أَخْبَرَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ فِي حَدِيثِهِ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّعْثَائِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ قَالَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعِنْدِي رَجُلٌ قَاعِدٌ فَاشْتَدَّ ذَلِکَ عَلَيْهِ وَرَأَيْتُ الْغَضَبَ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهُ أَخِي مِنْ الرَّضَاعَةِ فَقَالَ انْظُرْنَ مَا إِخْوَانُکُنَّ وَمَرَّةً أُخْرَی انْظُرْنَ مَنْ إِخْوَانُکُنَّ مِنْ الرَّضَاعَةِ فَإِنَّ الرَّضَاعَةَ مِنْ الْمَجَاعَةِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3320
It was narrated that Masruq said: “Aishah said: ‘The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم entered upon me and there was a man sitting with me. He got upset about that, and I saw the anger in his face.’ I said: “Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, he is my brother through breast-feeding.” He said: “Be careful who you count as your brothers” — or: “be careful who you count as your brothers through breast-feeding” — “for the breast-feeding (which makes marriage prohibited) is from hunger.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020