Is it obligatory to wait to ensure the womb of a slave woman is free of pregnancy when purchasing her?
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The questioner : Is she to be waited upon?
The Shaykh : There is scholarly disagreement on this, and the correct view is that it is not obligatory to wait for her, nor for a free wife, because the child belongs to the bed (the husband). And it is better for him to have intercourse so that the child is his, than for him to leave it, and then she becomes pregnant from unlawful sexual intercourse, which would cause a problem.
The Shaykh : There is scholarly disagreement on this, and the correct view is that it is not obligatory to wait for her, nor for a free wife, because the child belongs to the bed (the husband). And it is better for him to have intercourse so that the child is his, than for him to leave it, and then she becomes pregnant from unlawful sexual intercourse, which would cause a problem.