Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3480
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيْوَةَ، - حِمْصِيٌّ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي وُلِدَ لِي غُلاَمٌ أَسْوَدُ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " فَأَنَّى كَانَ ذَلِكَ " . قَالَ مَا أَدْرِي قَالَ " فَهَلْ لَكَ مِنْ إِبِلٍ " . قَالَ نَعَمْ . قَالَ " فَمَا أَلْوَانُهَا " . قَالَ حُمْرٌ . قَالَ " فَهَلْ فِيهَا جَمَلٌ أَوْرَقُ " . قَالَ فِيهَا إِبِلٌ وُرْقٌ . قَالَ " فَأَنَّى كَانَ ذَلِكَ " . قَالَ مَا أَدْرِي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَكُونَ نَزَعَهُ عِرْقٌ . قَالَ " وَهَذَا لَعَلَّهُ نَزَعَهُ عِرْقٌ " . فَمِنْ أَجْلِهِ قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم هَذَا لاَ يَجُوزُ لِرَجُلٍ أَنْ يَنْتَفِيَ مِنْ وَلَدٍ وُلِدَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَزْعُمَ أَنَّهُ رَأَى فَاحِشَةً .
Ahmad bin Muhammad bin al-Mughirah informed us; Abu Haywah, a man from Hims, narrated to us; Shu'ayb bin Abi Hamzah narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: While we were with the Messenger of Allah, a man stood and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, a black boy has been born to me.’ The Messenger of Allah asked, ‘How do you think that happened?’ He said, ‘I do not know.’ He asked, ‘Do you have camels?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ He asked, ‘What colors are they?’ He said, ‘Red.’ He asked, ‘Are there any gray camels among them?’ He said, ‘There are gray camels among them.’ He asked, ‘How do you think that happened?’ The man said, ‘I do not know, Messenger of Allah, unless an ancestral trait passed it on.’ He said, ‘This one, too, may have inherited an ancestral trait.’ Because of this, the Messenger of Allah ruled: ‘A man may not disavow a child born on his marital bed unless he alleges that he witnessed sexual misconduct.’
Translation notes
The source uses inherited coloring in camels as an analogy for a child's inherited traits.