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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Explanation of the Hadith: The child belongs to the bed, and the stone is for the fornicator

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you, I hope you will explain to us in detail the hadith: "The child belongs to the bed, and the stone is for the fornicator."

Answer:
It is clear that if a woman gives birth while she is the wife of a man in his marriage bond, her child is attributed to him, unless there is a preventer, as previously mentioned, such as if she gave birth in less than six months and the child survived from his union with her. Otherwise, the default is that the child is attributed to the one who has the marital relationship. This is the meaning of "the child belongs to the bed," meaning the child belongs to the husband, because he was born on his bed. "And the stone is for the fornicator": the fornicator is the woman who commits zina (unlawful sexual intercourse); "al-'ahar" means the woman who commits zina, and "al-hajar" means stoning, so she is stoned. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 61 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب اللعان|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:05:20)

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