سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ غَايَةِ الْحَمْلِ بِالْوَلَدِ فِي بَطْنِ أُمِّهِ كَمْ هُوَ فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يَقُولُونَ رُبَّمَا بَقِيَ فِي بَطْنِهَا سِنِينَ فَقَالَ كَذَبُوا أَقْصَى حَدِّ الْحَمْلِ تِسْعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ لَا يَزِيدُ لَحْظَةً وَ لَوْ زَادَ سَاعَةً لَقَتَلَ أُمَّهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ .
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad, from salih Bin Abu Hammad, from Yunus Bin Abdul Rahman, from Abdul Rahman Bin Sayaba, from the one who narrated it, (It has been narrated) from Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the maximum of the pregnancy with the child in the belly of its mother, how much can it be, for the people are saying, ‘Perhaps it remains in her belly for years’. So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘They are lying! The maximum limit of the pregnancy is nine months, not exceeding a moment; and if it were to exceed an hour, it would kill its mother before he comes out’.
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