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Jami' at-TirmidhiChapters On Inheritance

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2113

Chapter: What has been Related About Invalidating Inheritance For the Child Of Zina (illegitimate Sexual Relations)

Differing grades 3 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2113

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Amr

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قال حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏

"‏ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ عَاهَرَ بِحُرَّةٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ فَالْوَلَدُ وَلَدُ زِنَا لاَ يَرِثُ وَلاَ يُورَثُ ‏"

Amr bin Shu'aib narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah(S.A.W) said:

"Any man who fornicates with a free woman, or a slave woman, then the child born from Zina does not inherit, nor is it inherited from."

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 2113).

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Classical commentary

Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ عَاهَرَ ) بِصِيغَةِ الْمَاضِي مِنْ بَابِ الْمُفَاعَلَةِ أَيْ زَنَى. قَالَ الْجَزَرِيُّ فِي النِّهَايَةِ : الْعَاهِرُ الزَّانِي , وَقَدْ عَهَرَ يَعْهَرُ عَهْرًا وَعُهُورًا إِذَا أَتَى الْمَرْأَةَ لَيْلًا لِلْفُجُورِ بِهَا , ثُمَّ غَلَبَ عَلَى الزِّنَا مُطْلَقًا ( فَالْوَلَدُ وَلَدُ زِنًا لَا يَرِثُ ) أَيْ مِنْ الْأَبِ ( وَلَا يُورَثُ ) بِفَتْحِ الرَّاءِ وَقِيلَ بِكَسْرِهَا , قَالَهُ اِبْنُ الْمَلَكِ : أَيْ لَا يَرِثُ ذَلِكَ الْوَلَدُ مِنْ الْوَاطِئِ وَلَا مِنْ أَقَارِبِهِ إِذْ الْوِرَاثَةُ بِالنَّسَبِ وَلَا نَسَبَ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الزَّانِي , وَلَا يَرِثُ الْوَاطِئُ وَلَا أَقَارِبُهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْوَلَدِ وَالْحَدِيثُ فِي سَنَدِهِ اِبْنُ لَهِيعَةَ وَفِيهِ مَقَالٌ…

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Scholars’ grades

The 3 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2113
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 2113
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2113

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