´Mu'adh bin Jabal, Abu Ubaidah bin Jararah, Ubadah bin Samit and Shaddad bin Aws narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` “If a woman kills someone deliberately, she should not be killed until she delivers what is in her womb, if she is pregnant, and until the child's sponsorship is guaranteed. And if a woman commits illegal sex, she should not be stoned until she delivers what is in her womb and until her child's sponsorship is guaranteed.”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
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The aforementioned narration is considered weak by most researchers; however, regarding this matter, it is narrated in Sahih Muslim that when the crime of adultery was committed by Hazrat Ghamidiyyah radi Allahu anha and she presented herself and confessed, saying that she was pregnant, the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam postponed the prescribed punishment (hadd) until the birth. After the birth, when an Ansari companion accepted the responsibility of raising the child, then Ghamidiyyah radi Allahu anha was stoned. (Sahih Muslim, Hudud, Chapter: One who confesses to adultery, Hadith: 1695)
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 2694