Sahih Muslim

Sahih Muslim 63b

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّاءَ بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ، وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ سَعْدٍ، وَأَبِي، بَكْرَةَ كِلاَهُمَا يَقُولُ سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَاىَ، وَوَعَاهُ، قَلْبِي مُحَمَّدًا صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏ مَنِ ادَّعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Yahya ibn Zakariyya ibn Abi Za'idah and Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, from Asim, from Abu Uthman, from Sa'd and Abu Bakrah, both of whom said: My two ears heard it, and my heart retained it: Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Whoever knowingly attributes himself to someone other than his father, knowing that he is not his father, Paradise is forbidden to him.’