Ḥawshab narrated from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ghanm, from ʿAmr ibn Khārijah, that the Prophet ﷺ gave a sermon atop his she-camel while I was beneath her neck. She was chewing her cud vigorously, and her saliva was flowing between my shoulders. I heard him say: "Indeed, Allah has given every possessor of a right his right, so there is no bequest to an heir. The child belongs to the bed, and for the fornicator is the stone. And whoever claims [lineage] to other than his father, or affiliates himself to other than his patrons (mawālī) out of aversion to them, upon him is the curse of Allah. Allah will not accept from him any recompense or ransom."

This is a ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ ḥadīth.

And I heard Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan say: Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal said: "There is no harm in the ḥadīth of Shahr ibn Ḥawshab." He said: And I asked Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl about Shahr ibn Ḥawshab, and he declared him trustworthy (waththaqahu) and said: "Only Ibn ʿAwn spoke against him." Then—

(1) Ṣaḥīḥ bi-ghayrihi (authentic due to corroborating evidence). It was recorded by Ibn Mājah (2712), al-Nasāʾī 6/247, and it is in the Musnad of Aḥmad (17663). Ibn Mājah and Aḥmad include the aforementioned addition.

It is supported by the ḥadīth of Abū Umāmah mentioned before it.

His statement: "Indeed, Allah has given every possessor of a right his right, so there is no bequest to an heir" is supported by the ḥadīth of Anas ibn Mālik recorded by Ibn Mājah (2714), which is in the Musnad (22507), and its chain is weak.

His statement: "The child belongs to the bed, and for the fornicator is the stone" has a supporting witness in the ḥadīth of Abū Hurayrah recorded by Aḥmad (7262). See the rest of its supporting witnesses there.

His saying: "beneath her neck" (taḥta jirānihā) — al-jirān is the inner part of the neck. His saying: "she was chewing vigorously" (taqṣaʿu) means intense chewing and pressing some teeth upon others.