“Al-Bukhārī, in his History, Ibn Jarīr, Ibn al-Mundhir, Ibn Shāhīn, Ibn Qāniʿ, al-Ṭabarānī, and Ibn Mardawayh also narrated it through Mūsā ibn ʿUlayy ibn Rabāḥ, from his father, from his grandfather: that the Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said to him:

‘What will your child be?’

He replied, ‘O Messenger of Allah, what else could be born to me? Either a boy or a girl.’ He said:

‘Whom will he resemble?’

He replied, ‘O Messenger of Allah, whom else could he resemble? Either his father or his mother.’ Thereupon the Prophet, may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said:

‘Stop! Do not say this. When the sperm-drop settles in the womb, Allah brings before it every line of descent between it and Adam, then fashions its creation in one of those forms. Have you not read this verse in Allah’s Book: “In whatever form He wills, He fashions you”—from among your lineage between you and Adam?!’”

I say: He passed over it—and rightly so—for it is narrated by Muṭahhar ibn al-Haytham al-Ṭāʾī, who said: “Mūsā ibn ʿUlayy ibn Rabāḥ related to us,” through this chain.

This is how it appears in Ibn Jarīr’s exegesis (30/56) and in al-Ṭabarānī’s al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr (5/72/4624). Al-Haythamī said (7/135):

“Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it, and its chain includes Muṭahhar ibn al-Haytham, who is abandoned.”

Al-Ḥāfiẓ said likewise in al-Taqrīb.

In al-Tahdhīb, he mentioned that Abū Saʿīd ibn Yūnus said:

“His hadith is abandoned. He narrated from Mūsā ibn ʿAlī, from his father, from his grandfather, a rejected hadith.”