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bayhaqi:19987Abū Ṭāhir al-Faqīh > Ḥājib b. Aḥmad al-Ṭūsī > ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. Munīb > Jarīr b. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah > Rasūl

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The child of adultery is the worst of three." Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz informed us that Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn Sahl Al-Faqih from Bokhara narrated to us, that Saleh ibn Muhammad Al-Hafiz informed us, that Abu Ar-Rabi'i Az-Zahrani, Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah, and Zuhair ibn Harb said, "Jareer narrated from Suhail ibn Abi Salih, who mentioned something similar to it." He added, "Abu Huraira said, 'Being given a whip in the cause of Allah is dearer to me than emancipating a child of adultery.'"  

البيهقي:١٩٩٨٧أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ حَاجِبُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الطُّوسِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحِيمِ بْنُ مُنِيبٍ ثنا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ أنبأ سُهَيْلُ بْنُ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَلَدُ الزِّنَا شَرُّ الثَّلَاثَةِ 19988 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو نَصْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ الْفَقِيهُ بِبُخَارَى ثنا صَالِحُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو الرَّبِيعِ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ قَالُوا ثنا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمِثْلِهِ زَادَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ لَأَنْ أُمَتِّعَ بِسَوْطٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أَحَبُّ إِلِيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أُعْتِقَ وَلَدَ زِنْيَةٍ