Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2006
The Muftī of Egypt Dr ‘Alī Jum‘ah issued a controversial fatwá that a pregnant woman whose husband had died or left for four years cannot be considered an adulteress.
Date of source: Saturday, September 16, 2006 to Friday, September 22, 2006
Sayyid Ghannām
writes about the latest controversial fatwá issued by the
muftī. The fatwá
argues that a woman who delivered a child four years after her
husband’s death is not adulterous and that pregnancy
can span more than nine months.