What is the ruling if a third party claims lineage for a non-communicative child held in another's possession?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Claims and Evidences

Book 65 · Issue 4 · Bab 1

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Primary text

A claim of lineage by a third party is not accepted because it entails harm to the master (the possessor), and lineage takes precedence over the relationship of manumission (*al-wala'*) in matters of inheritance.