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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Denial of a child established through the marital bed by DNA analysis

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner asks: If a child is born to a woman in her husband’s bed, and it is established through the practice of ta’lil that the child is not his, is the paternity denied, or does the child remain attributed to the bed in all cases?

Answer:
The child belongs to the marital bed, and analysis does not negate this. The child belongs to the marital bed, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The child belongs to the bedالولد للفراش
Therefore, one must not harm the child by denying his lineage based merely on his words, because this causes harm to another, the child, who loses his lineage. The child belongs to the marital bed, yes, unless he is denied through li'an; he is only denied if he is denied through li'an. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/126 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (19:19)

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