Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ الْأَحْوَلُ عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سَعْدًا يَقُولُ سَمِعَتْ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَى قَلْبِي أَنَّ مَنْ ادَّعَى إِلَى غَيْرِ أَبِيهِ وَهُوَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ غَيْرُ أَبِيهِ فَالْجَنَّةُ عَلَيْهِ حَرَامٌ قَالَ فَلَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرَةَ فَحَدَّثْتُهُ فَقَالَ وَأَنَا سَمِعَتْ أُذُنَايَ وَوَعَى قَلْبِي مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.
English Translation
Isma'il narrated to us: 'Asim al-Ahwal narrated to us, from Abu 'Uthman al-Nahdi, who said: I heard Sa'd say: "My ears heard, and my heart retained, that whoever claims descent from someone other than his father, while knowing him not to be his father, Paradise is forbidden to him." He said: I met Abu Bakra and told him of this, and he said: "I too — my ears heard, and my heart retained, from Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him."
