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1566. Abū Ayyūb narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: “Whoever separates between a mother and her child, then Allāh will separate between him and his beloved on the Day of Judgement.” (Hasan)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] There is something on this topic from ‘Alī. This Hadīth is Hasan Gharīb.
This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge among
the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ and others. They dislike separating the captives; the mother and her child, the son and the father, and brothers.
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Commentary
The people of knowledge unanimously agree that a mother and child should not be separated until the child reaches the age of maturity. It is not allowed to separate the small children of a slave family from their parents or from each other.
