Hadith #45

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Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that a bedouin came to Allah's Messenger ﷺ and said, "My wife has delivered a black boy, and I suspect that he is not my child." Allah's Messenger ﷺ said to him, "Have you got camels?" The bedouin said, "Yes." the Prophet ﷺ said, "What color are they?" The bedouin said, "They are red." the Prophet ﷺ said, "Are any of them Grey?" He said, "There are Grey ones among them." the Prophet ﷺ said, "Whence do you think this color came to them?" The bedouin said, "O Allah's Messenger ﷺ! It resulted from hereditary disposition." the Prophet ﷺ said, "And this (i.e., your child) has inherited his color from his ancestors." the Prophet ﷺ did not allow him to deny his paternity of the child