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What is the ruling on aborting a malformed fetus if more than one Muslim doctor determines that its deformity will not allow it to live for more than a few days, and is it permissible for the mother to abort it so that she can become pregnant again?

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It is not permissible to abort a living fetus due to deformities, unless its continued presence poses a definite or predominant danger to the mother's life.

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