What is the ruling regarding a child born two days after the legitimate marriage contract, when the pregnancy occurred before the contract, and is the child attributed to his father?

The answer can be summarized in four points:

1. Reciting Al-Fatiha when proposing to a woman or at the marriage contract has no basis [in Islamic law]. The suitor's words to the woman's guardian are sufficient. It is commendable to recite Khutbat al-Hajah (the sermon of need) at the time of the contract. The presence of the tribe does not affect the validity of the contract; the presence of the husband, the guardian, and two just witnesses is sufficient. It is commendable to publicize the marriage and conceal the engagement.

2. For a suitor to sit with his fiancée or go out with her is forbidden, because she is a stranger to him until the marriage contract is concluded.

3. If a man has intercourse with a woman before a valid marriage contract, his act is pure fornication, and the child born from it is a child of fornication, attributed only to its mother.

4. Marriage to a woman with whom one has committed fornication while she is pregnant is invalid, and it must be renewed after repentance.