—yet if he later acknowledges it, the child is deemed to belong to whichever of the two husbands makes the claim thereafter, and neither of them incurs the ḥadd for doing so. Some jurists maintained that only the first husband should be subjected to the ḥadd if he affiliates the child to himself, but waiving the penalty for both is the stronger view, for each of them had already consigned the child to the other’s bed. If she delivers the child in less than six months from the day of her second marriage, the second husband has no standing in the matter; in that case, the liʿān is performed solely between her and the first husband.