67/28. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 5110 — Blood and Milk Relations in Marriage
A woman should not marry a man already married to her paternal aunt
Hadith About Milk Relations: What Blood Ties Forbid, Suckling Forbids
Sahih Bukhari : 5110
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5110
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي قَبِيصَةُ بْنُ ذُؤَيْبٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ تُنْكَحَ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى عَمَّتِهَا وَالْمَرْأَةُ وَخَالَتُهَا. فَنُرَى خَالَةَ أَبِيهَا بِتِلْكَ الْمَنْزِلَةِ. لأَنَّ عُرْوَةَ حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ حَرِّمُوا مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ مَا يَحْرُمُ مِنَ النَّسَبِ.
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
The Prophet (ﷺ) forbade that a woman should be married to a man along with her paternal aunt or with her maternal aunt (at the same time). Az-Zuhri (the sub-narrator) said: There is a similar order for the paternal aunt of the father of one's wife, for 'Urwa told me that `Aisha said, "What is unlawful because of blood relations, is also unlawful because of the corresponding foster suckling relations."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5110, 5111In-book reference : Book 67, Hadith 48USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 62, Hadith 46
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5110
This hadith about milk relations joins two related marriage lessons. First, Abu Huraira reports that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم forbade a woman being married along with her paternal aunt or maternal aunt at the same time. Then Az-Zuhri mentions a similar order about the father’s maternal aunt, based on what Urwa narrated from Aisha: what is unlawful because of blood relations is also unlawful because of the corresponding suckling relations. The text therefore connects marriage combinations with the wider idea of milk kinship. For searches like blood relations and breastfeeding relations in Islam, the wording gives a compact rule: suckling ties can match blood ties in making certain marriages unlawful.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم forbade combining a woman with her paternal or maternal aunt.
- Aisha’s statement links blood-based prohibitions with corresponding suckling ties.
- Milk kinship is treated as more than a social label in this report.
- Marriage boundaries must account for both blood and suckling relations where they correspond.
