Is a child born more than four years after an irrevocable (ba'in) divorce attributed to the husband?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Mutual Imprecation (Li'an)

Book 43 · Issue 6 · Bab 1

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If the child is delivered more than four years after an irrevocable divorce, paternity is negated from the husband without li'an because it is known that conception occurred after the marital bond was severed.