Sunan Abi Dawud · Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)
باب فِي رَضَاعَةِ الْكَبِيرِ
Chapter: Regarding Breastfeeding An Adult.
3 hadith · references 2058–2060
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Abu Dawud · 2058انْظُرْنَ مَنْ إِخْوَانُكُنَّ ، فَإِنَّمَا الرَّضَاعَةُ مِنَ الْمَجَاعَةِAishah said the Messenger of Allah ﷺ visited her when a man was with her. The narrator Hafs said “this grieved him and he frowned”. The agreed version then goes, She said “He is my foster brother Messenger of Allah ﷺ”. H8 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 2059لَا رِضَاعَ إِلَّا مَا شَدَّ الْعَظْمَ وَأَنْبَتَ اللَّحْمَAbd Allaah bin Masud said “Fosterage is not valid except by what strengthens love and grows flesh. ” Abu Musa said “Do not ask us so long as this learned man is among us”6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 2060حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَنْبَارِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْهِلَالِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّىThe aforesaid tradition has also been narrated by Ibn Masud through a different chain of narrators and to the same effect from the Prophet ﷺ. This version has the words anshaz al-‘azma meaning which nourishes bones and m6 narrators