What Has Been Related About Al-Ghilah
Darussalam · Volume 4
26. Chapters On Medicine From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 2077 · Volume 5 · Page 77
Sahih
صحيح انظر ما قبله (٢٠٧٦)
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2077. 'Āishah narrated from Judāmah bint Wahb Al-Asadiyyah that she heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saying: "I intended to prohibit Al-Ghilah until I remembered that the Persians and Romans do that, without any harm to their children.” (Sahih) Mālik said: “Al-Ghilah is when a man touches his wife (sexually) while she is breast-feeding.” (Another chain) with similar meaning. [Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Gharīb.
٢٠٧٧ - حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ أَحْمَدَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ، عَنْ جُدَامَةَ بِنْتِ وَهْبٍ الْأَسَدِيَّةِ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَنْهَى عَنِ الْغِيلَةِ،» حَتَّى ذَكَرْتُ أَنَّ الرُّومَ وَفَارِسَ يَصْنَعُونَ ذَلِكَ، فَلَا يَضُرُّ أَوْلَادَهُمْ. قَالَ مَالِكٌ: وَالْغِيلَةُ أَنْ يَمَسَّ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ وَهِيَ تُرْضِعُ. ١٣٦٦ (م) - قَالَ عِيسَى بْنُ أَحْمَدَ: وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عِيسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ نَحْوَهُ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.
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Ghilah, and Ghil means the condition where a person has intercourse with his wife while she is breast-feeding. Ibn Sakit, on the other hand, states that it means the act of breast-feeding done by a woman during pregnancy (See Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi, v.3, p.173). The fact of the matter is that if a husband has intercourse with his breast-feeding wife, she may become pregnant as a result, which can adversely affect the quality of her milk, and cause harm to the fetus. It is not, however, a matter prohibited in the Islamic Sharī‘ah.