[Machine] About my wife, I traveled for two years and returned to find her pregnant. Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, consulted some people about whether she should be stoned. Muadh bin Jabal said, "O leader of the believers, if you have a way to prove her guilt, then you don't have a way to prove what is in her womb. So leave her until she gives birth." Umar left her, and she gave birth to a boy whose features resembled a certain man. The man said, "He is my son, by the Lord of the Kaaba!" Umar commented, "Women are incapable of giving birth to someone like Muadh. If it wasn't for Muadh, Umar would have perished." If this statement is proven, it indicates that pregnancy can last more than two years. And Umar's statement concerning the woman of the lost camel waiting for four years suggests that he only said this because of the prolonged pregnancy. And Allah knows best.

عَنِ امْرَأَتِي سَنَتَيْنِ فَجِئْتُ وَهِيَ حُبْلَى فَشَاوَرَ عُمَرُ ؓ نَاسًا فِي رَجْمِهَا فَقَالَ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ ؓ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنْ كَانَ لَكَ عَلَيْهَا سَبِيلٌ فَلَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَى مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا سَبِيلٌ فَاتْرُكْهَا حَتَّى تَضَعَ فَتَرَكَهَا فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا قَدْ خَرَجَتْ ثَنَايَاهُ فَعَرَفَ الرَّجُلُ الشَّبَهَ فِيهِ فَقَالَ ابْنِي وَرَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ عَجَزَتِ النِّسَاءُ أَنْ يَلِدْنَ مِثْلَ مُعَاذٍ لَوْلَا مُعَاذٌ لَهَلَكَ عُمَرُ وَهَذَا إِنْ ثَبَتَ فَفِيهِ دَلَالَةٌ عَلَى أَنَّ الْحَمْلَ يَبْقَى أَكْثَرَ مِنْ سَنَتَيْنِ وَقَوْلُ عُمَرَ ؓ فِي امْرَأَةِ الْمَفْقُودِ تَرَبَّصُ أَرْبَعَ سِنِينَ يُشْبِهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ إِنَّمَا قَالَهُ لِبَقَاءِ الْحَمْلِ أَرْبَعَ سِنِينَ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ