The ruling on a woman giving birth in six months

The questioner:
A man married a woman and she gave birth in six months. Does a woman give birth in six months? If she does, what is the ruling on the man who denies that this child is his, despite the proof being established against him? Please inform us about this matter.

The Shaykh:
, He the Exalted said , so the minimum time a child can be in its mother’s womb is six months, and then she gives birth to it in the seventh month, complete. If he had intercourse with her from the time of their marriage, and she gave birth after six months, this child is like him; it lives and is attributed to him. As for before six months, this may happen, but it does not live. She may give birth to it at five months, or at five months, but it does not live; it is incomplete. It may live for a day or two, then die. This does not prevent it from being his, but if it is less than that and it lives, meaning it is clear, then this is from a previous intercourse, or from a previous intercourse, whether it was adultery or at a time of doubt. We ask Allah for safety.

The questioner:
If it is born before [six] months and returns, yes, indeed, and it can be attributed to the end of it.

The Shaykh:
But this would be a pregnancy near the time of marriage.

The questioner:
Yes, the gentleman with us is making his child [his], meaning.

The Shaykh:
If it was born in six months. He had intercourse with her, or before the six months, but meaning, he did not return, it fell or died, or it fell dead, it is not returned. Yes.

The presenter:
Ah.