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(Book 36, Hadith 24) #36495
Connecting Fathers to their Children

SUMMARY: Umar ibn al-Khattab said that if a man has intercourse with his slave-girl and then dismisses her, he should still be connected to the child she bears.

Yahya said that Malik related from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn Abdullah ibn Umar from his father that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "What's the matter with men who have intercourse with their slave- girls and then dismiss them? No slave-girl comes to me whose master confesses that he has had intercourse with her but that I connect her child to him, whether or not he has practised coitus interruptus or stopped having intercourse with her".
قَالَ يَحْيَى قَالَ مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ مَا بَالُ رِجَالٍ يَطَئُونَ وَلاَئِدَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَعْزِلُوهُنَّ لاَ تَأْتِينِي وَلِيدَةٌ يَعْتَرِفُ سَيِّدُهَا أَنْ قَدْ أَلَمَّ بِهَا إِلاَّ أَلْحَقْتُ بِهِ وَلَدَهَا فَاعْزِلُوا بَعْدُ أَوِ اتْرُكُوا

TOPICS
intercourse  *  dismiss  *  child  *  slavegirl

QUICK LESSONS:
Take responsibility for your children no matter what the circumstances are.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about connecting fathers to their children even if they have had intercourse with a slave girl and then dismissed her. Umar ibn al-Khattab was surprised by men who would do this and so he said that the father should still be connected to the child she bears. This teaches us that it is important for fathers to take responsibility for their children no matter what the circumstances are. It also teaches us that we should not judge people harshly but instead try our best to help them in any way we can.

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