Muslim law permits bequests to be made to a child in the womb, provided it is born within certain time…

Under Sunni (Hanafi) Muslim law, a bequest (wasiyat) in favour of an unborn child in the mother's womb is valid provided the child is born alive within 6 months from the date of the will or the death of the testator, as the child is then presumed to have been in existence at the time of the bequest (under Shia law, the child must be born within 10 months, the maximum recognized gestation period). None of the other periods—1 month, 3 months, or 1 year—is the statutory or traditional time limit prescribed under Muslim law for a bequest to a child in the womb.