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Hadith 1734
Hadith #
1734
Book
Al-Kāfi
Volume
5
Section
88
Part
The Book of Marriage
Chapter
Limits of Breastfeeding to Take Effect
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb al-Kulaynī
۞
9. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from Mu‘awiyah ibn Wahab from ‘Ubayd ibn Zurarah who has said the following
“I once said to abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), ‘I belong to a large family. On different occasions of happiness and sorrow during which men and women come together women feel shy removing their head scarf before men between whom there is breastfeeding relationship or men fear looking to that, so who becomes unlawful because of breastfeeding. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is what grows flesh and blood.’ I then asked, ‘What grows flesh and blood?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘It has been said that it is ten times breastfeeding.’ I then asked, ‘Does ten times bring unlawfulness?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Leave that alone.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Whoever is unlawful for marriage because of being a relative becomes unlawful because of breastfeeding.’”
9- مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ
قُلْتُ لأبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) إِنَّا أَهْلُ بَيْتٍ كَبِيرٍ فَرُبَّمَا كَانَ الْفَرَحُ وَالْحَزَنُ الَّذِي يَجْتَمِعُ فِيهِ الرِّجَالُ وَالنِّسَاءُ فَرُبَّمَا اسْتَحْيَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ أَنْ تَكْشِفَ رَأْسَهَا عِنْدَ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَهُ الرَّضَاعُ وَرُبَّمَا اسْتَخَفَّ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ فَمَا الَّذِي يُحَرِّمُ مِنَ الرَّضَاعِ فَقَالَ مَا أَنْبَتَ اللَّحْمَ وَالدَّمَ فَقُلْتُ وَمَا الَّذِي يُنْبِتُ اللَّحْمَ وَالدَّمَ فَقَالَ كَانَ يُقَالُ عَشْرُ رَضَعَاتٍ قُلْتُ فَهَلْ يُحَرِّمُ عَشْرُ رَضَعَاتٍ فَقَالَ دَعْ ذَا وَقَالَ مَا يَحْرُمُ مِنَ النَّسَبِ فَهُوَ مَا يَحْرُمُ مِنَ الرَّضَاعِ.
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