Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3479
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي فَزَارَةَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ إِنَّ امْرَأَتِي وَلَدَتْ غُلاَمًا أَسْوَدَ . وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ الاِنْتِفَاءَ مِنْهُ . فَقَالَ " هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ إِبِلٍ " . قَالَ نَعَمْ . قَالَ " مَا أَلْوَانُهَا " . قَالَ حُمْرٌ . قَالَ " هَلْ فِيهَا مِنْ أَوْرَقَ " . قَالَ فِيهَا ذَوْدٌ وُرْقٌ . قَالَ " فَمَا ذَاكَ تُرَى " . قَالَ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ نَزَعَهَا عِرْقٌ . قَالَ " فَلَعَلَّ هَذَا أَنْ يَكُونَ نَزَعَهُ عِرْقٌ " . قَالَ فَلَمْ يُرَخِّصْ لَهُ فِي الاِنْتِفَاءِ مِنْهُ .
Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Bazee' informed us; Yazid bin Zuray narrated to us; Ma'mar narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: A man from Banu Fazara came to the Prophet and said, ‘My wife has given birth to a black boy,’ intending to disavow him. The Prophet asked, ‘Do you have camels?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ He asked, ‘What color are they?’ He said, ‘Red.’ He asked, ‘Are there any gray ones among them?’ He said, ‘There is a herd of gray camels among them.’ He asked, ‘How do you think that came about?’ The man said, ‘Perhaps an ancestral trait passed it on.’ He said, ‘Then perhaps this one, too, inherited an ancestral trait.’ The Prophet did not grant him permission to disavow the boy.
Translation notes
The source uses inherited coloring in camels as an analogy for a child's inherited traits.