". He further says: "The sin incurred thus can be of degrees. When the sperm enters the ovaries, mixes with the ovum and acquires potential of life, its removal would be a sin. Aborting it after it grows into a germ or a leech would be a graver sin and the graveness of the sin increases very much if one does so after the stage when the spirit is blown into the fetus and it acquires human form and faculties."<ref>((cite web |url=http://al-mawrid.org/pages/questions_english_detail.php?qid=374&cid=227 |title=Abortion |last1=Hashmi |first1=Tariq Mahmood |date=13 October 2009 |publisher=Al-Mawrid |access-date=11 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227074532/http://al-mawrid.org/pages/questions_english_detail.php?qid=374&cid=227 |archive-date=27 February 2012 ))</ref>))

====Threat to the woman's life====
On the issue of the life of the woman, Muslims universally agree that her life takes precedence over the life of the fetus. This is because the woman is considered the "original source of life," while the fetus is only "potential" life.<ref>((Cite book |first=Donna Lee |last=Bowen |chapter=Chapter 3: Contemporary Muslim Ethics of Abortion |editor-first=Jonathan E |editor-last=Brockopp |title=Islamic Ethics of Life: Abortion, War, and Euthanasia |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=agqtUUoOgQoC&pg=PA64 |year=2003 |publisher=University of South Carolina Press |location=Columbia, SC |page=64|isbn=9781570034718 ))</ref> Muslim jurists agree that abortion is allowed based on the principle that "the greater evil [the woman's death] should be warded off by the lesser evil [abortion]." In these cases the physician is considered a better judge than the scholar.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/islamethics/abortion_1.shtml |title=Abortion |date=7 September 2009 |publisher=[[BBC|BBC Religions]] |access-date=11 July 2012))</ref>

According to the [[Twelver]]s, there is consensus among [[ayatollah]]s that abortion is allowed only when it is medically proven that the life of a mother is in danger. Other than that, before or after 120 days, abortion is always forbidden, no matter the circumstances (such as problems with the fetus or poverty, etc.).<ref>((Cite journal |pmc = 2563289|year = 2006|last1 = Hedayat|first1 = K. M.|title = Therapeutic abortion in Islam: Contemporary views of Muslim Shiite scholars and effect of recent Iranian legislation|journal = Journal of Medical Ethics|volume = 32|issue = 11|pages = 652–657|last2 = Shooshtarizadeh|first2 = P.|last3 = Raza|first3 = M.|pmid = 17074823|doi = 10.1136/jme.2005.015289))</ref>

====Rape====
((main|Rape in Islamic law))((Unbalanced section|date=March 2019))
Some Muslim scholars have held that the [[Pregnancy from rape|child of rape]] is a legitimate child and thus it would be sinful to kill this fetus.<!-- Should this say "fetus", not "child"? I would assume they would call it sinful killing children actually born. Anyway, unsourced? But unborn, conflicting with source? --> Scholars permit its abortion only if the fetus is less than four months old, or if it endangers the life of its mother.<ref name="VRC">((Cite book |first=Vardit |last=Rispler-Chaim |chapter=Chapter 4: The Right Not to Be Born: Abortion of the Disadvantaged Fetus in Contemporary Fatwas |editor-first=Jonathan E |editor-last=Brockopp |title=Islamic Ethics of Life: Abortion, War, and Euthanasia |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=agqtUUoOgQoC&pg=PA87 |year=2003 |publisher=University of South Carolina Press |location=Columbia, SC |pages=87–88|isbn=9781570034718 ))</ref>

((quote|When the pregnancy is unplanned and therefore unwanted, as in the case of rape, the parents, [have to/should, as adoption is unlawful] abort the fetus and thus prevent the disgrace that awaits both mother and child. Also, a mother should be able to decide by herself (in consideration with her parents) if she wants to keep the child even if it was born of rape or zina, as it ultimately hurts her the most [..] the child born of rape, like one born of [[adultery]] (walad zina) is a more lowly member of society with regard of the rights he or she is guaranteed and the social status he or she can attain.|<ref name="VRC"/>))

Muslim scholars were urged to make exceptions in the 1990s following the rape of [[Bosnians|Bosnian]] and [[Albanians|Albanian]] women by [[Serb]] soldiers. In 1991, the [[Ekrima Sa'id Sabri|Grand Mufti of Palestine]], [[Ekrima Sa'id Sabri]] took a different position than mainstream Muslim scholars. He ruled that Muslim women raped by their enemies during the [[Kosovo War]] could take [[abortifacient]] medicine, because otherwise the children born to those women might one day fight against Muslims.<ref name="VRC"/>

====Fetal deformity====
Some Sunni Muslim scholars argue that abortion is permitted if the newborn might be sick in some way that would make its care exceptionally difficult for the parents (e.g. deformities, mental handicaps).<ref name="USAToday"/><ref name="VRC"/>((quote needed|date=June 2019)) Widely quoted is a resolution of the Saudi-led jurisprudence council of Mekkah Al Mukaramah (the [[Muslim World League]]) passing a [[fatwa]] in its 12th session held in February 1990. This allowed abortion if the fetus was grossly malformed with untreatable severe condition proved by medical investigations and decided upon by a committee formed by competent trustworthy physicians, and provided that abortion is requested by the parents and the foetus is less than 120 days computed from moment of conception.<ref>((cite web|title=Sanctity of life|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/islamethics/abortion_1.shtml|work=BBC News|access-date=29 March 2017|date=7 September 2009))</ref>

== Abortion in Islamic countries ==
In all, there are 57 members in the Organization of Islamic Conference—an organisation of countries with Muslim majorities or pluralities. Most Muslim countries have restrictive abortion laws that permit abortions only when the life of the mother is threatened. Twelve members of the Organization of Islamic Conference allow unrestricted access to abortion. With the exception of Turkey and Tunisia, they are mainly former Soviet Bloc states. Bahrain, a politically and socially conservative Muslim state, is the 12th among these countries to permit unrestricted access to abortion. Among socially conservative Muslim countries, seven countries permit abortion in the first 4 months of gestation for fetal deformities, four countries in Sub-saharan Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Guinea) and three in the Middle East (Kuwait, Qatar and, now, Iran).<ref name=":5">((Cite journal |last1=Hedayat |first1=K. M. |last2=Shooshtarizadeh |first2=P. |last3=Raza |first3=M. |date=2006-11-01 |title=Therapeutic abortion in Islam: contemporary views of Muslim Shiite scholars and effect of recent Iranian legislation |url=https://jme.bmj.com/content/32/11/652 |journal=Journal of Medical Ethics |language=en |volume=32 |issue=11 |pages=652–657 |doi=10.1136/jme.2005.015289 |issn=0306-6800 |pmc=2563289 |pmid=17074823))</ref>

==See also==
* [[Ensoulment#Islam|Ensoulment in Islam]]
*[[Islamic feminism]]

==References==
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