An umm walad whose master dies while she is pregnant: from where is she provided for?

Ibn Sirin (may Allah have mercy on him) held that every pregnant woman is entitled to maintenance. He was put in charge of the umm walad of Ya'la bin Khalid, and he held that she was entitled to maintenance, but he disliked spending on her without the judge. So he sent word to Abd al-Malik bin Ya'la, and he refused her maintenance.

He said: Al-Hasan used to say: She is to be maintained. If she gives birth to the child alive, her maintenance comes from her child's share; and if she gives birth to it stillborn, that is cancelled.

Makhul (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If an umm walad's master dies, her maintenance comes from the share of the one who is in her womb.