Hadith 502

(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ ، أَنْبَأَنَا مَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي رَبَاحٌ ، قَالَ : زَوَّجَنِي مَوْلَايَ جَارِيَةً رُومِيَّةً ، فَوَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا ، فَوَلَدَتْ لِي غُلَامًا أَسْوَدَ مِثْلِي ، فَسَمَّيْتُهُ : عَبْدَ اللَّهِ ، ثُمَّ وَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا ، فَوَلَدَتْ لِي غُلَامًا أَسْوَدَ مِثْلِي ، فَسَمَّيْتُهُ : عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ ، ثُمَّ طَبِنَ لِي غُلَامٌ رُومِيٌّ ، قَالَ : حَسِبْتُهُ قَالَ : لِأَهْلِي رُومِيٌّ ، يُقَالُ لَهُ : يُوحَنَّسُ ، فَرَاطَنَهَا بِلِسَانِهِ يَعْنِي بِالرُّومِيَّةِ ، فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا فَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ غُلَامًا أَحْمَرَ ، كَأَنَّهُ وَزَغَةٌ مِنَ الْوَزَغَاتِ ، فَقُلْتُ لَهَا : مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَتْ : هَذَا مِنْ يُوحَنَّسَ ، قَالَ : فَارْتَفَعْنَا إِلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ، وَأَقَرَّا جَمِيعًا ، فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ : إِنْ شِئْتُمْ قَضَيْتُ بَيْنَكُمْ بِقَضِيَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَضَى " أَنَّ الْوَلَدَ لِلْفِرَاشِ " ، قَالَ : حَسِبْتُهُ قَالَ : وَجَلَدَهُمَا .
Rabah says that my master married me to his Roman slave girl. I went to her, and a dark-skinned boy like me was born to her. I named him Abdullah. When the opportunity arose again, another dark-skinned boy was born, and I named him Ubaidullah. Coincidentally, my wife became the object of affection for my master's Roman slave, whose name was Yuhannas. He won her over in his own language. So this time, the child that was born resembled the complexion of the Romans. I asked my wife, "What is this?" She said, "This is Yuhannas's child." We presented this matter before Sayyiduna Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him. He said, "Are you satisfied that I judge between you as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) judged?" The decision of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is that the child belongs to the owner of the bed. And, it seems, he also had both of them flogged.
Hadith Reference مسند احمد / مسند الخلفاء الراشدين / 502
Hadith Grading حکم دارالسلام: إسناده ضعيف لجهالة رباح، وللمرفوع شاهد من حديث أبى هريرة متفق عليه