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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب العدد
Book of Waiting Periods
باب: ما جاء في قول الله عز وجل: {ولا يحل لهن أن يكتمن ما خلق الله في أرحامهن}
Chapter: The words of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "And it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allah has created in their wombs"
Bayhaqi 15413 — The words of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic
قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: وَكَانَ بَيِّنًا فِي الْآيَةِ بِالتَّنْزِيلِ أَنَّهُ لَا يَحِلُّ لِلْمُطَلَّقَةِ أَنْ تَكْتُمَ مَا فِي رَحِمِهَا مِنَ الْمَحِيضِ وَذَلِكَ يَحْتَمِلُ الْحَمْلَ مَعَ الْحَيْضِ، وَرُوِيَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ فِي قَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ⦗690⦘: {وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَهُنَّ أَنْ يَكْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ اللهُ فِي أَرْحَامِهِنَّ} [البقرة: 228] الْمَرْأَةُ الْمُطَلَّقَةُ لَا يَحِلُّ لَهَا أَنْ تَقُولَ أَنَا حُبْلَى وَلَيْسَتْ بِحُبْلَى وَلَا لَسْتُ بِحُبْلَى وَهِيَ حُبْلَى وَلَا أَنَا حَائِضٌ وَلَيْسَتْ بِحَائِضٍ وَلَا لَسْتُ بِحَائِضٍ وَهِيَ حَائِضٌ.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "And it was clear from the revelation of the verse that it is not lawful for a divorced woman to conceal the menstruation that is in her womb, and this also includes the possibility of pregnancy along with menstruation."
And it is narrated from Sa'id bin Salim, from Ibn Jurayj, from Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said, concerning the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "And it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allah has created in their wombs" [Surah al-Baqarah: 228]: "It is not lawful for a divorced woman to say: I am pregnant, when she is not pregnant; nor: I am not pregnant, when she is pregnant; nor: I am menstruating, when she is not menstruating; nor: I am not menstruating, when she is menstruating."
And it is narrated from Sa'id bin Salim, from Ibn Jurayj, from Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) that he said, concerning the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "And it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allah has created in their wombs" [Surah al-Baqarah: 228]: "It is not lawful for a divorced woman to say: I am pregnant, when she is not pregnant; nor: I am not pregnant, when she is pregnant; nor: I am menstruating, when she is not menstruating; nor: I am not menstruating, when she is menstruating."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرِ بْنُ قَتَادَةَ، أنا أَبُو مَنْصُورٍ النَّضْرَوِيُّ، نا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ نَجْدَةَ، نا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، نا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي قَوْلِهِ: {وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَهُنَّ أَنْ يَكْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ اللهُ فِي أَرْحَامِهِنَّ} [البقرة: ٢٢٨] قَالَ: " أَكْثَرُ مَا عُنِيَ بِهِ الْحَيْضُ ".
It is narrated from Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) that, concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "And it is not lawful for them to conceal what Allah has created in their wombs" [Surah al-Baqarah: 228], he said: Most of what is meant by it is menstruation.
