A man who denies another man's descent from his father and mother

Abd al-Rahman reports that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The prescribed punishment (hadd) is not applied except on two men: a man who slanders a chaste woman, or a man who denies another man's descent from his father, even if his mother is a slave woman."

Ma'mar reports that al-Zuhri said: "When a man denies another man's descent from his father, the prescribed punishment (hadd) is applied to him, even if the other man's mother is a slave woman."

Hammad reports from Ibrahim concerning a man who said to another: "You are not your father's son," while the other's mother was a slave woman, or a Jewish or Christian woman: that man is not to be lashed.

Sufyan reports from a shaykh of the tribe of Azd that Ibn Hubayrah asked al-Hasan al-Basri and al-Sha'bi about this, and they both said: "He is to be lashed as the prescribed punishment (hadd)." He said this concerning a man who had denied another man's descent from his father while that man's mother was a slave woman.