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What Has Been Related About The Boy Choosing Between His Parents When They Separate

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Darussalam · Volume 3

13. The Chapters On Judgements From The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 31

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1357. Abū Maimūnah narrated from Abū Hurairah who said: "The Prophet ﷺ gave a boy the choice between his father and his mother." (Sahih) [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr, and the grandfather of 'Abdul-Ḥamīd bin Ja'far. [Abū 'Eisā said:] The Hadīth of Abū Hurairah is a Hasan Sahih Hadīth. Abū Maimūnah's name is Sulaim. This is acted upon according to some of the people of knowledge among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others. They said: The boy chooses between his parents when there is a disagreement between them over the custody of the child. This is the view of Aḥmad and Ishāq. They said that if the boy is very young then the mother has more right, and when the boy reaches seven years old then he is given the choice between his parents. Hilāl bin Abī Maimūnah (one of the narrators) is Hilāl bin 'Alī bin Usāmah, of Al-Madīnah, Yaḥya bin Abī Kathīr, Mālik bin Anas and Fulaiḥ bin Sulaimān reported from him.

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١٣٥٧ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ ‌زِيَادِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ، عَنْ ‌هِلَالِ بْنِ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ الثَّعْلَبِيِّ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ ، عَنْ ‌أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ «أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَيَّرَ غُلَامًا» بَيْنَ أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، وَجَدِّ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ. حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ. وَأَبُو مَيْمُونَةَ اسْمُهُ سُلَيْمٌ. وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ؛ قَالُوا: يُخَيَّرُ الْغُلَامُ بَيْنَ أَبَوَيْهِ إِذَا وَقَعَتْ بَيْنَهُمَا الْمُنَازَعَةُ فِي الْوَلَدِ. وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَحْمَدَ، وَإِسْحَاقَ. وَقَالَا: مَا كَانَ الْوَلَدُ صَغِيرًا فَالْأُمُّ أَحَقُّ بِهِ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَ الْغُلَامُ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ خُيِّرَ بَيْنَ أَبَوَيْهِ. هِلَالُ بْنُ أَبِي مَيْمُونَةَ هُوَ: هِلَالُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أُسَامَةَ، وَهُوَ مَدَنِيٌّ، وَقَدْ رَوَى عَنْهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ وَمَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ وَفُلَيْحُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ.

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