فو الله ما أنت من قريش في اللباب من حسبها ولا كريم منصبها؛ ولقد ادعاك خمسة نفر من قريش، كلهم يزعم أنه أبوك فسئلت أمك عنهم، فقالت كلهم أتاني، فانظروا أشبههم به فألحقوه به، فغلب عليك شبه العاص بن وائل فلحقت به
By God, nowhere in the tribe of Quraysh do you belong to the heart of their noble descent or honorable position. Five men from Quraysh claimed you, each of them alleging he was your father. So your mother was asked about them. ‘Each of them had intercourse with me,’ she replied. ‘Look and see which of them resembles the boy closest. Let the boy belong to him.’ The similarity of al-'As ibn Wa3il prevailed, and so you were said to be his child