How is pregnancy verified if the husband denies the wife's claim?

Chapter on the Condition in which Maintenance is Obligatory on the Husband

Al-Mughni

Book of Maintenance (Nafaqāt)

Book 46 · Issue 3 · Bab 2

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If the husband denies the wife's pregnancy, trustworthy female specialists must examine her, and their collective finding is accepted. The testimony of a single, just, and expert woman is acceptable in this matter because it concerns a private condition unfamiliar to men, resembling the ruling on fosterage, and the primary legal premise (pregnancy) is established through this form of report.