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Warning against claiming someone other than one’s father

ahmad:1553 – Ismāʿīl > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī > Saʿd

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

أحمد:١٥٥٣ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ الْأَحْوَلُ، عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سَعْدًا يَقُولُ

سَمِعَتِ أذُنَايَ وَوَعَى قَلْبِي مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ أَنَّهُ «مَنِ ادَّعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ، وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ، فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ». قَالَ: فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ، فَحَدَّثْتُهُ، فَقَالَ: وَأَنَا سَمِعَتْ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَى قَلْبِي مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ.

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bukhari:6766 – Musaddad > 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:٦٧٦٦ – حَدَّثَنَا 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:63a – ʿAmr al-Nāqid > Hushaym b. Bashīr > Khālid > Abū ʿUthmān

Both of my ears heard the Messenger of Allah saying this: He who claimed the fatherhood of anyone else besides his real father knowingly (committed a great sin) ;Paradise is forbidden to him. Abu Bakra asserted that he too heard it from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him ).

مسلم:٦٣a – حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ قَالَ

لَمَّا ادُّعِيَ زِيَادٌ لَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَا هَذَا الَّذِي صَنَعْتُمْ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعَ أُذُنَاىَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ مَنِ ادَّعَى أَبًا فِي الإِسْلاَمِ غَيْرَ أَبِيهِ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ وَأَنَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ

muslim:63b – Abū 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:٦٣b – حَدَّثَنَا 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:2610 – ʿAlī 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:٢٦١٠ – حَدَّثَنَا 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

ahmad:1454 – Hushaym > Khālid > Abū ʿUthmān > Lammā Ādduʿī Ziyād Laqīt Abū Bakrah > Mā Hadhā al--Adhī Ṣanaʿtum Innī > Saʿd b. Abū Waqqāṣ

Both of my ears heard the Messenger of Allah saying this: He who claimed the fatherhood of anyone else besides his real father knowingly (committed a great sin) ;Paradise is forbidden to him. Abu Bakra asserted that he too heard it from the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him ). (Using translation from Muslim 63a)

أحمد:١٤٥٤ – حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ قَالَ

لَمَّا ادُّعِيَ زِيَادٌ لَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذَا الَّذِي صَنَعْتُمْ؟ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ يَقُولُ سَمِعَ أُذُنِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ مَنِ ادَّعَى أَبًا فِي الْإِسْلامِ غَيْرَ أَبِيهِ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرَةَ وَأَنَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ

Claiming lineage to someone other than one's father

ahmad:1504 – Ismāʿīl 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:١٥٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا 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.

ahmad:20396 – Ismāʿīl > ʿĀṣim al-Aḥwal > Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī > Saʿd > Udhunāy And Waʿá Qalbī > Man Āddaʿá > Ghayr Abīh Wahū Yaʿlam > Ghayr Abīh Wa-al-Jannah ʿAlayh Ḥarām > Falaqīt Abū Bakrah Faḥaddathtuh

“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.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2610)

أحمد:٢٠٣٩٦ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ الْأَحْوَلُ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعْدًا يَقُولُ سَمِعَتْ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَى قَلْبِي

أَنَّ مَنْ ادَّعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ قَالَ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ فَقَالَ وَأَنَا سَمِعَتْ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَى قَلْبِي مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ

ذِكْرُ تَحْرِيمِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا الْجَنَّةَ عَلَى الْمُنْتَمِي إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ

ibnhibban:416 – Shabāb b. Ṣāliḥ > Wahbb. Baqiyyah > Khālid > Khālid > Abū ʿUthmān > Saʿd b. Mālik

[Machine] I heard it with my own ears and my heart absorbed it from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that he said, "Whoever claims to be someone's father in Islam, knowing that he is not his father, Paradise is forbidden for him." I mentioned this to Abu Bakrah, and he said, "I also heard it with my own ears, and my heart absorbed it from the Prophet ﷺ ."

ابن حبّان:٤١٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا شَبَابُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ «مَنِ ادَّعَى أَبًا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ» قَالَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِأَبِي بَكْرَةَ قَالَ وَأَنَا سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ

bayhaqi:15336 – Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. al-Ḥamāmī al-Muqriʾ> Ismāʿīl b. ʿAlī al-Khuṭabī > Ibrāhīm b. Isḥāq al-Ḥarbī > Musaddad > Khālid > Khālid al-Ḥadhhāʾ > 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. (Using translation from Bukhārī 6766)

البيهقي:١٥٣٣٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحَمَامِيِّ الْمُقْرِئُ بِبَغْدَادَ أنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخُطَبِيُّ نا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْحَرْبِيُّ نا مُسَدَّدٌ نا خَالِدٌ نا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنِ ادُّعِيَ إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ قَالَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِأَبِي بَكْرَةَ فَقَالَ سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي

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