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Chapter 26- Dead Woman with a Baby Moving Inside Her

alkafi-4381Vol. 3, p. 155

سَأَلْتُ الْعَبْدَ الصَّالِحَ ع عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ تَمُوتُ وَ وَلَدُهَا فِي بَطْنِهَا قَالَ يُشَقُّ بَطْنُهَا وَ يُخْرَجُ وَلَدُهَا.

“I once asked the virtuous servant of Allah about the case of a woman who dies with her child in her womb. He (the Imam) (a.s.), said, ‘Her belly is opened to remove her child.’”

alkafi-4382Vol. 3, p. 155

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمَرْأَةِ تَمُوتُ وَ يَتَحَرَّكُ الْوَلَدُ فِي بَطْنِهَا أَ يُشَقُّ بَطْنُهَا وَ يُسْتَخْرَجُ وَلَدُهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ. - وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ زَادَ فِيهِ‌ يُخْرَجُ الْوَلَدُ وَ يُخَاطُ بَطْنُهَا[1].

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a woman who dies and the baby moves inside her belly; is it prescribed to cut open to take the baby out. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, it must be cut open.’ In the narration of Ibn Abi ‘Umayr it is added that after taking out the baby the cut is stitched to close her b

alkafi-4383Vol. 3, p. 155

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ إِذَا مَاتَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ وَ فِي بَطْنِهَا وَلَدٌ يَتَحَرَّكُ شُقَّ بَطْنُهَا وَ يُخْرَجُ الْوَلَدُ وَ قَالَ فِي الْمَرْأَةِ تَمُوتُ فِي بَطْنِهَا الْوَلَدُ فَيُتَخَوَّفُ عَلَيْهَا قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يُدْخِلَ الرَّجُلُ يَدَهُ فَيُقَطِّعَهُ وَ يُخْرِجَهُ‌[2].

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s.), has said, ‘If a woman dies and in her belly is a child that moves, her belly is cut open to take the baby out.’ He (the Imam), about the case of a woman in whose belly the baby dies and there is fear for her life, has said, ‘A man can use his hand to take