سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 2003
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- 159
Chapter 58
Chapter context: A man who has doubts concerning his child
باب الرَّجُلِ يَشُكُّ فِي وَلَدِهِ
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبَاءَةُ بْنُ كُلَيْبٍ اللَّيْثِيُّ أَبُو غَسَّانَ، عَنْ جُوَيْرِيَةَ بْنِ أَسْمَاءَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، . أَنَّ رَجُلاً، مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَادِيَةِ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ امْرَأَتِي وَلَدَتْ عَلَى فِرَاشِي غُلاَمًا أَسْوَدَ وَإِنَّا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِينَا أَسْوَدُ قَطُّ . قَالَ " هَلْ لَكَ مِنَ إِبِلٍ " . قَالَ نَعَمْ . قَالَ " فَمَا أَلْوَانُهَا " . قَالَ حُمْرٌ . قَالَ " هَلْ فِيهَا أَسْوَدُ " . قَالَ لاَ . قَالَ " فَهَلْ فِيهَا أَوْرَقُ " . قَالَ نَعَمْ . قَالَ " فَأَنَّى كَانَ ذَلِكَ " . قَالَ عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ نَزَعَهُ عِرْقٌ . قَالَ " فَلَعَلَّ ابْنَكَ هَذَا نَزَعَهُ عِرْقٌ " .
Translation
English translation
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that:
a man frorn the desert people came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, my wife has given birth on my bed to a black boy, and there are no black people among my family." He said: "Do you have camels?" He said: "Yes." He said: "What color are they?" He said: "Red." He said: are there any black ones among them?" He said, "No." He said: "Are there any grey ones among them?" He said- "Yes." He said "How is that?" He said: "Perhaps it is hereditary." He said: "Perhaps (the color of) this son of yours is also hereditary."
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Where is this hadith found?
This is Hadith 2003 in Sunan Ibn Majah. It appears in Book 9, The Chapters on Marriage, as in-book entry 159 under the chapter “A man who has doubts concerning his child.”
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Source and grading notes
English : Vol. 3, Book 9, Hadith 2003 Arabic : Book 9, Hadith 2081
- Al-Albani:
- Sahih
- Muhammad Fouad Abd al-Baqi:
- Hasan Sahih
- Shuaib Al Arnaut:
- Sahih Lighairihi
- Zubair Ali Zai:
- Isnaad Hasan
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