Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 5999

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Book 78: Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)

Chapter: To be merciful to children and embrace them

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by Umar bin Al Khattab 5 narrators
Sa'id bin Abi Maryam Atbāʿ Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn 144 AH – 224 AH Muhammad bin Matraf Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. after 160 AH Zayd bin Aslam Tābiʿī d. 136 AH Aslam Client Of 'Umar Tābiʿī ~34 BH – ~80 AH or before Umar bin Al Khattab Companion 41 BH/582 CE – 23 AH/645 CE
Narrated `Umar bin Al-Khattab:Some Sabi (i.e. war prisoners, children and woman only) were brought before the Prophet (ﷺ) and behold, a woman amongst them was milking her breasts to feed and whenever she found a child amongst the captives, she took it over her chest and nursed it (she had lost her child but later she found him) the Prophet said to us, "Do you think that this lady can throw her son in the fire?" We replied, "No, if she has the power not to throw it (in the fire)." The Prophet (ﷺ) then said, "Allah is more merciful to His slaves than this lady to her son."

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 5999

In-book reference

Book 78, Hadith 30

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 8, Book 73, Hadith 28

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَبْىٌ، فَإِذَا امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ السَّبْىِ قَدْ تَحْلُبُ ثَدْيَهَا تَسْقِي، إِذَا وَجَدَتْ صَبِيًّا فِي السَّبْىِ أَخَذَتْهُ فَأَلْصَقَتْهُ بِبَطْنِهَا وَأَرْضَعَتْهُ، فَقَالَ لَنَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَتَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ طَارِحَةً وَلَدَهَا فِي النَّارِ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْنَا لاَ وَهْىَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى أَنْ لاَ تَطْرَحَهُ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ اللَّهُ أَرْحَمُ بِعِبَادِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ بِوَلَدِهَا ‏"‏‏.‏

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