Rare Ahadith

قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنِّي تَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَةً فَوَجَدْتُ امْرَأَةً قَدْ أَرْضَعَتْنِي وَ أَرْضَعَتْ أُخْتَهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ كَمْ قَالَ قُلْتُ شَيْئاً يَسِيراً قَالَ بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكَ.

“I once said to abu al-Hassan, al-Madiy (previous) (a.s.), that I have married a woman and found out that she had breastfed me and had breastfed her sister. He (the narrator) has said that he (the Imam) asked, ‘How much had she done so? 5 I replied, ‘It was a little.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘May Allah make it a blessing f

مَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَتَزَوَّجَ أُخْتَ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ.

“About the case of a man who married the sister of his brother of breastfeeding, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘I do not like one’s marriage to the sister of his brother of breastfeeding.’”

قُلْتُ لَهُ أَرْضَعَتْ أُمِّي جَارِيَةً بِلَبَنِي قَالَ هِيَ أُخْتُكَ مِنَ الرَّضَاعِ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ فَتَحِلُّ لِأَخِي مِنْ أُمِّي لَمْ تُرْضِعْهَا بِلَبَنِهِ يَعْنِي لَيْسَ بِهَذَا الْبَطْنِ وَ لَكِنْ بِبَطْنٍ آخَرَ قَالَ وَ الْفَحْلُ وَاحِدٌ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ هِيَ أُخْتِي‌[1] لِأَبِي وَ أُمِّي قَالَ اللَّبَنُ لِلْفَحْلِ صَارَ أَبُوكَ أَبَاهَا وَ أُمُّكَ أُمَّهَا.

“This is concerning my question before Allah’s virtuous servant (a.s.), about the case of my mother who has breastfed a girl along with me. He (the Imam) said, ‘She is your sister of breastfeeding.’ I then asked if she is lawful for my brother from my mother’s side whom she has not breastfed with his milk, that is not

لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا تَزَوَّجَ جَارِيَةً رَضِيعاً فَأَرْضَعَتْهَا امْرَأَتُهُ فَسَدَ نِكَاحُهُ قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ امْرَأَةِ رَجُلٍ أَرْضَعَتْ جَارِيَةً أَ تَصْلُحُ لِوَلَدِهِ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا قَالَ لَا قُلْتُ فَنُزِّلَتْ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْأُخْتِ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ قَالَ نَعَمْ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْأَبِ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘If a man marries a small girl and she is breastfed by his wife his marriage becomes invalid.’ I then asked about the case of woman of a man who breastfeeds a girl; if her sons from another husband can marry her (the girl). He (the Imam) said, ‘No, they cannot do so.’ I then asked, ‘Is

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ امْرَأَتِي حَلَبَتْ مِنْ لَبَنِهَا فِي مَكُّوكٍ‌[1] فَأَسْقَتْهُ جَارِيَتِي فَقَالَ أَوْجِعِ امْرَأَتَكَ وَ عَلَيْكَ بِجَارِيَتِكَ وَ هُوَ هَكَذَا فِي قَضَاءِ عَلِيٍّ ع.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that once a man came to ’Amir al-Mu’minin, and said, ‘O ’Amir al-Mu’minin, my wife drained her milk in a bowl and made my slave-girl to drink it.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Make your woman suffer (judicially applicable punishment) and keep your slave- girl’. This is how it is in the judgment

فِي رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ جَارِيَةً صَغِيرَةً فَأَرْضَعَتْهَا امْرَأَتُهُ أَوْ أُمُّ وَلَدِهِ قَالَ تَحْرُمُ عَلَيْهِ.

“About the case of a man who marries a small girl and his wife breastfeeds her or the mother of his children, abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘She becomes unlawful for him.’”

الرَّضَاعُ الَّذِي يُنْبِتُ اللَّحْمَ وَ الدَّمَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَرْضِعُ حَتَّى يَتَمَلَّى وَ يَتَضَلَّعَ وَ يَنْتَهِيَ نَفْسُهُ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Breastfeeding that grows flesh and blood is the one that he drinks until he feels weary and disinterested and his breath ends.”’

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع إِنَّ ابْنِي وَ ابْنَةَ أَخِي فِي حَجْرِي وَ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أُزَوِّجَهَا إِيَّاهُ فَقَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِي إِنَّا قَدْ أَرْضَعْنَاهُمَا قَالَ فَقَالَ كَمْ قُلْتُ مَا أَدْرِي قَالَ فَأَدْرَانِي عَلَى أَنْ أُوَقِّتَ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ مَا أَدْرِي قَالَ فَقَالَ زَوِّجْهُ.

“I once said to abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), that my son and the daughter of my brother are in my care and I want to arrange marriage between them but certain ones of my family has said that she has breastfed both of them. He (the Imam) asked, ’How much breastfeeding has taken place?’ I replied, ’I do not know.’ He (the Ima

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّهَا أَرْضَعَتِ الْمَرْأَةَ وَ الْغُلَامَ ثُمَّ تُنْكِرُ قَالَ تُصَدَّقُ إِذَا أَنْكَرَتْ قُلْتُ فَإِنَّهَا قَالَتْ وَ ادَّعَتْ بَعْدُ بِأَنِّي قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُهُمَا قَالَ لَا تُصَدَّقُ وَ لَا تُنَعَّمُ‌[2].

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a woman who alleges that she has breastfed a woman and a boy, then she denies. He (the Imam) asked, ‘Do you accept her words of denial?’ I replied, ‘She said it and alleged that she has breastfed them.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘You must not acc

لَا يَصْلُحُ لِلْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ يَنْكِحَهَا عَمُّهَا وَ لَا خَالُهَا مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘It is not proper for a woman to get married to her paternal or maternal uncle of breastfeeding.’”

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ‌ لَا تُنْكَحُ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى عَمَّتِهَا وَ لَا عَلَى خَالَتِهَا وَ لَا عَلَى أُخْتِهَا مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ وَ قَالَ إِنَّ عَلِيّاً ع ذَكَرَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص ابْنَةَ حَمْزَةَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ أَ مَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ وَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ عَمُّهُ حَمْزَةُ ع قَدْ رَضَعَا مِنِ امْرَأَةٍ.

“I once heard abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), saying, ‘You must not marry a woman as a second wife, the first being her paternal aunt, maternal aunt of breastfeeding or her sister of breastfeeding. He (the Imam) said that Ali ‘Alayhi al-Salam, has said that daughter of Hamzah was mentioned before the Messenger of Allah, O Allah

عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ دَرَّ لَبَنُهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ وِلَادَةٍ فَأَرْضَعَتْ جَارِيَةً وَ غُلَاماً بِذَلِكَ اللَّبَنِ هَلْ يَحْرُمُ بِذَلِكَ اللَّبَنِ مَا يَحْرُمُ مِنَ الرَّضَاعِ قَالَ لَا.

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a woman who allows her milk without giving birth and breastfeeds a girl or a boy with that milk; if because of such milk the unlawfulness on account of breastfeeding comes into existence. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, unlawfulness does not come

قِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ رَجُلًا تَزَوَّجَ بِجَارِيَةٍ صَغِيرَةٍ فَأَرْضَعَتْهَا امْرَأَتُهُ ثُمَّ أَرْضَعَتْهَا امْرَأَةٌ لَهُ أُخْرَى فَقَالَ ابْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ حَرُمَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْجَارِيَةُ وَ امْرَأَتَاهُ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ع أَخْطَأَ ابْنُ شُبْرُمَةَ حَرُمَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْجَارِيَةُ وَ امْرَأَتُهُ الَّتِي أَرْضَعَتْهَا أَوَّلًا فَأَمَّا الْأَخِيرَةُ فَلَمْ تَحْرُمْ عَلَيْهِ كَأَنَّهَا أَرْضَعَتِ ابْنَتَهَا[2].

“Once abu Ja‘far (a.s.), was asked about the case of a man who married a small girl, then his wife breastfed her, then his other woman breastfed her. Ibn Shubramah has said that the girl and both of his wives become unlawful for him. Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘Ibn Shubramah has made a mistake. The girl and his wife

قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع‌ انْهَوْا نِسَاءَكُمْ أَنْ يُرْضِعْنَ يَمِيناً وَ شِمَالًا فَإِنَّهُنَّ يَنْسَيْنَ.

“Abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that ’Amir al-Mu’minin has said, ’Prohibit your wives from breastfeeding many children, left and right, because they forget.’”

إِذَا رَضَعَ الْغُلَامُ مِنْ نِسَاءٍ شَتَّى فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ عِدَّةً أَوْ نَبَتَ لَحْمُهُ وَ دَمُهُ عَلَيْهِ حَرُمَ عَلَيْهِ بَنَاتُهُنَّ كُلُّهُنَّ.

“One of the two Imam, (abu Ja’far or abu ’Abd Allah), ‘Alayhim al-Salam, has said, ’If a boy is breastfed by different women and it is up to the required number or his flesh and blood grow, the daughters of all of them become unlawful for him for marriage.’”

سُئِلَ وَ أَنَا حَاضِرٌ- عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ أَرْضَعَتْ غُلَاماً مَمْلُوكاً لَهَا مِنْ لَبَنِهَا حَتَّى فَطَمَتْهُ هَلْ لَهَا أَنْ تَبِيعَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لَا هُوَ ابْنُهَا مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ حَرُمَ عَلَيْهَا بَيْعُهُ وَ أَكْلُ ثَمَنِهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَ لَيْسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص قَالَ يَحْرُمُ مِنَ الرَّضَاعِ مَا يَحْرُمُ مِنَ النَّسَبِ.

“This is concerning a question before abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, when I was present, about the case of a woman who has breastfed her own slave boy from her milk until weaning; if she can sell him. He (the narrator) has said, that he (the Imam) said, ‘No, because he is her son of breastfeeding. Selling him and con

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى ع- عَنْ أُمِّ وَلَدٍ لِي صَدُوقٍ زَعَمَتْ أَنَّهَا أَرْضَعَتْ جَارِيَةً لِي أُصَدِّقُهَا قَالَ لَا.

“This is concerning my question before abu al-Hassan, Musa, Alayhi al-Salam, about the case of mother of my child who is truthful and who alleges that she has breastfed my slave-girl: if I must accept her word. He (the Imam) said, ‘No, do not accept her word.’”

كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ ع امْرَأَةٌ أَرْضَعَتْ وَلَدَ الرَّجُلِ هَلْ يَحِلُّ لِذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ ابْنَةَ هَذِهِ الْمُرْضِعَةِ أَمْ لَا فَوَقَّعَ ع لَا لَا تَحِلُّ لَهُ.

18. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from ‘Abd Allah ibn Ja’far who has said the following: “I once wrote to abu Muhammad, Alayhi al-Salam, and asked, ‘A woman has breastfed the son of a man; if the man can marry the daughter of breastfeeding woman. He (the Imam) signed the answer, ‘No, he cannot marry because it is not