Manumitting One Who Was Born Out Of Zinā
Darussalam · Volume 4
28. THE BOOKOF MANUMISSIONOF SLAVESSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3963 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 29
Source no. 3963 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
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3963. It was narrated that Abū Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'The illegitimate child is the worst of the three.'" Abū Hurairah said: "Giving a whip for the sake of Allāh is dearer to me than freeing a child of Zinā." (Sahih)
3963 - حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «وَلَدُ الزِّنَا شَرُّ الثَّلَاثَةِ» وَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ: «لَأَنْ أُمَتِّعَ بِسَوْطٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَعْتِقَ وَلَدَ زِنْيَةٍ»
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An illegitimate child should not be deemed evil and corrupt or immoral unless he behaves like his parents, his circumstances of birth are not his fault. Allāh has said: "No bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another." (Sūrat Al-An'ām 6:164.) This narration has a special event as its background. There was a disbeliever who used to tease the Prophet ﷺ. It was brought to the knowledge of the Prophet ﷺ, and on that occasion he said this statement.