What is the legal status of the fetus within a gifted female slave when the fetus is explicitly excepted from the gift?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Gifts and Donations
Primary text
The fetus is not gifted, and thus the recipient of the gift does not gain ownership of the fetus. This ruling parallels the status of a separated (already born) child or an item bequeathed via a will (Wasiyyah).