(30) باب فِي ادِّعَاءِ وَلَدِ الزِّنَا
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Muhammad bin Rashid through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds "he is the child of fornication for the people of his mother whether she was free or a slave. This attribution of a child to the parents was practiced in the beginning of Islam. The property divided before Islam will not be taken into account. (DE)
Reference (DE): Sunan Abi Dawud 2266 (DE)
In-book reference (DE): Book 13, Hadith 92 (DE)
English translation (DE): Book 12, Hadith 2259 (DE)