And Allāh knows best. the statement "A child of fornication will not enter Paradise" is not to be taken at face value. Rather, it refers to someone who is so engrossed in fornication that it becomes predominant in their life, thus earning the attribution to it, so it is said: he is a child of it. Just as those deeply involved in worldly matters are attributed to the world, being called "children of the world" due to their knowledge and involvement in it, and as a traveler is called "son of the road," similarly, a child of fornication is said of someone who is deeply engaged in fornication until it becomes a defining trait. This is the intended meaning of "will not enter Paradise," and it does not refer to one born from fornication who is not among those engaged in it, as clarified in the preceding ḥadīth. I derived this understanding from the words of Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṭaḥāwī and his explanation of this ḥadīth. And Allāh knows best. Then I found another supporting evidence for the ḥadīth without the addition, and its wording is: "Will not enter the sacred enclosure: one who is addicted to wine, one who is undutiful to parents, and one who reminds others of his generosity." It was recorded by Aḥmad (3/226) who said: Hushaym narrated to us, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿAmī narrated from ʿAlī ibn Zayd from Anas ibn Mālik who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said: and he mentioned it. I said: ʿAlī ibn Zayd - who is Ibn Judʿān - is weak. And Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿAmī was mentioned by al-Samʿānī in "al-Ansāb" from his narration from Thābit al-Bunānī, and the narration of Abū al-Naḍr and others from him, so he is obscure. In summary, it is an acceptable supporting evidence. And it is strengthened by what Ibn Khuzaymah recorded in "al-Tawḥīd" (p. 237) from two routes from Khālid ibn al-Ḥārith who said: Shuʿbah narrated to us from Yaʿlá ibn ʿAṭāʾ from Nāfiʿ from ʿUrwah ibn Masʿūd from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr that he said: "Will not enter the sacred enclosure: a drunkard, one who is undutiful, and one who reminds others of his generosity."