Hadith / Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba / 9:1671

Musannaf Ibn Abi Shayba 9:1671

The Book of Marriage

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Hadith 9:1671

Waki’ narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Hammad and al-Hakam, who both said: "If he acknowledges his child, then denies him..." Al-Hakam said: "He is to be lashed." Hammad said: "The child is binding upon him by the acknowledgment, and he must perform *li’an* (imprecation)." And he mentioned that Sufyan used to say this.

حدثنا وكيع عن سفيان عن حماد والحكم قالا إذا أقر بولده ثم نفاه قال الحكم يضرب وقال حماد يلزم الولد بالاقرار ويلاعن وذكر أن سفيان كان يقوله