My people married me to a Roman slave-girl of theirs. I had intercourse with her, and she gave birth to a black (male) child like me. I named it Abdullah. I again had intercourse with her, and she gave birth to a black (male) child like me. I named it Ubaydullah. Then a Roman slave of my people, called Yuhannah, incited her, and spoke to her in his own unintelligible language. She gave birth to a son like a chameleon (red). I asked her: What is this? She replied: This belongs to Yuhannah. We then brought the case to Uthman (for a decision). I think Mahdi said these words. He inquired from both of them, and they acknowledged (the facts). He then said to them: Do you agree that I take the decision about you, which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had taken? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ decided that the child was to attributed to the one on whose bed it was born. And I think he said: He flogged her and flogged him, for they were slaves.  

زَوَّجَنِي أَهْلِي أَمَةً لَهُمْ رُومِيَّةً فَوَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَوَلَدَتْ غُلاَمًا أَسْوَدَ مِثْلِي فَسَمَّيْتُهُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ وَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَوَلَدَتْ غُلاَمًا أَسْوَدَ مِثْلِي فَسَمَّيْتُهُ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ طَبَنَ لَهَا غُلاَمٌ لأَهْلِي رُومِيٌّ يُقَالُ لَهُ يُوحَنَّهْ فَرَاطَنَهَا بِلِسَانِهِ فَوَلَدَتْ غُلاَمًا كَأَنَّهُ وَزَغَةٌ مِنَ الْوَزَغَاتِ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا مَا هَذَا فَقَالَتْ هَذَا لِيُوحَنَّهْ فَرَفَعْنَا إِلَى عُثْمَانَ أَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ مَهْدِيٌّ قَالَ فَسَأَلَهُمَا فَاعْتَرَفَا فَقَالَ لَهُمَا أَتَرْضَيَانِ أَنْ أَقْضِيَ بَيْنَكُمَا بِقَضَاءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَضَى أَنَّ الْوَلَدَ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَأَحْسِبُهُ قَالَ فَجَلَدَهَا وَجَلَدَهُ وَكَانَا مَمْلُوكَيْنِ  

My masters married me to a Roman slave girl of theirs and she bore me a black boy. Then she fell in love with a Roman slave whose name was Yuhannas, and he spoke to her in their language. Then she got pregnant. She had borne me a child who was black like me, then she gave birth to a boy who looked like a lizard (i.e., was very fair). I said to her: What is this? She said: He is the child of Yuhannas. I asked Yuhannas and he admitted it, I went to ‘Uthman bin ‘Affan ؓ and told him about that. He sent for them and asked them, then he said: I will pass judgement between you according to the judgement of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; the child is to be attributed to the (husband of the) woman, and the fornicator gets nothing. He attributed the child to me and flogged them both. then later on she gave birth to a black chıld  

زَوَّجَنِي أَهْلِي أَمَةً لَهُمْ رُومِيَّةً وَلَدَتْ لِي غُلامًا أَسْوَدَ فَعَلِقَهَا عَبْدٌ رُومِيٌّ يُقَالُ لَهُ يُوحَنَّسُ فَجَعَلَ يُرَاطِنُهَا بِالرُّومِيَّةِ فَحَمَلَتْ وَقَدْ كَانَتْ وَلَدَتْ لِي غُلامًا أَسْوَدَ مِثْلِي فَجَاءَتْ بِغُلامٍ كَأَنَّهُ وَزَغَةٌ مِنَ الْوُزْغَانِ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا مَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالَتْ هُوَ مِنْ يُوحَنَّسَ فَسَأَلْتُ يُوحَنَّسَ فَاعْتَرَفَ فَأَتَيْتُ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ عَفَّانَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِمَا فَسَأَلَهُمَا ثُمَّ قَالَ سَأَقْضِي بَيْنَكُمَا بِقَضَاءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ فَأَلْحَقَهُ بِي قَالَ فَجَلَدَهُمَا فَوَلَدَتْ لِي بَعْدُ غُلامًا أَسْوَدَ  

My masters married me to a Roman slave girl of theirs. I was intimate with her and she bore me a boy who was black like me and I named him ʿAbdullah. Then I was intimate with her again and she bore me a boy who was black like me, and I named him ‘Ubaidullah. My masters had a Roman slave whose name was Yuhannas, who spoke to her in his language, i.e. the Roman language. Then he was intimate with her and she bore him a boy who was red like a lizard. I said to her: What is this? She said: He is the child of Yuhannas. So we referred the case to Ameer al Muʿmineen ʿUthman ؓ and they both confessed. He said: Will you agree to me passing judgement between you according to the judgement of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ?He said:The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that the child be attributed to the (husband of the) woman. And he flogged them.  

زَوَّجَنِي مَوْلايَ جَارِيَةً رُومِيَّةً فَوَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَوَلَدَتْ لِي غُلامًا أَسْوَدَ مِثْلِي فَسَمَّيْتُهُ عَبْدَ اللهِ ثُمَّ وَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَوَلَدَتْ لِي غُلامًا أَسْوَدَ مِثْلِي فَسَمَّيْتُهُ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ ثُمَّ طَبِنَ لِي غُلامٌ رُومِيٌّ قَالَ حَسِبْتُهُ قَالَ لِأَهْلِي رُومِيٌّ يُقَالُ لَهُ يُوحَنَّسُ فَرَاطَنَهَا بِلِسَانِهِ يَعْنِي بِالرُّومِيَّةِ فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهَا فَوَلَدَتْ لَهُ غُلامًا أَحْمَرَ كَأَنَّهُ وَزَغَةٌ مِنَ الْوُزْغَانِ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا مَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالَتْ هَذَا مِنْ يُوحَنَّسَ قَالَ فَارْتَفَعْنَا إِلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ وَأَقَرَّا جَمِيعًا فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ إِنْ شِئْتُمْ قَضَيْتُ بَيْنَكُمْ بِقَضِيَّةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى أَنَّ الْوَلَدَ لِلْفِرَاشِ قَالَ حَسِبْتُهُ قَالَ وَجَلَدَهُمَا  

[Machine] "He said, 'My family married me to a Roman slave woman, and I had intercourse with her, and she gave birth to a black boy, like me, so I named him Abdullah. Then I had intercourse with her again, and she gave birth to another black boy, like me, so I named him Ubaydullah.' He said, 'Then she conceived a baby for my family, and they called him Birjees. He defamed her (child) with his tongue, and she gave birth to a boy who looked like a baby falcon, so I asked her, 'What is this?' She said, 'This is the son of Birjees.' It was referred to the Commander of the Believers, Uthman ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him. He said, 'Do you agree that I should judge between you according to the ruling of the Messenger of Allah?' Verily, the Messenger of Allah ruled that the child belongs to the bed (i.e. father). Mahdi said, 'And I think he said, 'And whip both of them.' They were both slaves.' In the narration of the Roudhbaarayy, Yoohannah said, 'I think he said, 'And whip her.' And I think he said, 'And they were both slaves.' And I think he said, 'And they had 15,332.' And Abu Bakr ibn Furak informed us, 'I am Abdullah ibn Ja'far, Yunus ibn Habib informed me, Abu Dawood informed me, and Jarir ibn Hazim and Mahdi ibn Maymoon narrated from Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Ya'qoub, from Rabah, who mentioned it in its meaning.' He said, 'Verily, the Messenger of Allah ruled that the child belongs to the bed (i.e. the father), and the stone belongs to the adulteress. He is your son, you inherit him, and he inherits you.' I said, 'Glory be to Allah.' He said, 'That's it.' So I used to favor him between them (the two black boys) and this one (the white boy). Allah knows best."  

أَنَّهُ قَالَ زَوَّجَنِي أَهْلِي أَمَةً لَهُمْ رُومِيَّةً فَوَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَوَلَدَتْ لِي غُلَامًا أَسْوَدَ مِثْلِي فَسَمَّيْتُهُ عَبْدَ اللهِ ثم وَقَعْتُ عَلَيْهَا فَوَلَدَتْ لِي غُلَامًا أَسْوَدَ مِثْلِي فَسَمَّيْتُهُ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ قََالَ فَطَبَنَ لَهَا غُلَامٌ لِأَهْلِي يُقَالُ لَهُ بِرْجِيسَ فَرَاطَنَهَا بِلِسَانِهِ فَوَلَدَتْ غُلَامًا كَأَنَّهُ وَزَغَةٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهَا مَا هَذَا؟ فَقَالَتْ هُوَ ابْنُ بِرْجِيسَ فَرُفِعَتْ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ رَضِيَ اللهُ تعالى عَنْهُ قَالَ أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ فَسَأَلَهَا فَاعْتَرَفَتْ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ ؓ تَرْضَيَانِ أَنْ أَقْضِيَ بَيْنَكُمَا بِقَضَاءِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى أَنَّ الْوَلَدَ لِلْفِرَاشِ قَالَ مَهْدِيٌّ وَأَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ وَجَلَدَهَا وَجَلَدَهُ وَكَانَا مَمْلُوكَيْنِ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ الْمُقْرِئِ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ الرُّوذْبَارِيِّ يُوحَنَّهْ قَالَ أَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ مَهْدِيٌّ فَسَأَلَهُمَا فَاعْتَرَفَا وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ قَالَ فَجَلَدَهَا وَجَلَدَهُ وَأَحْسَبُهُ قَالَ وَكَانَا مَمْلُوكَيْنِ 15332 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ نا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ نا أَبُو دَاوُدَ نا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ وَمَهْدِيُّ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ رَبَاحٍ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى أَنَّ الْوَلَدَ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرَ هُوَ ابْنُكَ تَرِثُهُ وَيَرِثُكَ قُلْتُ سُبْحَانَ اللهِ قَالَ هُوَ ذَاكَ فَكُنْتُ أُنَيِّمُهُ بَيْنَهُمَا هَذَانِ أَسْوَدَانِ وَهَذَا أَبْيَضُ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ