[Machine] The child of righteousness does not prefer it except by righteousness.  

لَا يَفْضُلُهُ وَلَدُ الرِّشْدَةِ إِلَّا بِالتَّقْوَى  

[Machine] About the scholars who adhere to the view of the people of Madinah, they used to say about the child of adultery that its origin is indeed an origin of evil, but if its condition and status improve, its testimony becomes valid. They also viewed freeing it as a good deed.  

عَنِ الْفُقَهَاءِ الَّذِينَ يُنْتَهَى إِلَى قَوْلِهِمْ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ كَانُوا يَقُولُونَ فِي وَلَدِ الزِّنَا إِنَّ أَصْلَهُ لَأَصْلُ سُوءٍ وَإِذَا حَسُنَتْ حَالَتُهُ وَمُرُوءَتُهُ جَازَتْ شَهَادَتُهُ وَكَانُوا يَرَوْنَ عِتْقَهُ حَسَنًا