Hadith 3515

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاق بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، قَالَ : أَنْبَأَنَا جَرِيرٌ ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ ، عَنْ يُوسُفَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ مَوْلًى لَهُمْ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، قَالَ : كَانَتْ لِزَمْعَةَ جَارِيَةٌ يَطَؤُهَا هُوَ ، وَكَانَ يَظُنُّ بِآخَرَ يَقَعُ عَلَيْهَا ، فَجَاءَتْ بِوَلَدٍ شِبْهِ الَّذِي كَانَ يَظُنُّ بِهِ ، فَمَاتَ زَمْعَةُ وَهِيَ حُبْلَى ، فَذَكَرَتْ ذَلِكَ سَوْدَةُ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ ، وَاحْتَجِبِي مِنْهُ يَا سَوْدَةُ ، فَلَيْسَ لَكِ بِأَخٍ " .
´It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin Az-Zubair said:` "Zam'ah had a slave woman with whom he used to have intercourse, but he suspected that someone else was also having intercourse with her. She gave birth to a child who resembled the one whom he suspected. Zam'ah died when she was pregnant, and Sawdah mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah. The Messenger of Allah said: 'The child is the bed's, but veil yourself from him, O Sawdah, for he is not a brother of yours.'"
Hadith Reference سنن نسائي / كتاب الطلاق / 3515
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح لغيره  |  زبیر علی زئی: إسناده حسن
Hadith Takhrij «تفرد بہ النسائي (تحفة الأشراف: 5293)، مسند احمد (4/5) (صحیح) (سابقہ حدیث سے تقویت پاکر یہ صحیح ہے)»
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
“It will be ascribed,” because the master of the house has passed away. There is no longer any possibility of denial. If he were alive and had denied (the child), then the child would not have been ascribed to him, but rather would have been ascribed to the slave woman herself.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 3515