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During the pre-Islamic era, people used to levy taxes on their slave girls' prostitution and when they gave birth to illegitimate children, they used to ascribe the baby to the adulterer if he claimed fatherhood. ‘Utbah ibn Abi Waqqās committed adultery with one of the slave girls of Zam‘ah ibn al-Aswad before Islam. She then gave birth to a baby boy, so ‘Utbah asked his brother Sa‘d to ascribe the boy to his (‘Utbah's) lineage. After the Conquest of Makkah, Sa‘d saw the boy and recognized him because of the great resemblance between him and his brother ‘Utbah. So, he wanted to ascribe the boy to his lineage. ‘Abd ibn Zam‘ah disputed with him over this. Sa‘d provided his evidence which was that his brother admitted that the boy was his son, and stressed that they resembled each other to a great extent. ‘Abd ibn Zam‘ah replied: "The boy is my brother. He was born by my father’s slave girl." The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) looked at the boy and noticed the clear resemblance between him and ‘Utbah. However, he judged that the boy should be attributed to Zam‘ah because the child should belong to the owner of the slave girl. He said: the baby is to be attributed to the owner of the bed, and the adulterer gets loss and failure, and he has no relation to the child. Nonetheless, since he noticed that the boy resembled ‘Utbah, the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the boy's sister Sawdah bint Zam‘ah to veil herself before him, as a precautionary and prudent procedure.

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العربية الفرنسية الإسبانية التركية الأردية الأندونيسية البوسنية الروسية البنغالية الصينية الفارسية