(قلت: إسناده صحيح على شرط الشيخين؛ إلا الزيادة فهي على شرط
البخاري وحده. وعلقها في "صحيحه". وصححها الحافظ ابن حجر، وقال المنذري وابن القيم: "ورجال إسنادها ثقات")
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2273. 'Aishah narrated: "Sa'd bin Abī Waqqāṣ and 'Abd bin Zam'ah contended in front of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ regarding a son that was born to the slave woman of Zam'ah. Sa'd said: 'My
brother 'Utbah commanded me to find the son of the slave woman of Zam'ah when I arrive in Makkah and take him, because he is his son.' And 'Abd bin Zam'ah said: 'He is my brother, the son of my father's slave woman. He was born in my father's bed.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saw clearly that he resembled 'Utbah, but said: 'The child is ascribed to the bed, and the Hajar (stone) is for the Āhir (fornicator).[1] O Sawdah! Wear your Hijāb in front of him.'" Musad-dad (one of the narrators) added: "He is your brother, O 'Abd." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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All these cases date back to the Age of Jāhiliyyah when such nasty things were common and the pagans did not feel ashamed of children born out of wedlock. But Islam has ruled the child "belongs to the owner of the bed." From the face of the child in the afore-mentioned case, it appeared that he was the son of 'Utbah, and that he was an illegitimate child, but in his case the rule was followed and he was given over to "the owner of the bed."
