Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) gave a verdict regarding a woman who was a virgin and had married an old man. The woman became pregnant. The old man claimed, "I did not have intercourse with her." The woman was asked, "Has your virginity been lost?" The woman replied, "No." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered women to examine her. They reported that she was indeed a virgin. Then Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "There are two passages in a woman's body: the passage of menstruation and the passage of urine. It is possible that the man ejaculated at the place of menstruation (i.e., at the entrance of the vagina) and the woman became pregnant." Then the old man was asked, and he said, "I used to ejaculate semen on her vagina." Thus, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) ruled: "The woman remains a virgin, and the pregnancy is from your (the old man's) semen, and this child will be yours."