Hadith 3408

(1) The statement: To water the crop of another, etc.: It is stated in Tansiq An-Nizam: Istibra’ in our view applies to a purchased pregnant woman, a pregnant woman from zina, and captive women whose marriages to their non-Muslim husbands were annulled due to Islam or migration, becoming those whom our right hands possess, not to a married pregnant woman, as it is permissible to approach her. Similarly, it is permissible to approach a pregnant woman from zina if the husband is the one who committed zina with her before marriage. Nor does it apply to a Muslim migrant non-Muslim woman who is pregnant, as her marriage is not permissible until she delivers, let alone approaching her, as their marriages among themselves are valid in our view, and her waiting period is delivery. The basis for the prohibition of approaching is the statement that one’s water should not water another’s crop.