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bayhaqi:5136Zayd > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Safar b. Nusayr al-Asadī > Rasūl

[Machine] "Verily, the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: 'The child of adultery is the worst of the three. If his parents embrace Islam and he does not, then the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: 'He is the worst of the three.' And it is narrated from Aisha that she said: 'He is not burdened with the sins of his parents.' Allah, may He be exalted, says: 'No bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another.' [Surah Al-An'am 164], meaning the child of adultery. And it is narrated by Ash-Sha'bi, An-Nakha'i, and Az-Zuhri regarding the child of adultery that he will lead prayers."  

البيهقي:٥١٣٦وَبِإِسْنَادِهِ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا زَيْدٌ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي السَّفَرُ بْنُ نُسَيْرٍ الْأَسَدِيُّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ

اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا قَالَ وَلَدُ الزِّنَاءِ شَرُّ الثَّلَاثَةِ إِنْ أَبَوََيْهِ أَسْلَمَا وَلَمْ يُسَلِمْ هُوَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ هُوَ شَرُّ الثَّلَاثَةِ وَهَذَا مُرْسَلٌ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ مَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ وِزْرِ أَبَوَيْهِ شَيْءٌ قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {لَا تَزِرُ وَازِرَةٌ وِزْرَ أُخْرَى} [الأنعام 164] تَعْنِي وَلَدَ الزِّنَاءِ وَعَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ وَالنَّخَعِيِّ وَالزُّهْرِيِّ فِي وَلَدِ الزِّنَاءِ أَنَّهُ يَؤُمُّ