The Doctor's Responsibility in Paying Diya for Abortion

The imposition of diya (financial compensation in Islamic law) on doctors, alongside the obligation to provide treatment and medical procedures that entail diya, leads to their reluctance to fulfill their responsibilities. Consequently, some laws specify that doctors are not liable in certain cases, such as organ transplants. In the case of abortion, despite previous declarations of non-responsibility, the new law does not have a clear position, and upon examining Islamic jurisprudence, most opinions indicate that doctors are obligated to pay diya, even in permitted abortions. Meanwhile, some alternative opinions offer solutions for relieving doctors of this responsibility, while others argue that authorization for the procedure leads to the nullification of diya. Considering governance in Islamic jurisprudence, using practical legal opinions in law formulation, referring to the principle of benevolence, and some other rules could provide a basis for the non-responsibility of doctors in performing their legal duties regarding abortion. The ambiguity arising from the silence of the law requires clarification and explicit expression.