الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
بيان تربية الأطفالExplanation of Child Rearing
باب الأم أولى بِحَضَانَةِ وَلَدِهَا مَالَمْ تَتَزَوَّجُ
Chapter: The Mother Has More Right to Custody of Her Child as Long as She Does Not Remarry
Hadith 7276
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ امْرَأَةً أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ ابْنِي هَذَا كَانَ بَطْنِي لَهُ وِعَاءً وَحِجْرِي لَهُ حِوَاءً وَثَدْيِي لَهُ سِقَاءً وَزَعَمَ أَبُوهُ أَنَّهُ يَنْزِعُهُ مِنِّي قَالَ أَنْتِ أَحَقُّ بِهِ مَا لَمْ تَنْكِحِي
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that a woman came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! This is my son, my womb was his protection, my lap gathered him, and my breast nourished him. Now his father thinks to take him away from me. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: As long as you do not marry again, you are more entitled to him.
