Hadith 1939

What Is Unlawful Due To Lineage Is Unlawful Due To Breastfeeding

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Darussalam · Volume 3

9. The Chapters On Marriage

Sunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 1939 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 624

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Source no. 1939 · Volume 4 · Page 439
Sahih
صحيح، صحيح أبي داود (١٧٩٥)

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English translation

1939. It was narrated from 'Urwah bin Zubair that Zainab bint Abi Salamah told him that Umm Habibah told her that she said to the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ: "Marry my sister 'Azzah." The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: "Would you like that?" She said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allâh. I am not the only one living with you and the one who most deserves to share good things with me is my sister." The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "But that is not permissible for me." She said: "But we thought that you wanted to marry Durrah bint Abi Salamah." The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "The daughter of Umm Salamah?" She said: "Yes." The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Even if she were not my step-daughter who is under my care, she would not be permissible for me, because she is the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding. Thuwaibah breastfed both her father and I. So do not offer your sisters and daughters to me for marriage." (Sahih) Another chain of narrator with similar wording.

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1939 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رُمْحٍ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَتْهُ أَنَّ أُمَّ حَبِيبَةَ حَدَّثَتْهَا، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: انْكِحْ أُخْتِي عَزَّةَ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَتُحِبِّينَ ذَلِكِ؟» قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَلَسْتُ لَكَ بِمُخْلِيَةٍ، وَأَحَقُّ مَنْ شَرِكَنِي فِي خَيْرٍ أُخْتِي، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ لَا يَحِلُّ لِي» ، قَالَتْ: فَإِنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَنَّكَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَنْكِحَ دُرَّةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، فَقَالَ: «بِنْتَ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ؟» قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «فَإِنَّهَا لَوْ لَمْ تَكُنْ رَبِيبَتِي فِي حَجْرِي مَا حَلَّتْ لِي، إِنَّهَا لَابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ، أَرْضَعَتْنِي وَأَبَاهَا ثُوَيْبَةُ، فَلَا تَعْرِضْنَ عَلَيَّ أَخَوَاتِكُنَّ وَلَا بَنَاتِكُنَّ» ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ

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Two sisters at one time are not allowed in the marriage bond with the same man. Marriage with the step daughter is not allowed. The marriage with a foster niece is as prohibited as with the real niece. The relations of fosterage must be kept identified lest the marriage mistakenly take place with such a woman that it is not allowed.