A man who acknowledges his child: those who said he may not then disown him

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that once a man has acknowledged a child as his, he cannot deny him.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said that once a man has acknowledged a child as his, he cannot deny him.

Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) said that if a man has acknowledged the child, or has been congratulated on him, or has held a feast for him, he cannot then disown him.

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that once a man has acknowledged a child as his, even for the blink of an eye, he cannot deny him.

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said that a man came with a son whom he had earlier acknowledged and now wished to deny. People testified that the child had been born in his house, that they had congratulated him on it, and that he had acknowledged him. So Shurayh (may Allah have mercy on him) ruled: Keep your child.

Amir (al-Sha'bi) (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) used to give this same judgement.

Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said that once a man has acknowledged a child as his, he cannot deny him under any circumstances.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said that once a man has acknowledged a child as his, he cannot deny him.

Hammad (may Allah have mercy on him) said that if a man acknowledged the pregnancy, he may still deny it; if he wishes, he can say: I made a mistake about the waiting period.

Hammad (may Allah have mercy on him) said that if a man's slave-concubine's pregnancy becomes apparent, he may deny it after she gives birth as long as he has not acknowledged it; and if he had acknowledged the pregnancy and then wants to deny it after she gives birth, he may do so.

Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) said that if a man acknowledged his child and then denied him, the child is still his.

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said that if a man disowns his child, he will perform li'an with the child's mother if she is alive; and if she has died, the hadd punishment will be carried out on him and the child will be his. If the child is the son of a slave-concubine, he will be a slave.

Hammad and al-Hakam (may Allah have mercy on them both) were asked: If a man acknowledges his child and then denies him, what is the ruling? Al-Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him) said: The hadd punishment will be carried out on him.

Hammad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: By the acknowledgement, the child becomes his, and he will perform li'an.

He mentioned that Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him) also used to say this.

Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: If a man acknowledges a child and then denies him, he is to perform li'an (the mutual imprecation) according to the Book of Allah, and the child will be his according to the judgement of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

Hammad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A man acknowledged a child of his from his slave woman. Then the child grew up to be a man and he married him off, and then he denied him. This denial has no standing, and the child will be his.

Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) said: He may deny the child, even if he has grown up to be a man.

Asim (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A woman came to Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) together with her husband, her father and her mother, and she was pregnant. Her husband said: "She was a slave girl; I was only amusing myself with her." The woman, however, said: "My mother and father married me to him, and he used to come to me and do with me what a man does with his wife." Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) struck the man on the head with his whip and said: "She is your wife, and the child is your child."