Is resemblance based on one of the relatives of the man or the woman if their seminal fluid precedes [the other's], and does the Hadith mean that the newborn does not carry shared traits from the mother and the father?
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It is established that resemblance can be to the father or his relatives, and to the mother or her relatives. In Muslim, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "If her fluid dominates the man's fluid, the child will resemble its maternal uncles. And if the man's fluid dominates hers, it will resemble its paternal uncles."
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