[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ asked him, "Do you have any children?" He replied, "O Messenger of Allah, how can I have children? It is possible for me to have either a boy or a girl." The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Who do they resemble?" He replied, "It is possible that they resemble either their mother or their father." The Prophet ﷺ advised him, "Do not say that, for when the sperm settles in the womb, Allah brings it together with every lineage between them and Adam. Have you not read this verse in the Book of Allah, 'In whatever likeness He wills, He makes you.'"  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ «مَا وُلِدَ لَكَ؟» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا عَسَى أَنْ يُولَدَ لِي؟ إِمَّا غُلَامٌ وَإِمَّا جَارِيَةٌ قَالَ «فَمَنْ يُشْبِهُ؟» قَالَ مَا عَسَى أَنْ يُشْبِهَ؟ إِمَّا أُمَّهُ وَإِمَّا أَبَاهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَامَهْ لَا تَقُولَنَّ كَذَلِكَ إِنَّ النُّطْفَةَ إِذَا اسْتَقَرَّتْ فِي الرَّحِمِ أَحْضَرَهَا اللهُ ﷻ كُلَّ نَسَبٍ بَيْنَهُمَا وَبَيْنَ آدَمَ أَمَا قَرَأْتَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ فِي كِتَابَ اللهِ ﷻ {فِي أَيِّ صُورَةٍ مَا شَاءَ رَكَّبَكَ}