Testimony With Regard To Breast-feeding
Darussalam · Volume 4
26. The Book Of MarriageSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3330 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 109
Source no. 3330 · Volume 7 · Page 402
Sahih
صحيح الترمذي (١١٦٧) //، الإرواء (٢١٥٤) //
Source no. 3122 · Volume 2 · Page 700
Sahih
(صحيح) - الترمذي ١١٦٧: خ [إرواء الغليل ٢١٥٤].
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3332. It was narrated that 'Uqbah bin Al-Hârith said: I married a woman, then a black woman came to us and said: I breast-fed you both. I went to the Prophet ﷺ and said: I married so and so and a black woman came to me and said: I breast-fed you both. He turned away from me so I came to him from the other side and said: She is lying. He said: "How can you be intimate with your wife when she says that she breast-fed you both? Leave her (divorce her)." (Sahih)
3330 - أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ - قَالَ: وَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ عُقْبَةَ، وَلَكِنِّي لِحَدِيثِ عُبَيْدٍ أَحْفَظُ -، قَالَ: تَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَةً، فَجَاءَتْنَا امْرَأَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ، فَقَالَتْ: إِنِّي قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا، فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي تَزَوَّجْتُ فُلَانَةَ بِنْتَ فُلَانٍ، فَجَاءَتْنِي امْرَأَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ، فَقَالَتْ: إِنِّي قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي، فَأَتَيْتُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ وَجْهِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّهَا كَاذِبَةٌ، قَالَ: «وَكَيْفَ بِهَا وَقَدْ زَعَمَتْ أَنَّهَا قَدْ أَرْضَعَتْكُمَا، دَعْهَا عَنْكَ»
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'Leave her': because fosterage is a concealed matter. To find witnesses for it is not possible. It is specifically so when the breast-feeding woman is a slave-woman. This is because the slave women usually frequent houses. If they observe any child crying, they readily set about suckling it. Apparently, witnesses are not expected on such occasions. Therefore, seeking witnesses upon fosterage is futile. Rather, the claim of a nursing woman would be substantiated by swearing an oath.