Hadith Details
Discover timeless wisdom from the authentic teachings of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Each hadith offers profound guidance for daily life, spiritual growth, and moral excellence, preserved and transmitted through generations of Islamic scholarship.
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الرضاع
The Book of Suckling
وَحَدَّثَنِيهِ يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَلِيلِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ أَصَابُوا سَبْيًا يَوْمَ أَوْطَاسٍ لَهُنَّ أَزْوَاجٌ فَتَخَوَّفُوا فَأُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ { وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلاَّ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ} .
They took captives (women) on the day of Autas who had their husbands. They were afraid (to have sexual intercourse with them) when this verse was revealed:" And women already married except those whom you right hands posses" (iv. 24)
More from The Book of Suckling
Other hadiths from the same chapter
- Hadith 1451e
One or two sucklings do not make (the marriage) unlawful.
- Hadith 1451c
Being suckled once or twice, or one suckling or two, do not make marriage unlawful.
- Hadith 1456e
Qatada reported a hadith like this with the same chain of transmitters.
- Hadith 1459a
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) visited me looking pleased as if his face was glistening and said: Did you see that Mujazziz cast a glance at Zaid b. Haritha and Usama…
- Hadith 1458a
The child is to be attributed to one on whose bed he is born, and for a fornicator there is stoning.
- Hadith 1469
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him).