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Sahih Muslim 1500c (Book 19, Hadith 26) #10901
Reverting to Strains in Births

SUMMARY: The hadith is about a man who disowned his dark-complexioned child, to which the Prophet (PBUH) responded by asking him if he had any camels and then explaining that the birth of the black child may be due to a strain that it has reverted.

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported: A desert Arab came to Allah's Messenger and said: My wife has given birth to a dark-complexioned child and I have disowned him. Thereupon Allah's Apostle said: Have you any camels? He said: Yes. He said: What is their colour? He said? They are red. He said: Is there anyone dusky among them? He said: Yes. Allah's Messenger said: How has it come about? He said: Messenger of Allah, it is perhaps due to the strain to which it has reverted, whereupon the Prophet said: It (the birth) of the black child may be due to the strain to which he (the child) might have reverted.
وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ، وَحَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، - وَاللَّفْظُ لِحَرْمَلَةَ - قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ، وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ امْرَأَتِي وَلَدَتْ غُلاَمًا أَسْوَدَ وَإِنِّي أَنْكَرْتُهُ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ‏"‏ هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ إِبِلٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَا أَلْوَانُهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ حُمْرٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَهَلْ فِيهَا مِنْ أَوْرَقَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ فَأَنَّى هُوَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ لَعَلَّهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَكُونُ نَزَعَهُ عِرْقٌ لَهُ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ‏"‏ وَهَذَا لَعَلَّهُ يَكُونُ نَزَعَهُ عِرْقٌ لَهُ

TOPICS
birth  *  strains  *  revert  *  wajada  *  aqraa  *  qamarih  *  aswad

QUICK LESSONS:
Accept your children unconditionally regardless of their physical appearance; Love your children no matter what; Do not judge people based on their looks; Respect everyone's differences; Be kind towards others regardless of how they look like; Show compassion towards those around you even if they look different than you do.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about how one should not disown their children based on their physical appearance. The Prophet Muhammad PBUH was asked by a desert Arab who had just given birth to a dark-complexioned child, and he disowned him. To this, the Prophet PBUH asked if he had any camels and what color they were. He then explained that it is possible for children to revert back to strains from their parents or ancestors in terms of physical appearance. This teaches us that we should not judge people based on their physical appearances as it could be something out of our control or something passed down from generations before us. We should also accept our children no matter what they look like as Allah SWT has created them in His perfect image and we must love them unconditionally for who they are.

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