أَنَّ رَجُلاً، أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وُلِدَ لِي غُلاَمٌ أَسْوَدُ. فَقَالَ " هَلْ لَكَ مِنْ إِبِلٍ ". قَالَ نَعَمْ. قَالَ " مَا أَلْوَانُهَا ". قَالَ حُمْرٌ. قَالَ " هَلْ فِيهَا مِنْ أَوْرَقَ ". قَالَ نَعَمْ. قَالَ " فَأَنَّى ذَلِكَ ". قَالَ لَعَلَّهُ نَزَعَهُ عِرْقٌ. قَالَ " فَلَعَلَّ ابْنَكَ هَذَا نَزَعَهُ ".
A man came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! A black child has been born for me." TheProphet asked him, "Have you got camels?" The man said, "Yes." The Prophet (ﷺ) asked him, "Whatcolor are they?" The man replied, "Red." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Is there a grey one among them?' Theman replied, "Yes." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whence comes that?" He said, "May be it is because ofheredity." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "May be your latest son has this color because of heredity."