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bayhaqi:15651[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm b. Muʿāwiyah > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Hilālī > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Walīd > Sufyān [Chain 2] ʿAlī b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbdān > Aḥmad b. ʿUbayd al-Ṣaffār > Muḥammad b. Rāshid al-Tammār > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > al-Ashʿath b. Abū al-Shaʿthāʾ from his father > Masrūq > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ entered upon me and there was a man with me, so he said, "O Aisha, who is this?" So I said, "My brother through breastfeeding.” Then he said, "O Aisha, consider who your brothers are, for breastfeeding is only from hunger."  

البيهقي:١٥٦٥١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَا نا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ نا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْهِلَالِيُّ نا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ نا سُفْيَانُ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدَانَ أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الصَّفَّارُ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ التَّمَّارُ نا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ نا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الْأَشْعَثِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعِنْدِي رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا عَائِشَةُ مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَقُلْتُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ فَقَالَ يَا عَائِشَةُ انْظُرْنَ مَا إِخْوَانُكُنَّ فَإِنَّمَا الرَّضَاعَةُ مِنَ الْمَجَاعَةِ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَثِيرٍ وَأَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ مِنْ وَجْهَيْنِ آخَرَيْنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ

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bukhari:2647Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > Ashʿath b. Abū al-Shaʿthāʾ from his father > Masrūq > ʿĀʾishah

Once the Prophet ﷺ came to me while a man was in my house. He said, "O ʿAisha! Who is this (man)?" I replied, "My foster brothers" He said, "O ʿAisha! Be sure about your foster brothers, as fostership is only valid if it takes place in the suckling period (before two years of age).  

البخاري:٢٦٤٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

دَخَلَ عَلَىَّ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَعِنْدِي رَجُلٌ قَالَ يَا عَائِشَةُ مَنْ هَذَا قُلْتُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ قَالَ يَا عَائِشَةُ انْظُرْنَ مَنْ إِخْوَانُكُنَّ فَإِنَّمَا الرَّضَاعَةُ مِنَ الْمَجَاعَةِ  

تَابَعَهُ ابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ
ahmad:25790Wakīʿ > Sufyān And ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Ashʿath from his father > Masrūq > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ entered upon Aisha and there was a man with her. He asked, "Who is this?" She said, "He is my brother through breastfeeding." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Look carefully at who you breastfeed, for breastfeeding only occurs due to hunger." Abdul Rahman said, "Look at who your brothers are, as breastfeeding only occurs due to hunger."  

أحمد:٢٥٧٩٠حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ دَخَلَ عَلَى عَائِشَةَ وَعِنْدَهَا رَجُلٌ قَالَ فَقَالَ مَنْ هَذَا؟ قَالَتْ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ انْظُرُوا مَنْ تُرْضِعُونَ فَإِنَّمَا الرَّضَاعَةُ مِنَ الْمَجَاعَةِ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ انْظُرْنَ مَا إِخْوَانُكُنَّ إِنَّمَا الرَّضَاعَةُ مِنَ الْمَجَاعَةِ  

bayhaqi:15633Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Ibrāhīm b. Muʿāwiyah al-ʿAṭṭār al-Naysābūrī > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb b. al-Akhram > Yaḥyá b. Muḥammad And Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > Musaddad > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Ashʿath b. Sulaym from his father > Masrūq > ʿĀʾishah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered upon me while there was a man sitting with me, and it became difficult for him. I saw anger on his face, so I said, "O Messenger of Allah, he is my brother through breastfeeding." He said, "Look at your sisters through breastfeeding, for breastfeeding is only from hunger."  

البيهقي:١٥٦٣٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْعَطَّارُ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ نا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ الْأَخْرَمِ نا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَا نا مُسَدَّدٌ نا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ نا أَشْعَثُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ

دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعِنْدِي رَجُلٌ قَاعِدٌ فَاشْتَدَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ وَرَأَيْتُ الْغَضَبَ فِي وَجْهِهِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ قَالَ انْظُرْنَ إِخْوَانَكُنَّ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ فَإِنَّمَا الرَّضَاعَةُ مِنَ الْمَجَاعَةِ  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ هَنَّادِ بْنِ السَّرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ وَأَخْرَجَاهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الثَّوْرِيِّ وَشُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَشْعَثَ