Hadith / Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba / 19:298
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 19:298
Book of Hudud (Prescribed Punishments)
كتاب الحدود
Hadith 19:298
Abu Bakr narrated to us, he said: Hushaym narrated to us, from Isma'il ibn Salim, that there were two men between whom there was a dispute. One of them said: "There is no child born in Kufa who is a child of adultery except that the other [man] resembles him." The other said: "If what is with the other were uncovered, it would be an immoral act, except that I would recognize it." So Al-Sha'bi was asked about that, and he said: "There is no prescribed punishment (*hadd*) upon either of them."
حدثنا أبو بكر قال حدثنا هشيم عن إسماعيل بن سالم أن رجلين كان بينهما لحاء فقال أحدهما ما ولد بالكوفة ولد زنا إلا في الآخر شبه منه وقال الآخر لو كشف ما عند الآخر فاجرة إلا عرفته فسئل عن ذلك الشعبي فقال ليس على واحد منهما حد