4 the wife (khalwah): sleeping together (mabeet); letting loose the curtain (lrkhaus-sutuur) etc. c. The child is born within the minimum or maximum period of gestation. d. There is no legal denial, lian (mutual imprecation) by spouses. Reference was made to the case of Rabiu v. Amadu (2013) 1 SQLR (Pt. 1) Pg. 1 at pp. 6 - 7. It was further argued for the Appellant that even if the marriage was considered as having been solemnized from the day the sadaq (dowry) was paid and thus the Respondent's daughter became the Appellant's legal wife, by law, he is allowed to deny or disown the pregnancy or child if he has good reason to do so and one of the methods of proof to entitle a husband to disown a child is by way of subscribing to the oath of lian (mutual imprecation), that the child was not his own. Reference was made to the Glorious Qur'an Chapter 24 Verse 6, Allah (SWT) said: ? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? 5 ? ?? ? ?? Transliterated thus: Waallatheena yarmoona azwajahum walam yakun lahum shuhadao illa anfusuhum fashahadatu ahadihim arbaau shahadatin biAllahi innahu lamina alssadiqeena. Meaning: And for those who launch a charge against their spouses, and have (in support) no evidence but their own, their solitary evidence (can be received) if they bear witness four times (with an oath) by Allah that they are solemnly telling the truth. See also the case of Rabiu v. Amadu (supra). It was submitted for the Appellant that from the facts of the case as presented by both parties and evidence adduced before the trial Court, the child in question was clearly born out of wedlock. This is because the Respondent's daughter by herself said that before the marriage was contracted, the Appellant had an affair with her five (5) months ago. For ease of reference she stated thus: -