In this article Dadi shows that there are dozens of hadith concerning abortion, most of which are valid From the analysis of these it appeals that people who abort a foetus must pay a fine, which could be in the form of freeing a slave, paying with five camels or one hundred sheep or paying a cash equivalent to this price. Nevertheless, this article states that although in the hadith abortion is regarded as a crime, it is not considered murder because the foetus is not yet "separated" from its mother. As such the punishment for abortion is not the same as the punishment for murder.
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