Breastfeeding

It is reported about Sayyidah Sahlah bint Suhayl (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "O Messenger of Allah! Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah, comes in to me, and he has grown a beard." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Suckle him!" The woman said: "How shall I suckle him when he has a beard?" Then the woman suckled him, and he used to come in to her.
Ahmad recorded it, and al-Tabarani recorded it in all three of his books; Ahmad's narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except that all of them narrated it from al-Qasim bin Muhammad from Sayyidah Sahlah (may Allah be pleased with her), and I do not know whether he heard from her or not.

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Breastfeeding establishes the same prohibition (in marriage) that lineage establishes, such as that of a maternal uncle, a paternal uncle, a brother's son and the like."
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
This narration is reported in the "Sahih" in abridged form.
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Breastfeeding establishes the same prohibition that lineage establishes."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Yazid bin Rabi'ah, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Breastfeeding establishes the same prohibition that lineage establishes."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Ufayr bin Ma'dan, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Breastfeeding establishes the same prohibition that lineage establishes."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Abu Ja'far narrates: It was said to Sayyiduna Ka'b bin Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him): "Narrate a hadith that you heard from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." He said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "A niece through breastfeeding, whether a brother's daughter or a sister's daughter, is not lawful (to marry)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Jabir al-Ju'fi, who is da'if (weak), though he has also been declared trustworthy.

Al-Nakha'i narrates: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Breastfeeding establishes prohibition, whether it (the breastfeeding) is little or much.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain is munqati' (broken).

Amr bin Dinar narrates: A man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said: "Ibn al-Zubayr says that breastfeeding of one suck or two sucks does not establish prohibition." Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "The judgement of Allah and His Messenger is better than the judgement of Ibn al-Zubayr. Breastfeeding, whether little or much, has the same status."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Ibrahim bin Yazid al-Khuzi, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "One suck or two sucks, one gulp or two gulps, do not establish prohibition."
Abu Ya'la and al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Muhammad bin Dinar al-Tahi, whom Abu Zur'ah, Abu Hatim and Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy), though he is da'if (weak); the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "'Anqah' does not establish prohibition." We asked: "What is meant by 'anqah'?" He explained: "A woman gives birth, milk comes into her breast, and then she suckles a girl near her once or twice."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Breastfeeding of one or two sucks does not establish prohibition; the breastfeeding that establishes prohibition is that which opens up the intestines."
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Ibn Ishaq, who is thiqah (trustworthy) but a mudallis (one who practised tadlis); the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would consider prohibition established through breastfeeding when the breastfeeding had taken place ten times or more than ten times.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, al-Waqidi, who is da'if (weak), though he has also been declared trustworthy.

Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The ruling of breastfeeding is not established after weaning; the ruling of orphanhood is not established after reaching puberty; staying silent until night has no standing; and divorce can only be given after marriage."
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Abu Dawud recorded part of it.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Mutarrif bin Mazin, who is da'if (weak).

Abu Atiyyah narrates: A man came to Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: His wife's breast became swollen, and he began to suck it and spit it out, and some milk went into his stomach. Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I think that woman is no longer proper (that is, lawful) for you." Then that man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him about it. He said: "That woman has not become unlawful for you. The breastfeeding that establishes prohibition is that which produces flesh and strengthens the bones, and breastfeeding is not established after weaning." Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) was told about this, and he said: "Do not ask me about any matter as long as this man from among the Companions of the Messenger of Allah is present among us."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Abd al-Rahman bin Abdullah al-Mas'udi, who is thiqah (trustworthy), but his memory became confused (ikhtilat).

It is reported about Sayyiduna Abu Qu'ays (may Allah be pleased with him) that he came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and asked permission to enter, but Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) did not like to give him permission. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "O Messenger of Allah! Abu Qu'ays came to me, and I refused to give him permission." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He may come in to you; he is your uncle." The narrator says: Abu Qu'ays was the foster uncle (through breastfeeding) of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her).
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Abbad bin Mansur, who is thiqah (trustworthy), though he is also da'if (weak).

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: A man asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "What thing can remove from me the obligation (madhammah) of breastfeeding (that is, the right owed because of it)?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Giving a slave or a slave woman."
Al-Bazzar recorded it from Ahmad bin Bakkar al-Bahili, and I do not know him; the rest of its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

It is reported about Sayyiduna Ubadah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "O Messenger of Allah! What thing can remove from me the obligation (madhammah) of breastfeeding (that is, the right owed because of it)?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Giving a slave or a slave woman."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; the narrator Ishaq bin Yahya did not meet the time of Sayyiduna Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him); the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyidah Aishah Siddiqah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Do not have your children suckled by a foolish woman." Yunus bin Habib says: "Warha'" means a foolish woman.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir, and al-Bazzar recorded it, but he narrated these words: "Do not have your children suckled by a foolish woman, for milk has its effects." The chains of both are da'if (weak).

It is reported about Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that he narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade having children suckled by a foolish woman.
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Abbad bin Abd al-Samad, who is da'if (weak).