حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ السُّلَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ عَنْ أَبِي عَمْرٍو يَعْنِي الْأَوْزَاعِيَّ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو أَنَّ امْرَأَةً قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ ابْنِي هَذَا کَانَ بَطْنِي لَهُ وِعَائً وَثَدْيِي لَهُ سِقَائً وَحِجْرِي لَهُ حِوَائً وَإِنَّ أَبَاهُ طَلَّقَنِي وَأَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْتَزِعَهُ مِنِّي فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْتِ أَحَقُّ بِهِ مَا لَمْ تَنْکِحِي
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 2276
Amr bin Shuaib on his father's authority said that his grandfather (Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As) reported: A woman said: Messenger of Allah, my womb is a vessel to this son of mine, my breasts, a water-skin for him, and my lap a guard for him, yet his father has divorced me, and wants to take him away from me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: You have more right to him as long as you do not marry.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020