Hadith #507
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُوسَى عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَضَى أَنَّ كُلَّ مُسْتَلْحَقٍ يُسْتَلْحَقُ بَعْدَ أَبِيهِ الَّذِي يُدْعَى لَهُ ادَّعَاهُ وَرَثَتُهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَقَضَى إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَمَةٍ يَمْلِكُهَا يَوْمَ أَصَابَهَا فَقَدْ لَحِقَ بِمَنْ اسْتَلْحَقَهُ وَلَيْسَ لَهُ فِيمَا قُسِمَ قَبْلَهُ مِنْ الْمِيرَاثِ شَيْءٌ وَمَا أَدْرَكَ مِنْ مِيرَاثٍ لَمْ يُقْسَمْ فَلَهُ نَصِيبُهُ وَلَا يُلْحَقُ إِذَا كَانَ أَبُوهُ الَّذِي يُدْعَى لَهُ أَنْكَرَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَمَةٍ لَا يَمْلِكُهَا أَوْ مِنْ حُرَّةٍ عَاهَرَ بِهَا فَإِنَّهُ لَا يُلْحَقُ وَلَا يَرِثُ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَبُوهُ الَّذِي يُدْعَى لَهُ هُوَ الَّذِي ادَّعَاهُ وَهُوَ وَلَدُ زِنًا لِأَهْلِ أُمِّهِ مَنْ كَانُوا حُرَّةً أَوْ أَمَةً
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr (رضي الله عنهما) — via Hashim ibn al-Qasim, from Muhammad ibn Rashid, from Sulayman ibn Musa, from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather — that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled: Every [child] whose paternity is claimed [mustalhaq] after the death of the father in whose name the claim is made — if the deceased's heirs make the claim on his behalf — then: If the child is from a slave-woman the father owned on the day he had relations with her, then [the child] is affiliated to the one who claimed him. He is not entitled to any inheritance already distributed before his claim, but he receives his share of any inheritance not yet distributed. He is not affiliated [to the deceased] if the attributed father denied him during his life. If the child is from a slave-woman the man did not own, or from a free woman he committed fornication with — he is not affiliated and does not inherit, even if the attributed father himself was the claimant. Such a child is a child of fornication — belonging to the family of his mother, whether they be free or slave.
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 16, Hadith 507
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 6745
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43135