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O Prophet, if believing women come to you, pledging allegiance to you that they will not ascribe anything as partner to Allahu ta’ālā, and that they will not steal, nor commit adultery, nor slay their children, as used to be done during the time of pagandom (jāhiliyya), when they would bury new-born girls alive, fearing ignominy and impoverishment, nor bring any lie that they have invented [originating] between their hands and their legs, that is, [by bringing] a foundling which they then [falsely] ascribe to the husband - it [the lie] is described in terms of a real child, because when a woman gives birth to a child, it falls between her hands and legs; nor disobey you in, doing, what is decent, which is that which concords with obedience to Allahu ta’ālā, such as refraining from wailing, ripping apart [their] clothes [in grief], pulling out [their] hair, tearing open the front of [their] garments or scratching [their] faces, then accept their allegiance - the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" did this [but] in words, and he did not shake hands with any of them - and ask Allahu ta’ālā to forgive them; surely Allahu ta’ālā is Forgiving, Merciful.