What Is Unlawful Due To Lineage Is Unlawful Due To Breastfeeding
Darussalam · Volume 3
9. The Chapters On MarriageSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 1938 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 623
Source no. 1938 · Volume 4 · Page 438
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (٦ / ٢٨٤) ، الروض النضير (١١٩٢)
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1938. It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbâs that the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ was offered the daughter of Hamzah bin 'Abdul-Muttalib in marriage, and he said: "She is the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding, and breastfeeding makes unlawful (for marriage) the same things that blood ties make unlawful." (Sahih)
1938 - حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ، وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلَّادٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُرِيدَ عَلَى بِنْتِ حَمْزَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ، فَقَالَ: «إِنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ، وَإِنَّهُ يَحْرُمُ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ مَا يَحْرُمُ مِنَ النَّسَبِ»
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The chief of the martyrs, Hamzah ﷺ was the real paternal uncle of Allâh's Messenger ﷺ. Therefore, the marriage of his daughter should have been legal with the Prophet; that is why 'Ali ﷺ gave this proposal to the Prophet ﷺ. But the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ made it clear that it was possible because of the family lineage relation, but it was impossible due to the prohibition of fosterage. Thuwaibah, the female slave of Abu Lahab, suckled Hamzah ﷺ; she also suckled the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ for a few days. (Lama'ât Sharh Mishkât, Book of Nikâh, chapter: The women prohibited for marriage)