Malik related to me from Yazid ibn Abdullah ibn al-Hadi from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith at-Taymi from Sulayman ibn Yasar from Abdullah ibn Abi Umayya that a woman's husband died, and she did the idda of four months and ten days. Then she married when she was free to marry. She stayed with her husband for four and a half months, then gave birth to a fully developed child. Her husband went to Umar ibn al-Khattab and mentioned that to him, so Umar called some of the old women of the Jahiliyya and asked them about that. One of the women said, "I will tell you what happened with this woman. When her husband died, she was pregnant by him, but then the blood flowed from her because of his death and the child became dry in her womb. When her new husband had intercourse with her and the water reached the child, the child moved in the womb and grew." Umar ibn al-Khattab believed her and separated them (until she had completed her idda). Umar said, "Only good has reached me about you two," and he connected the child to the first husband.  

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً هَلَكَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا فَاعْتَدَّتْ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا ثُمَّ تَزَوَّجَتْ حِينَ حَلَّتْ فَمَكَثَتْ عِنْدَ زَوْجِهَا أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَنِصْفَ شَهْرٍ ثُمَّ وَلَدَتْ وَلَدًا تَامًّا فَجَاءَ زَوْجُهَا إِلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَدَعَا عُمَرُ نِسْوَةً مِنْ نِسَاءِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ قُدَمَاءَ فَسَأَلَهُنَّ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ أَنَا أُخْبِرُكَ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةِ هَلَكَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا حِينَ حَمَلَتْ مِنْهُ فَأُهْرِيقَتْ عَلَيْهِ الدِّمَاءُ فَحَشَّ وَلَدُهَا فِي بَطْنِهَا فَلَمَّا أَصَابَهَا زَوْجُهَا الَّذِي نَكَحَهَا وَأَصَابَ الْوَلَدَ الْمَاءُ تَحَرَّكَ الْوَلَدُ فِي بَطْنِهَا وَكَبِرَ فَصَدَّقَهَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَفَرَّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا وَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَبْلُغْنِي عَنْكُمَا إِلاَّ خَيْرٌ وَأَلْحَقَ الْوَلَدَ بِالأَوَّلِ  

[Machine] That a woman's husband died and a man proposed to her until she married him. She stayed with him for four and a half months, then she gave birth. Her affair became known to Umar ibn al-Khattab. He sent for the woman and asked her, and she said, "By Allah, he is his son." Umar asked about the woman, and he was only informed good things about her. Then he sent for the women of the pre-Islamic era and gathered them. He asked them about her affair and her reputation. One of them said, "Does she have her menstruation?" She said, "Yes." She asked, "When was your last contact with your husband?" She said, "Before he died." She said, "I will inform you of news about this woman. She became pregnant from her husband and she used to miscarry on him. But when she got married, and her husband's semen reached her, she became well and active, and at that time the bleeding ceased from her. When she gave birth, she completed six months." The women said, "You spoke the truth about her." Umar then separated between them.  

أَنَّ امْرَأَةً تُوُفِّيَ زَوْجُهَا فَعَرَّضَ لَهَا رَجُلٌ بِالْخِطْبَةِ حَتَّى إِذَا حَلَّتْ تَزَوَّجَهَا فَلَبِثَتْ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَنِصْفًا ثُمَّ وَلَدَتْ فَبَلَغَ شَأْنُهَا عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ فَسَأَلَهَا فَقَالَتْ هُوَ وَاللهِ وَلَدُهُ فَسَأَلَ عُمَرُ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ فَلَمْ يُخْبِرْ عَنْهَا إِلَّا خَيْرًا ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ إِلَى نِسَاءِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَجَمَعَهُنَّ ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُنَّ عَنْ شَأْنِهَا وَخَبَرِهَا فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ لَهَا هَلْ كُنْتِ تَحِيضِينَ؟ قَالَتْ نَعَمْ قَالَتْ مَتَى عَهْدُكِ بِزَوْجِكِ؟ قَالَتْ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ قَالَتْ أَنَا أُخْبِرُكَ خَبَرَ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةِ حَمَلَتْ مِنْ زَوْجِهَا وَكَانَتْ تُهَرَاقُ عَلَيْهِ فَحَشَّ وَلَدَهَا عَلَى الْهَرَاقَةِ حَتَّى إِذَا تَزَوَّجَتْ وَأَصَابَهُ الْمَاءُ مِنْ زَوْجِهَا انْتَعَشَ وَتَحَرَّكَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ فَانْقَطَعَ عَنْهَا الدَّمُ فَهِيَ حِينَ وَلَدَتْ وَلَدَتْهُ لِتَمَامِ سِتَّةِ أَشْهُرٍ قَالَتِ النِّسَاءُ صَدَقْتِ هَذَا شَأْنُهَا فَفَرَّقَ عُمَرُ ؓ بَيْنَهُمَا