Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi
Bakr from Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman that A'isha, umm al-muminin
informed her that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, was with her and she heard the
voice of a man asking permission to enter the room of
Hafsa. A'isha said that she had said, "Messenger of Allah!
There is a man asking permission to enter your house!" The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "I think it is so-and-so" (referring to a
paternal uncle of Hafsa by suckling). A'isha said,
"Messenger of Allah! If so-and-so were alive (referring to
her paternal uncle by suckling) could he enter where I
am?" The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, "Yes. Suckling makes haram as birth makes
haram."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa
from his father that A'isha, umm al-muminin said, "My
paternal uncle by suckling came to me and I refused to
give him permission to enter until I had asked the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, about it. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, came and I asked him about it. He
said, 'He is your paternal uncle, so give him permission.'
So I said, 'Messenger of Allah! The woman nursed me not
the man.' He said, 'He is your paternal uncle, so let him
enter.' "
A'isha said, "That was after the veil had been imposed
on us."
A'isha added, "What is haram by birth is made haram by
suckling."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from
Urwa ibn az-Zubayr that A'isha umm al-muminin told him
that Aflah, the brother of Abu'l-Quays came and asked
permission to visit her after the veil had been lowered,
and he was her paternal uncle by suckling. She said, "I
refusedto give him permission to enter. When the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came, I
told him about what I had done, and he ordered me to give
him permission to enter."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Thawr ibn Zayd ad-Dili
that Abdullah ibn Abbas said, "The milk which a child
under two years old sucks, even if it is only one suck,
makes the foster relatives haram."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Amr
ibn ash-Sharid that Abdullah ibn Abbas was asked whether,
if a man had two wives, and one of them nursed a
slave-boy, and the other had nursed a slave-girl, could
the slave-boy marry the slave-girl. He said, "No. The
husband is the same."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah
ibn Umar said, "There is no kinship by suckling except for
a person who is nursed when he is small. There is no
kinship by suckling over the age of two years."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Salim ibn
Abdullah ibn Umar informed him that A'isha umm al-muminin
sent him away while he was being nursed to her sister Umm
Kulthum bint Abi Bakr as-Siddiq and said, "Suckle him ten
times so that he can come in to see me."
Salim said, "Umm Kulthum nursed me three times and then
fell ill, so that she only nursed me three times. I could
not go in to see A'isha because Umm Kulthum did not finish
for me the ten times."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Safiyya
bint Abi Ubayd told him that Hafsa, umm al-muminin, sent
Asim ibn Abdullah ibn Sad to her sister Fatima bint Umar
ibn al-Khattab for her to suckle him ten times so that he
could come in to see her. She did it, so he used to come
in to see her.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn
al-Qasim that his father told him that A'isha, the wife of
the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
admitted those whom her sisters and the daughters of her
brother had nursed, and she did not admit those who were
nursed by the wives of her brothers.
Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibrahim ibn Uqba
asked Said ibn al-Musayyab about suckling. Said said, "All
that occurs in the first two years, even if it is only a
drop, makes haram. Whatever is after two years, is only
food that is eaten."
Ibrahim ibn Uqba said, ''Then I asked Urwa ibn
az-Zubayr and he told me the same as what Said ibn al-Musayyab
said."
Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said
that he heard Said ibn al-Musayyab say, "Suckling is only
while the child is in the cradle. If not, it does not
cause flesh and blood relations."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that he
said, "Suckling however little or much, makes haram.
Kinship by suckling makes men mahram."
Yahya said that he had heard Malik say, "Suckling,
however little or much when it is in the first two years,
makes haram. As for what is after the first two years,
little or much, it does not make anything haram. It is
like food."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that he
was asked about the suckling of an older person. He said,
''Urwa ibn az-Zubayr informed me that Abu Hudhayfa ibn
Utba ibn Rabia, one of the companions of the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who was
present at Badr, adopted Salim (who is called Salim, the
mawla of Abu Hudhayfa) as the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, adopted Zayd ibn
Haritha. He thought of him as his son, and Abu Hudhayfa
married him to his brother's sister, Fatima bint al-Walid
ibn Utba ibn Rabia, who was at that time among the first
emigrants. She was one of the best unmarried women of the
Quraysh. When Allah the Exalted sent down in His Book what
He sent down about Zayd ibn Haritha, 'Call them after
their true fathers. That is more equitable in the sight of
Allah. If you do not know who their fathers were then they
are your brothers in the deen and your mawali,' (Sura 33
ayat 5) people in this position were traced back to their
fathers. When the father was not known, they were traced
to their mawla.
"Sahla bint Suhayl who was the wife of Abu Hudhayfa,
and one of the tribe of Amr ibn Luayy, came to the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, and said, 'Messenger of Allah! We think of Salim as
a son and he comes in to see me while I am uncovered. We
only have one room, so what do you think about the
situation?' The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, 'Give him five drinks of your
milk and he will be mahram by it.' She then saw him as a
foster son. A'isha umm al-muminin took that as a precedent
for whatever men she wanted to be able to come to see her.
She ordered her sister, Umm Kulthum bint Abi Bakr as-Siddiq
and the daughters of her brother to give milk to whichever
men she wanted to be able to come in to see her. The rest
of the wives of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, refused to let anyone come in to them by such
nursing. They said, 'No! By Allah! We think that what the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, ordered Sahla bint Suhayl to do was only an
indulgence concerning the nursing of Salim alone. No! By
Allah! No one will come in upon us by such nursing!'
"This is what the wives of the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, thought about the suckling of an
older person."
Yahya related to me from Malik that Abdullah ibn Dinar
said, "A man came to Abdullah ibn Umar when I waswith him
at the place where judgments were given and asked him
about the suckling of an older person. Abdullah ibn Umar
replied, 'A man came to Umar ibn al-Khattab and said, 'I
have a slave-girl and I used to have intercourse with her.
My wife went to her and suckled her. When I went to the
girl, my wife told me to watch out, because she had
suckled her!' Umar told him to beat his wife and to go to
his slave-girl because kinship by suckling was only by the
suckling of the young.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that
a man said to Abu Musa al-Ashari, "I drank some milk from
my wife's breasts and it went into my stomach." Abu Musa
said, "I can only but think that she is haram for you."
Abdullah ibn Masud said, "Look at what opinion you are
giving the man." Abu Musa said, "Then what do you say?"
Abdullah ibn Masud said, "There is only kinship by
suckling in the first two years."
Abu Musa said, "Do not ask me about anything while this
learned man is among you."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar
from Sulayman ibn Yasar and from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr from
A'isha umm al-muminin, that the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, " What is haram
by birth is haram by suckling."
Yahya related to me from Malik that Muhammad ibn Abd
ar-Rahman ibn Nawfal said, ''Urwa ibn az-Zubayr informed
me from A'isha umm al-muminin that Judama bint Wahb al-Asadiyya
informed her that she heard the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'I intended to
prohibit ghila but I remembered that the Greeks and
Persians do that without it causing any injury to their
children.' "
Malik explained, "Ghila is that a man has intercourse
with his wife while she is suckling."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi
Bakr ibn Hazm from Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman that A'isha,
the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "Amongst what was sent down of the Qur'an was
'ten known sucklings make haram' - then it was abrogated
by 'five known sucklings'. When the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, died, it was what
is now recited of the Qur'an."
Yahya said that Malik said, "One does not act on this."
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