Chapter on the Liability of a Wet Nurse if She Rolls Over a Child, Causing Death, or Hands the Child Over to Another Wet Nurse Who Then Disappears with the Child

Hadith.5363 - Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Imran Al-Ash'ari narrated from Muhammad ibn Najiyah, who narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali, who narrated from Abd Al-Rahman ibn Salim, who narrated from his father, who narrated from Abu Jafar Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (as), who said: "Any wet nurse of a people who accidentally kills their child while sleeping - by rolling over and causing the child's death - the blood money is to be paid from her personal wealth if she took on nursing for the sake of pride and honor. However, if she undertook nursing due to poverty, then the blood money is upon her family ('Aqilah)."

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Hadith.5364 - Hisham ibn Salim narrated from Sulayman ibn Khalid, who narrated from Abu Abdullah (as), who said: I asked Imam (as) about a man who hired a wet nurse and gave her his child. While the child was with her, the wet nurse went and hired another wet nurse. The second wet nurse disappeared with the child, and it was unknown what happened to the child, and the original wet nurse could not be held accountable. Imam (as) said: "The full blood money (diyyah) is due."

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Hadith.5365 - Hammad narrated from Al-Halabi, who said: Abu Abdullah (as) was asked about a man who hired a wet nurse and entrusted his child to her. She disappeared with the child for several years and then returned with the child. The mother claimed that she did not recognize the child. Imam (as) said: "They do not have the right to reject him; they must accept him, for the wet nurse is trusted."

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