Why she had persuaded Hanzala to make a statement in the presence of four women?

Why she had persuaded Hanzala to make a statement in the presence of four women? Jamila said, “When the dawn was about to break I dreamt that the sky had split, and that Hanzala was entering through this gap. When he went inside, the gap closed. I concluded from this vision that Hanzala would be martyred.

I asked Hanzala to make the statement so that if I were widowed people would know that the child that would be born to me was fathered by my husband, Hanzala.”[1] After that episode the days passed away soon and a male child was born to Jamila, whom she named Abdullah. In the [1] Biharul Anwar Vol. 20, Pg. 55, Al-Isabah Vol. 1, Pg. 36 year 63 Hijrah, Abdullah ibn Hanzala was sent by the…