26/53. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 3325 — Umm Salamah on Salim’s Concession
Breast-feeding An Adult
Hadith About Umm Salamah’s Report on Salim’s Case
Sunan an-Nasai : 3325
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 3325
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ اللَّيْثِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ جَدِّي، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زَمْعَةَ، أَنَّ أُمَّهُ، زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ أُمَّهَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَتْ تَقُولُ أَبَى سَائِرُ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يُدْخَلَ عَلَيْهِنَّ بِتِلْكَ الرَّضَاعَةِ وَقُلْنَ لِعَائِشَةَ وَاللَّهِ مَا نُرَى هَذِهِ إِلاَّ رُخْصَةً رَخَّصَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم خَاصَّةً لِسَالِمٍ فَلاَ يَدْخُلْ عَلَيْنَا أَحَدٌ بِهَذِهِ الرَّضَاعَةِ وَلاَ يَرَانَا .
Umm Salamah Narrated from:
The rest of the wives of the Prophet refused for anyone to enter upon them on the basis of that type of breast-feeding, meaning breast-feeding of an adult. They said to 'Aishah: 'By Allah, we think that this is a concession which the Messenger of Allah granted only to Salim. No one will enter upon us, nor see us on the basis of this type of breast-feeding.'
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3325In-book reference : Book 26, Hadith 130English translation : Vol. 4, Book 26, Hadith 3327
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3325
This Hadith about Salim’s breastfeeding concession is narrated through Zainab bint Abu Salamah from her mother, Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet. Umm Salamah said that the rest of the wives of the Prophet refused to allow anyone to enter upon them by that type of breastfeeding. They told Aishah that they saw it as a concession granted by the Messenger of Allah only to Salim. They also said that no one would enter upon them or see them on the basis of this breastfeeding. The Hadith is clear in showing their careful stance and their refusal to treat the case as general.
What we learn from this hadith
- Umm Salamah reported the stance of the other wives of the Prophet.
- They considered the case a special concession for Salim.
- They did not allow entry or seeing based on that type of breastfeeding.
- The text supports careful limits when discussing this report.
