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Sunan an-Nasai 3480 (Book 27, Hadith 92) #18092
Inheritance of Traits

SUMMARY: The hadith is about a man who was born with a black child and the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) taught that it is not allowed to disown a child unless there is proof of immoral act.

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "While we were with the Prophet, a man stood up and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, a black boy has been born to me'. The Messenger of Allah said: 'How did that happen?' He said: 'I do not know'. He said: 'Do you have camels?' He said: 'Yes'. He said: 'What color are they?' He said: 'Red'. He said: 'Are there any gray camels among them?' He said: 'There are some gray camels among them'. He said: 'Where do they come from?' He said: 'I do not know, O Allah's Messenger! Perhaps it is hereditary'. He said: 'Perhaps this is also hereditary'. Because of this, the Messenger of Allah decreed the following: 'It is not allowed for a man, to disown a child who was born on his bed, unless he claimed that he had seen an immoral act (Fahishah)'."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيْوَةَ، - حِمْصِيٌّ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي وُلِدَ لِي غُلاَمٌ أَسْوَدُ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ‏"‏ فَأَنَّى كَانَ ذَلِكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَا أَدْرِي قَالَ ‏"‏ فَهَلْ لَكَ مِنْ إِبِلٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَمَا أَلْوَانُهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ حُمْرٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَهَلْ فِيهَا جَمَلٌ أَوْرَقُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فِيهَا إِبِلٌ وُرْقٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَأَنَّى كَانَ ذَلِكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ مَا أَدْرِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ نَزَعَهُ عِرْقٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَهَذَا لَعَلَّهُ نَزَعَهُ عِرْقٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَمِنْ أَجْلِهِ قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَذَا لاَ يَجُوزُ لِرَجُلٍ أَنْ يَنْتَفِيَ مِنْ وَلَدٍ وُلِدَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَزْعُمَ أَنَّهُ رَأَى فَاحِشَةً
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inheritance  *  traits  *  bed  *  act  *  nasab  *  fahishah

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect your own children regardless of any inherited traits; understand that certain physical characteristics may be passed down through generations; forbid people from disowning their own children without proof of an immoral act being committed by either parent or both parents before or during conception; practice justice and fairness in all matters related to parenting and family life .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith talks about the inheritance of traits from parents to their children. A man came to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and told him that he had given birth to a black baby boy. The Prophet asked him if he owned camels, and when the man said yes, he asked what color they were. When the man said they were red, the Prophet asked if there were any gray camels among them as well. When the man confirmed this, the Prophet explained that just like how some camels are born gray due to hereditary traits from their parents, so too can children be born with certain traits due to hereditary factors from their parents. Therefore, it is not allowed for someone to disown his own child unless there is proof of an immoral act committed by either parent or both parents before or during conception.

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