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Musnad Abi Ya'la 7163 — from Sayyidah Halimah bint al-Harith

حَدِيثُ حَلِيمَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ أُمِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -
حَدَّثَنَا مَسْرُوقُ بْنُ الْمَرْزُبَانِ الْكُوفِيُّ ، وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ ، وَنَسَخْتُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ مَسْرُوقٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ زَائِدَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ، عَنْ جَهْمِ بْنِ أَبِي جَهْمٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ، عَنْ حَلِيمَةَ بِنْتِ الْحَارِثِ أُمِّ رَسُولِ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - السَّعْدِيَّةِ الَّتِي أَرْضَعَتْهُ ، قَالَتْ : خَرَجْتُ فِي نِسْوَةٍ مِنْ بَنِي سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ نَلْتَمِسُ الرُّضَعَاءَ بِمَكَّةَ عَلَى أَتَانٍ لِي قَمْرَاءَ قَدْ أَذَمَّتْ ، فَزَاحَمْتُ بِالرَّكْبِ ، قَالَتْ : وَخَرَجْنَا فِي سَنَةٍ شَهْبَاءَ لَمْ تُبْقِ شَيْئًا ، وَمَعِي زَوْجِي الْحَارِثُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى ، قَالَتْ : وَمَعَنَا شَارِفٌ لَنَا ، وَاللهِ إِنْ تَبِضُّ عَلَيْنَا بِقَطْرَةٍ مِنْ لَبَنٍ ، وَمَعِي صَبِيٌّ لِي إِنْ نَنَامُ لَيْلَتَنَا مَعَ بُكَائِهِ ، مَا فِي ثَدْيِي مَا يُغْنِيهِ ، وَمَا فِي شَارِفِنَا مِنْ لَبَنٍ نَغْذُوهُ إِلَّا أَنَّا نَرْجُو ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا مَكَّةَ ، لَمْ تَبْقَ مِنَّا امْرَأَةٌ إِلَّا عُرِضَ عَلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَتَأْبَاهُ ، وَإِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَرْجُو كَرَامَةَ رَضَاعَةٍ مِنْ وَالِدِ الْمَوْلُودِ - وَكَانَ يَتِيمًا - فَكُنَّا نَقُولُ : مَا عَسَى أَنْ تَصْنَعَ أُمُّهُ ؟ حَتَّى لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ صَوَاحِبِي امْرَأَةٌ إِلَّا أَخَذَتْ صَبِيًّا غَيْرِي ، وَكَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَرْجِعَ وَلَمْ آخُذْ شَيْئًا ، وَقَدْ أَخَذَ صَوَاحِبِي ، فَقُلْتُ لِزَوْجِي : وَاللهِ لَأَرْجِعَنَّ إِلَى ذَلِكَ فَلَآخُذَنَّهُ .
قَالَتْ : فَأَتَيْتُهُ ، فَأَخَذْتُهُ ، فَرَجَعْتُهُ إِلَى رَحْلِي ، فَقَالَ زَوْجِي : قَدْ أَخَذْتِهِ ؟ فَقُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، وَاللهِ ذَاكَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَجِدْ غَيْرَهُ .
فَقَالَ : قَدْ أَصَبْتِ ، فَعَسَى اللهُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ فِيهِ خَيْرًا ، قَالَتْ : فَوَاللهِ مَا هُوَ إِلَّا أَنْ جَعَلْتُهُ فِي حَجْرِي ، قَالَتْ : فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ ثَدْيِي بِمَا شَاءَ مِنَ اللَّبَنِ ، قَالَتْ : فَشَرِبَ حَتَّى رَوِيَ ، وَشَرِبَ أَخُوهُ - تَعْنِي : ابْنَهَا - حَتَّى رَوِيَ ، وَقَامَ زَوْجِي إِلَى شَارِفِنَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ ، فَإِذَا بِهَا حَافِلٌ ، فَحَلَبَ لَنَا مَا شِئْنَا ، فَشَرِبَ حَتَّى رَوِيَ .
قَالَتْ : وَشَرِبْتُ حَتَّى رَوِيتُ . فَبِتْنَا لَيْلَتَنَا تِلْكَ بِخَيْرٍ شِبَاعًا رِوَاءً ، وَقَدْ نَامَ صِبْيَانُنَا ، قَالَتْ : يَقُولُ أَبُوهُ - تَعْنِي زَوْجَهَا - : وَاللهِ يَا حَلِيمَةُ ، مَا أُرَاكِ إِلَّا قَدْ أَصَبْتِ نَسَمَةً مُبَارَكَةً ، قَدْ نَامَ صَبِيُّنَا وَرَوِيَ .
قَالَتْ : ثُمَّ خَرَجْنَا ، فَوَاللهِ لَخَرَجَتْ أَتَانِي أَمَامَ الرَّكْبِ قَدْ قَطَعَتْهُنَّ حَتَّى مَا يَبْلُغُونَهَا ، حَتَّى إِنَّهُمْ لَيَقُولُونَ : وَيْحَكِ يَا بِنْتَ الْحَارِثِ ، كُفِّي عَلَيْنَا ، أَلَيْسَتْ هَذِهِ بِأَتَانِكِ الَّتِي خَرَجْتِ عَلَيْهَا ؟ فَأَقُولُ : بَلَى وَاللهِ ، وَهِيَ قُدَّامُنَا ، حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا مَنَازِلَنَا مِنْ حَاضِرِ بَنِي سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ ، فَقَدِمْنَا عَلَى أَجْدَبِ أَرْضِ اللهِ ، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ حَلِيمَةَ بِيَدِهِ ، إِنْ كَانُوا لَيُسَرِّحُونَ أَغْنَامَهُمْ إِذَا أَصْبَحُوا ، وَيَسْرَحُ رَاعِي غَنَمِي ، فَتَرُوحُ غَنَمِي بِطَانًا لُبَّنًا حُفَّلًا ، وَتَرُوحُ أَغْنَامُهُمْ جِيَاعًا هَالِكَةً ، مَا بِهَا مِنْ لَبَنٍ ، قَالَتْ : فَنَشْرَبُ مَا شِئْنَا مِنْ لَبَنٍ ، وَمَا مِنَ الْحَاضِرِ أَحَدٌ يَحْلُبُ قَطْرَةً ، وَلَا يَجِدُهَا .
يَقُولُونَ لِرُعَاتِهِمْ : وَيْلَكُمْ ، أَلَا تَسْرَحُونَ حَيْثُ يَسْرَحُ رَاعِي حَلِيمَةَ ؟ فَيَسْرَحُونَ فِي الشِّعْبِ الَّذِي يَسْرَحُ فِيهِ رَاعِينَا ، فَتَرُوحُ أَغْنَامُهُمْ جِيَاعًا مَا لَهَا مِنْ لَبَنٍ ، وَتَرُوحُ غَنَمِي لُبَّنًا حُفَّلًا .
قَالَتْ : وَكَانَ - صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - يَشِبُّ فِي الْيَوْمِ شَبَابَ الصَّبِيِّ فِي الشَّهْرِ ، وَيَشِبُّ فِي الشَّهْرِ شَبَابَ الصَّبِيِّ فِي سَنَةٍ ، فَبَلَغَ سِتًّا وَهُوَ غُلَامٌ جَفْرٌ .
قَالَتْ : فَقَدِمْنَا عَلَى أُمِّهِ ، فَقُلْنَا لَهَا ، وَقَالَ لَهَا أَبُوهُ : رُدُّوا عَلَيْنَا ابْنِي ، فَلْنَرْجِعْ بِهِ ، فَإِنَّا نَخْشَى عَلَيْهِ وَبَاءَ مَكَّةَ ، قَالَتْ : وَنَحْنُ أَضَنُّ بِشَأْنِهِ لِمَا رَأَيْنَا مِنْ بَرَكَتِهِ ، قَالَتْ : فَلَمْ يَزَلْ بِهَا حَتَّى قَالَتِ : ارْجِعَا بِهِ ، فَرَجَعْنَا بِهِ ، فَمَكَثَ عِنْدَنَا شَهْرَيْنِ ، قَالَتْ : فَبَيْنَا هُوَ يَلْعَبُ وَأَخُوهُ يَوْمًا خَلْفَ الْبُيُوتِ يَرْعَيَانِ بَهْمًا لَنَا ، إِذْ جَاءَنَا أَخُوهُ يَشْتَدُّ ، فَقَالَ لِي وَلِأَبِيهِ : أَدْرِكَا أَخِي الْقُرَشِيَّ ، قَدْ جَاءَهُ رَجُلَانِ فَأَضْجَعَاهُ ، فَشَقَّا بَطْنَهُ ، فَخَرَجْنَا نَحْوَهُ نَشْتَدُّ ، فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ مُنْتَقِعٌ لَوْنُهُ ، فَاعْتَنَقَهُ أَبُوهُ وَاعْتَنَقْتُهُ ، ثُمَّ قُلْنَا : مَا لَكَ أَيْ بُنَيَّ ؟ قَالَ : أَتَانِي رَجُلَانِ عَلَيْهِمَا ثِيَابٌ بِيضٌ فَأَضْجَعَانِي ، ثُمَّ شَقَّا بَطْنِي ، فَوَاللهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا صَنَعَا ، قَالَتْ : فَاحْتَمَلْنَاهُ فَرَجَعْنَا بِهِ ، قَالَتْ : يَقُولُ أَبُوهُ : وَاللهِ يَا حَلِيمَةُ مَا أَرَى هَذَا الْغُلَامَ إِلَّا قَدْ أُصِيبَ ، فَانْطَلِقِي فَلْنَرُدَّهُ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَظْهَرَ بِهِ مَا نَتَخَوَّفُ عَلَيْهِ ، قَالَتْ : فَرَجَعْنَا بِهِ إِلَيْهَا ، فَقَالَتْ : مَا رَدَّكُمَا بِهِ ؟ وَقَدْ كُنْتُمَا حَرِيصَيْنِ عَلَيْهِ ، قَالَتْ : فَقُلْتُ : لَا وَاللهِ إِلَّا أَنَّا كَفَلْنَاهُ وَأَدَّيْنَا الْحَقَّ الَّذِي يَجِبُ عَلَيْنَا فِيهِ ، ثُمَّ تَخَوَّفْتُ الْأَحْدَاثَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَقُلْنَا : يَكُونُ فِي أَهْلِهِ ، قَالَتْ : فَقَالَتْ آمِنَةُ : وَاللهِ مَا ذَاكَ بِكُمَا ، فَأَخْبِرَانِي خَبَرَكُمَا وَخَبَرَهُ ، فَوَاللهِ مَا زَالَتْ بِنَا حَتَّى أَخْبَرْنَاهَا خَبَرَهُ ، قَالَتْ : فَتَخَوَّفْتُمَا عَلَيْهِ ؟ كَلَّا وَاللهِ ، إِنَّ لِابْنِي هَذَا شَأْنًا ، أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمَا عَنْهُ ؟ إِنِّي حَمَلْتُ بِهِ فَلَمْ أَحْمِلْ حَمْلًا قَطُّ كَانَ أَخَفَّ ، وَلَا أَعْظَمَ بَرَكَةً مِنْهُ ، ثُمَّ رَأَيْتُ نُورًا كَأَنَّهُ شِهَابٌ خَرَجَ مِنِّي حِينَ وَضَعْتُهُ أَضَاءَتْ لِي أَعْنَاقُ الْإِبِلِ بِبُصْرَى ، ثُمَّ وَضَعْتُهُ فَمَا وَقَعَ كَمَا يَقَعُ الصِّبْيَانُ : وَقَعَ وَاضِعًا يَدَهُ بِالْأَرْضِ ، رَافِعًا رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ، دَعَاهُ وَالْحَقَا بِشَأْنِكُمَا .
It is narrated from Sayyidah Halimah bint al-Harith al-Sa'diyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) (who was the foster-mother of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)) that she said: "I set out with some women of Banu Sa'd bin Bakr, seeking infants to suckle in Makkah. I was riding a whitish she-donkey of mine which (because of weakness) lagged behind, and I held up the people of the caravan. We had set out in a year of drought that had left nothing. With me was my husband, Sayyiduna al-Harith bin Abd al-Uzza (may Allah be pleased with him), and we had an old she-camel with us; by Allah, she would not yield a single drop of milk. I also had a little child of mine with me, who, crying from hunger the whole night, would not let us sleep, because there was not enough milk in my breast for him, nor did our she-camel have milk with which to feed him; yet we hoped for good. When we reached Makkah, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was offered to every one of us women, but all of them refused, because we hoped for reward and gifts from the child's father, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was an orphan. We would say: What can his mother possibly give? Until all my companions had taken some child or other except me. I disliked returning without taking a child while my friends had already taken children, so I said to my husband: By Allah! I will certainly go to that orphan child and take him. I took him (peace and blessings be upon him) and returned to my saddle. My husband asked: Have you taken him? I said: Yes, by Allah! I did not find anyone other than him. He said: You have done well; perhaps Allah will place goodness and blessing in him. By Allah! I had only just placed him (peace and blessings be upon him) in my lap when both my breasts filled with as much milk as could be wished. He (peace and blessings be upon him) drank until he was full, and his (foster) brother also drank until he was full. Then my husband went to our old she-camel, and she was full of milk; he milked for us as much as we wished; he drank until he was full and I drank until I was full. We spent that night in great goodness and blessing, full and with our thirst quenched, and our children too slept peacefully. My husband said: Halimah! By Allah, I think you have taken a most blessed soul; see, our child has slept peacefully and all of us are full. Then we set out from there and, by Allah, that same donkey of mine was at the very front of the caravan; it left everyone behind, so that they could not catch up with it. Those women would say to me: O daughter of al-Harith! Woe to you, wait for us a little! Is this not the same donkey on which you came? I would say: Yes, by Allah, it is the same one. Until we reached our homes among Banu Sa'd. We had come to the most barren part of Allah's earth. By the One in whose hand is the soul of Halimah! When people sent out their goats to graze in the morning, and my shepherd also took out my goats, my goats would return in the evening with full bellies and udders full of milk, while their goats returned hungry and thirsty without a drop of milk in them. We would drink as much milk as we wished, but no one else in the settlement could find even a single drop of milk. They would say to their shepherds: Woe to you! Why do you not graze where Halimah's shepherd grazes? So they too would graze in the same valley where our shepherd was, but even so their goats would return hungry and without milk, while my goats came back with udders full of abundant milk. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would grow in a day as much as another child grows in a month, and in a month as much as another child grows in a year. By the time he (peace and blessings be upon him) was six years old, he had become a sturdy boy. We took him (peace and blessings be upon him) to his mother, and his (foster) father requested her: Give my son back to us so that we may take him again, for we fear the epidemic of Makkah for him; for we, having seen his blessing, were very eager to keep him with us. We kept insisting until Sayyidah Aminah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Take him. So we brought him back, and he stayed with us for two months. One day he (peace and blessings be upon him), together with his foster brother, was grazing our young goats behind the houses when suddenly his brother came running and said to me and to his father: Go and see to my Qurashi brother! Two men came to him, laid him down and split open his belly. We ran in distress to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and found him standing, with his colour changed. His (foster) father and I embraced him and asked: My son! What has happened to you? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Two men in white clothes came to me, laid me down and split open my belly; by Allah, I do not know what they did.' We picked him up and brought him back. His (foster) father said: Halimah! I fear that some harm has befallen this child; let us go and return him to his family before something we fear becomes apparent. So we took him (peace and blessings be upon him) to his mother, and she asked: Why have you brought him back when you were so very eager for him? I said: No, by Allah! The matter is only that we have looked after him and fulfilled our responsibility; now I fear mishaps for him, so we thought he should stay with his own family. Sayyidah Aminah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: By Allah! That is not the matter; tell me truthfully what has happened. She kept on asking until we told her the whole incident. She asked: Do you fear for him? Never, by Allah! This son of mine will have a great standing. Shall I not tell you about him? When I was pregnant with him, I never felt a pregnancy lighter or more blessed than this. Then I saw a light, like a shooting star, that came out of me when I gave birth to him, and by that light the necks of the camels in Busra were lit up for me. Then, when he was born, he did not fall as other children fall; rather, he was born with his hands resting on the ground and his head raised towards the sky. Now leave him and go about your business."
Hadith Reference مسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / حديث حليمة بنت الحارث أم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 7163
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