Hadith 2058
حَدَّثَنَا
حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
شُعْبَةُ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا
سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ
أَشْعَثَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ
مَسْرُوقٍ ، عَنْ
عَائِشَةَ الْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ ، أن رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا وَعِنْدَهَا رَجُلٌ ، قَالَ حَفْصٌ : فَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ وَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُهُ ثُمَّ اتَّفَقَا ، قَالَتْ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّهُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ ، فَقَالَ : " انْظُرْنَ مَنْ إِخْوَانُكُنَّ ، فَإِنَّمَا الرَّضَاعَةُ مِنَ الْمَجَاعَةِ " .
Aishah said the Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited her when a man was with her. The narrator Hafs said “this grieved him and he frowned”. The agreed version then goes, She said “He is my foster brother Messenger of Allah ﷺ”. He said “Consider, who are you brethren, for fosterage is consequent on hunger. ”
Hadith 2059
Abd Allaah bin Masud said “Fosterage is not valid except by what strengthens love and grows flesh. ” Abu Musa said “Do not ask us so long as this learned man is among us”
Hadith 2060
The aforesaid tradition has also been narrated by Ibn Masud through a different chain of narrators and to the same effect from the Prophet ﷺ. This version has the words anshaz al-‘azma meaning which nourishes bones and makes them sturdy and vigorous.