أَنَّ عَبْدَ بْنَ زَمْعَةَ، وَسَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، اخْتَصَمَا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي ابْنِ أَمَةِ زَمْعَةَ فَقَالَ سَعْدٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَوْصَانِي أَخِي إِذَا قَدِمْتُ أَنْ أَنْظُرَ ابْنَ أَمَةِ زَمْعَةَ فَأَقْبِضَهُ، فَإِنَّهُ ابْنِي. وَقَالَ عَبْدُ بْنُ زَمْعَةَ أَخِي وَابْنُ أَمَةِ أَبِي، وُلِدَ عَلَى فِرَاشِ أَبِي. فَرَأَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم شَبَهًا بَيِّنًا فَقَالَ هُوَ لَكَ يَا عَبْدُ بْنَ زَمْعَةَ، الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ، وَاحْتَجِبِي مِنْهُ يَا سَوْدَةُ .
Abu bin Zam`a and Sa`d bin Abi Waqqas carried the case of their claim of the (ownership) of the sonof a slave-girl of Zam`a before the Prophet. Sa`d said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My brother, before hisdeath, told me that when I would return (to Mecca), I should search for the son of the slave-girl ofZam`a and take him into my custody as he was his son." 'Abu bin Zam`a said, 'the is my brother andthe son of the slave-girl of my father, and was born or my father's bed." The Prophet (ﷺ) noticed aresemblance between `Utba and the boy but he said, "O 'Abu bin Zam`a! You will get this boy, as theson goes to the owner of the bed. You, Sauda, screen yourself from the boy."