English translation
2064. It was reported from Hajjāj, that he said: "O Messenger of Allāh! What will remove from me the blame of breast-feeding?" He replied: "A slave — male or female." (Hasan)
Darussalam · Volume 2
12. THE BOOK OF MARRIAGESunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2064 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 224
Source no. 2064 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Da‘if
ضعيف //، المشكاة (٣١٧٤) ، ضعيف سنن الترمذي (١٩٦ / ١١٦٩) ، ضعيف سنن النسائي (٢١٣ / ٣٣٢٩) //
Source no. 351 · Volume 2 · Page 200
Da‘if chain
(قلت: إسناده ضعيف؛ لجهالة الحجاج، وأبوه هو: الحجاج بن مالك الأسلمي)
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2064. It was reported from Hajjāj, that he said: "O Messenger of Allāh! What will remove from me the blame of breast-feeding?" He replied: "A slave — male or female." (Hasan)
2064 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، ح وحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ حَجَّاجِ بْنِ حَجَّاجٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، مَا يُذْهِبُ عَنِّي مَذَمَّةَ الرَّضَاعَةِ؟، قَالَ: «الْغُرَّةُ الْعَبْدُ أَوِ الْأَمَةُ». قَالَ النُّفَيْلِيُّ: حَجَّاجُ بْنُ حَجَّاجٍ الْأَسْلَمِيُّ وَهَذَا لَفْظُهُ
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It was the custom of Arabs to send their infants to nearby villages to be suckled and nurtured by Bedouin women. Besides wages, these women also received gifts after the suckling period was over. It is to this gift that this Hadith refers.