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ahmad:8098 – Khalaf b. al-Walīd > Khālid > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The child of adultery is the worst of the three."  

أحمد:٨٠٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَدُ الزِّنَا أَشَرُّ الثَّلَاثَةِ  

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darimi:3150 – Abū al-Nuʿmān > Abū ʿAwānah > Mughīrah > Ibrāhīm

[Machine] "The child of adultery does not inherit."  

الدارمي:٣١٥٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ مُغِيرَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ

«لَا يُوَرَّثُ وَلَدُ الزِّنَا»  

hakim:2854 – Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnazī > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿUmar b. Abū Salamah from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said, "The child of adultery is the worst of the three."  

الحاكم:٢٨٥٤ – أَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنَزِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَلَدَ الزِّنَا شَرُّ الثَّلَاثَةِ»  

hakim:7055 – ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī > ʿAmr b. ʿAwn al-Wāsiṭī > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿUmar b. Abū Salamah from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The offspring of adultery is the worst of the three."  

الحاكم:٧٠٥٥ – فَأَخْبَرَنَاهُ أَبُو النَّضْرِ الْفَقِيهُ ثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «وَلَدُ الزِّنَا شَرُّ الثَّلَاثَةِ»  

nasai-kubra:4909 – Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm > Jarīr > Suhayl from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The offspring of adultery is the worst of the three."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٩٠٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وَلَدُ الزِّنَا شَرُّ الثَّلَاثَةِ»  

bayhaqi:19989 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-ʿAnazī > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī > Mūsá b. Ismāʿīl > Abū ʿAwānah > ʿUmar b. Abū Salamah from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The offspring of illegal sexual intercourse is the worst of the three."  

البيهقي:١٩٩٨٩ – وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَنَزِيُّ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَدُ الزِّنَا شَرُّ الثَّلَاثَةِ