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Warning against claiming a false lineage

ahmad:1497Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Abū ʿUthmān > Saʿd > Abū Bakrah > al-Nabī ﷺ

[AI] "Whoever claims to belong to a father other than his own, while knowing that he is not his father, Paradise is forbidden to him."

أحمد:١٤٩٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الْأَحْوَلِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عُثْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعْدًا وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَأَبَا بَكْرَةَ تَسَوَّرَ حِصْنَ الطَّائِفِ فِي نَاسٍ فَجَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالا سَمِعْنَا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ

«مَنِ ادَّعَى إِلَى أَبٍ غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ، وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ، فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ»

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bukhari:6766Musaddad > Khālid > Ibn ʿAbdullāh > Khālid > Abū ʿUthmān > Saʿd

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Whoever claims to be the son of a person other than his father, and he knows that person is not his father, then Paradise will be forbidden for him." I mentioned that to Abu Bakra, and he said, "My ears heard that and my heart memorized it from Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

البخاري:٦٧٦٦حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ سَعْدٍ ؓ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنِ ادَّعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ وَهْوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ فَذَكَرْتُهُ لأَبِي بَكْرَةَ فَقَالَ وَأَنَا سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَاىَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ

muslim:63bAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Yaḥyá b. Zakariyyāʾ b. Abū Zāʾidah And ʾAbū Muʿāwiyah > ʿĀṣim > Abū ʿUthmān > Saʿd Waʾabī Bakrah > Samiʿath Udhunā Wawaʿāh Qalbī Muḥammad ﷺ > Man Āddaʿá > Ghayr Abīh Wahū Yaʿlam

My ears heard and my hearing preserved it that Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) observed: He who claimed for another one his fatherhood besides his own father knowingly that he was not his father-to him Paradise is forbidden.

مسلم:٦٣bحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّاءَ بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ وَأَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ

عَنْ سَعْدٍ وَأَبِي بَكْرَةَ كِلاَهُمَا يَقُولُ سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَاىَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنِ ادَّعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ

ibnmajah:2610ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Abū Muʿāwiyah > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī > Saʿd And ʾAbā Bakrah Wakul Wāḥid Minhumā > Udhunā Wawaʿá Qalbī Muḥammad ﷺ > Man Āddaʿá > Ghayr Abīh Wahū Yaʿlam

“I heard Sa'd and Abu Bakrah both say that they heard directly from Muhammad ﷺ saying it and memorized: 'Whoever claims to belong to someone other than his father knowing the he is not his father, Paradise will be forbidden to him.”

ابن ماجة:٢٦١٠حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ الأَحْوَلِ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ سَعْدًا وَأَبَا بَكْرَةَ وَكُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا يَقُولُ سَمِعَتْ أُذُنَاىَ وَوَعَى قَلْبِي مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنِ ادَّعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ

Claiming lineage to someone other than one's father

ahmad:1504Ismāʿīl b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī > Saʿd

[AI] My ears heard it and my heart retained it from Muhammad ﷺ that "Whoever claims a father other than his own father, while knowing that he is not his father, Paradise is forbidden to him." He said: I met Abu Bakra, and I told him about it, and he said: My ears also heard it and my heart retained it from Muhammad ﷺ.

أحمد:١٥٠٤حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ الْأَحْوَلُ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، قَالَ: قَالَ سَعْدٌ، وَقَالَ مَرَّةً: سَمِعْتُ سَعْدًا يَقُولُ

سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَنَّهُ «مَنِ ادَّعَى أَبًا غَيْرَ أَبِيهِ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ، فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ». قَالَ: فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ، فَحَدَّثْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: وَأَنَا سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ.

darimi:2902Saʿīd b. ʿĀmir > Shuʿbah > ʿĀṣim > Abū ʿUthmān > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ > Abū Bakrah

[Machine] "This is the branch of the first person who threw an arrow in the way of Allah, and this is the rope of the fortress of Taif to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. Indeed, they both mentioned that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Whoever claims to belong to someone other than his father, knowing that he is not his father, Paradise is forbidden for him.'"

الدارمي:٢٩٠٢أَخْبَرَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ وَعَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ قَالَ

شُعْبَةُ هَذَا أَوَّلُ مَنْ رَمَى بِسَهْمٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَهَذَا تَدَلَّى حِصْنِ الطَّائِفِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّهُمَا حَدَّثَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنِ ادَّعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ»

bazzar:1062
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البزّار:١٠٦٢وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ نَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ نَا بَدْرُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى

اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنَ ادَّعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ وَانْتَمَى إِلَى غَيْرِ مَوَالِيهِ فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ