English Translation

Asbagh bin al-Faraj narrated to us, he said Ibn Wahb narrated to me, from Yunus, from Ibn Shihab, from Abu Salamah bin Abd al-Rahman, from Hadrat Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be well pleased with him) who said: A Bedouin came to the Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and submitted, "My wife has given birth to a black boy, and I do not acknowledge him (as my own)." The Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) asked: "Do you have camels?" He said, "Yes." He asked: "What is their colour?" He said, "Red." He asked: "Is there any greyish one among them?" He said, "Indeed, there are some greyish ones among them." He declared: "Then where did that colour come from?" He submitted, "O Beloved Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)! Perhaps a hereditary trait drew it (i.e., it came from some ancestral lineage)." He (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) declared: "Then perhaps this (child) too has been drawn by a hereditary trait." And he did not permit him to disown the child.