What is the fault of children born of zina?

Question

Question: Children born of an illicit relationship between a man and a woman are called “illegitimate” in the biradari (kinship community) and are expelled from the biradari. I do not understand: the fault is the parents’ — so why does a stain ultimately remain on the boy until the Day of Resurrection?

Answer

Such children bear no fault; whatever punishment there is, it is for those who committed the unlawful act.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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