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Does the child born two years after the husband's death and without the wife remarrying, belong to the deceased husband?

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The child is attributed to the husband of the divorced woman or the widow if she gives birth to him four years after her divorce or his death. This is the view of the majority (Malikis, Shafi'is, and Hanbalis), contrary to the Hanafis who set the maximum gestation period at two years. The majority relies on the physical existence (of the child) as proof, citing cases where women were pregnant for four years. So, if a woman gives birth after two years, the child is attributed to her former husband unless she has married another man.

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