What is the ruling if the Christian woman was a Muslim woman, and the perpetrator claims the fetus was from a Dhimmi through ambiguous relations or fornication?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Blood-Money (Diyyāt)

Book 48 · Issue 4 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

Primary text

The statement of the heirs of the fetus is accepted because the fetus is ruled to be Muslim, as the child follows the marital bed (Al-Walad Lil-Firash).