76 - Rulings concerning breastfeeding

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَانَ عِنْدَهَا، وَأَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ صَوْتَ رَجُلٍ يَسْتَأْذِنُ فِي بَيْتِ حَفْصَةَ، قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، هَذَا رَجُلٌ يَسْتَأْذِنُ فِي بَيْتِكَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: «أُرَاهُ فُلاَنًا»، لِعَمِّ حَفْصَةَ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ، قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: لَوْ كَانَ فُلانٌ حَيًّا - لِعَمِّهَا مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ - دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ؟ فَقَالَ: «نَعَمْ؛ الرَّضَاعَةُ تُحَرِّمُ مَا تُحَرِّمُ الوِلادَةُ» 

‘Āʾishah, the Prophet’s wife, narrated that

1. God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) was with her when she heard the voice of a man seeking permission to enter Ḥafṣah’s home. I said: “Messenger of God, there is a man seeking entry to your home”. God’s Messenger said: “I think he is so-and-so”, (mentioning Ḥafṣah’s uncle through breastfeeding). 2. ꜤĀʾishah said: “Had such-and-such (mentioning her own uncle through breastfeeding) been alive, would he enter my home?” He said: “Yes, breastfeeding blocks marriages in the same way as birth”.

Related by al-Bukhari, 2646; Muslim, 1444.

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