Jami' at-Tirmidhi

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2113

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قال حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ عَاهَرَ بِحُرَّةٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ فَالْوَلَدُ وَلَدُ زِنَا لاَ يَرِثُ وَلاَ يُورَثُ ‏" ‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَقَدْ رَوَى غَيْرُ ابْنِ لَهِيعَةَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ ‏.‏ وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّ وَلَدَ الزِّنَا لاَ يَرِثُ مِنْ أَبِيهِ.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Qutaybah narrated to us; Ibn Lahi‘ah narrated to us, from ‘Amr ibn Shu‘ayb, from his father, from his grandfather: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, ‘Any man who has illicit intercourse with a free woman or a bondwoman, the child is born of zina; he neither inherits nor is inherited from.’ Abu ‘Isa said: Others besides Ibn Lahi‘ah also narrated this hadith from ‘Amr ibn Shu‘ayb. Scholars act according to this report, holding that a child born of zina does not inherit from his father.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The source gives the stated ruling and attributes the concluding legal practice to scholars. The terms ‘free woman’ and ‘bondwoman’ reflect the wording of this historical report.

  • ‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَقَدْ رَوَى غَيْرُ ابْنِ لَهِيعَةَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ ‏.

    The source adds that other transmitters narrated the report and describes the practice among scholars; the witness omits this commentary.

    Should these source comments be included? They are translated after the report.