Those who said nursing is the duty of men, not women

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) made the paternal male cousins of a newborn child who was kalalah (leaving no father) responsible for his nursing.

Al-Hasan said in explanation of the verse of the Qur'an: "And upon the heir is (a duty) like that": Arranging the child's nursing is the responsibility of the man, not of the woman.

Al-Hasan was asked about a child whose mother is wealthy while his paternal uncle is poor: upon whom will the responsibility of arranging his nursing fall? He said: "The maintenance is binding upon the uncle."

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When there is both a mother and a paternal uncle, the mother's responsibility will be in proportion to her inheritance and the uncle's responsibility in proportion to his inheritance.