Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Selling a Found Child and One Born Out of Wedlock ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَهْ٠ِ عَنْ أَبِي خَدِيجَةَ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ لا يَطِيبُ وَلَدُ الزِّنَا وَلا يَطِيبُ ثَ٠َنُهُ أَبَداً وَالْ٠ْرَازُ لا يَطِيبُ إِلَى سَبْعَةِ آبَاءٍ وَقِيلَ لَهُ وَأَيُّ شَيْ‏ءٍ الْ٠ْرَازُ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ يَكْتَسِبُ ٠ِنْ غَيْرِ حِلِّهِ فَيَتَزَوَّجُ بِهِ أَوْ يَتَسَرَّى بِهِ فَيُولَدُ لَهُ فَذَاكَ الْوَلَدُ هُوَ الْ٠6.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abd Allah from his father from abu al-Jahm from abu Khadijah who has said the following: “I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘One born out of fornication does not recover as well as his price. Al-Mumraz does not recover for seven generations. It was asked, ‘What is al- Mumraz?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘One earns through unlawful ways and with such funds gets married or enjoys it, and a child is born for him.

That child is al-Mumraz.’” ختلف فيه - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/263))