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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الشهادات
Book of Testimonies
باب: : شهادة ولد الزنا
Chapter: The testimony of a child born of zina
Bayhaqi 21180 — The testimony of a child born of zina
قَدْ مَضَى فِي حَدِيثِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " الْمُؤْمِنُونَ شُهَدَاءُ اللهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ "، وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ عَطَاءٍ وَالشَّعْبِيِّ أَنَّهُمَا قَالَا: " تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ وَلَدِ الزِّنَا ".
It has already passed in the hadith of Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The believers are Allah's witnesses on the earth."
And it has been narrated to us from Ata and al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on them both) that they both said: "The testimony of a child born of zina (an illegitimate child) is permissible."
And it has been narrated to us from Ata and al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on them both) that they both said: "The testimony of a child born of zina (an illegitimate child) is permissible."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، ثنا السَّرَّاجُ، ثنا زِيَادُ بْنُ ⦗٤٢٢⦘ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، فِي وَلَدِ الزِّنَا، قَالَ: " لَا يَفْضُلُهُ وَلَدُ الرِّشْدَةِ إِلَّا بِالتَّقْوَى ".
Al-Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) said concerning a child born of zina that a child of legitimate lineage is superior to him only on the basis of taqwa (God-consciousness).
