Hadith 690
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى ، قَالَ : ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ ، قَالَ : ثنا ابْنُ أَخِي ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا ، قَالَتْ : " أَتَتْ سَهْلَةُ بِنْتُ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ، وَكَانَتْ تَحْتَ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ ، فَأَتَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَتْ : إِنَّ سَالِمًا مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْنَا ، وَأَنَا فُضُلٌ وَإِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَرَاهُ وَلَدًا وَكَانَ أَبُو حُذَيْفَةَ تَبَنَّاهُ كَمَا تَبَنَّى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ زَيْدًا ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ : ادْعُوهُمْ لآبَائِهِمْ هُوَ أَقْسَطُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ سورة الأحزاب آية 5 ، فَأَمَرَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنْ تُرْضِعَ سَالِمًا ، فَأَرْضَعَتْهُ خَمْسَ رَضَعَاتٍ ، فَكَانَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ وَلَدِهَا مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ " ، فَبِذَلِكَ كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا تَأْمُرُ أَخَوَتِهَا وَبَنَاتِ أَخَوَتِهَا أَنْ يُرْضِعْنَ مَنْ أَحَبَّتْ عَائِشَةُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا أَنْ يَرَاهَا ، وَيَدْخُلَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِنْ كَانَ كَبِيرًا خَمْسَ رَضَعَاتٍ ثُمَّ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا ، وَأَبَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ وَسَائِرُ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ عَلَيْهِنَّ بِتِلْكَ الرَّضَاعَةِ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى يَرْضَعَ فِي الْمَهْدِ ، وَقُلْنَ لِعَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا : فَوَاللَّهِ مَا نَدْرِي لَعَلَّهَا كَانَتْ رُخْصَةٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِسَالِمٍ دُونَ النَّاسِ .
Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the wife of Abu Hudhaifah bin Utbah (may Allah be pleased with him), Sahla bint Suhail bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with her), came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhaifah, comes to us while I am in my private attire. We used to consider him as our son, because Abu Hudhaifah had adopted him as a son in the same way that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had adopted Zaid. Then Allah the Exalted revealed the verse: __QUR_33_5__ (Call them by [the names of] their fathers; that is more just in the sight of Allah) (Al-Ahzab: 5)." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her: "Give your milk to Salim." So she gave him her milk five times, and thus he became her foster son. For this reason, Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) used to instruct her sisters and nieces to give their milk five times to any man whom they wished to show themselves to or wanted him to come to them, even if he was an adult, and then that man would come to her. The rest of the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), including Lady Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), did not consider it correct for a man to come to them due to such (adult) suckling, unless he had been breastfed in infancy. They used to say to Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her): "By Allah! We think that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) granted this concession only for Salim, not for others."
