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Foster-Feeding Prohibits What Lineage Prohibits

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Darussalam · Volume 2

12. THE BOOK OF MARRIAGE

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2056 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 221

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2056. Umm Salamah narrated: "Umm Habibah said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, are you interested in my sister?' He said: 'For what?' She said: 'To marry her.' He said: 'Your sister?' She said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Would you like that?' She said: 'I am not the only one (married) to you, and the person whom I love most to share good fortune with me is my sister.' He said: 'But she is not permitted for me.' She replied: 'But by Allāh, I have been informed that you are going to propose for Durrah — or Dhurrah, Zuhair (one of the narrators) was in doubt — bint Abī Salamah.' He said: 'The daughter of Umm Salamah?' She said: 'Yes.' He said: 'By Allāh, even if she were not my step-daughter that was living with me, even then she would not be permitted for me. She is the daughter of my foster-brother, for her father and I were both breast-fed by Thuwaibah. So do not present you daughters or sisters to me.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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2056 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، أَنَّ أُمَّ حَبِيبَةَ، قَالَتْ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، هَلْ لَكَ فِي أُخْتِي؟ قَالَ: «فَأَفْعَلُ مَاذَا؟»، قَالَتْ: فَتَنْكِحُهَا، قَالَ: «أُخْتَكِ؟»، قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: «أَوَتُحِبِّينَ ذَلِكَ؟»، قَالَتْ: لَسْتُ بِمُخْلِيَةٍ بِكَ وَأَحَبُّ مَنْ شَرِكَنِي فِي خَيْرٍ أُخْتِي، قَالَ: «فَإِنَّهَا لَا تَحِلُّ لِي»، قَالَتْ : فَوَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّكَ تَخْطُبُ دُرَّةَ - أَوْ ذُرَّةَ - شَكَّ زُهَيْرٌ بِنْتَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: «بِنْتَ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ؟»، قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: «أَمَا وَاللَّهِ لَوْ لَمْ تَكُنْ رَبِيبَتِي فِي حِجْرِي، مَا حَلَّتْ لِي إِنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ، أَرْضَعَتْنِي وَأَبَاهَا ثُوَيْبَةُ، فَلَا تَعْرِضْنَة عَلَيَّ بَنَاتِكُنَّ وَلَا أَخَوَاتِكُنَّ»

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Rabībah (step-daughter) that is, the daughter of one's wife from her previous husband, is also unlawful when her mother is married to him.