The lineage of a child born of zina

Question

Question: Zayd had an unlawful relationship with Hamidan. From Zayd’s semen, during this unlawful relationship, a boy, Bakr, was born. Thereafter Zayd made a contract (nikah) with Hamidan. Will Zayd’s son from his first wife, ‘Umar, be called Bakr’s half-brother, and will ‘Umar’s children be Bakr’s nephew and niece or not? That is all.

Answer

Lineage is not established through zina: [ar]عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ: قَامَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ، إِنَّ فُلَانًا ابْنِي، عَاهَرْتُ بِأُمِّهِ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: لَا دَعْوَةَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، ذَهَبَ أَمْرُ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ[/ar] “From ‘Amr…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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