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bukhari:2659Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah b. al-Ḥārith > ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah b. al-Ḥārith or Samiʿtuh Minh > Tazawwaj Um Yaḥyá b. Abū Ihāb > Fajāʾat Amah Sawdāʾ > Qad Arḍaʿtukumā Fadhakart Dhalik Lilnnabī ﷺ Faʾaʿraḍ > Nī > Fatanaḥḥayt Fadhakart Dhalik Lah > And Kayf Waqad Zaʿamat

That he had married Um Yahya bint Abu Ihab. He said. "A black slave-lady came and said, 'I suckled you both.' I then mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ who turned his face aside." ʿUqba further said, "I went to the other side and told the Prophet ﷺ about it. He said, 'How can you (keep her as your wife) when the lady has said that she suckled both of you (i.e. you and your wife?)" So, the Prophet ﷺ ordered him to divorce her.  

البخاري:٢٦٥٩حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقْبَةُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَوْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ

أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ يَحْيَى بِنْتَ أَبِي إِهَابٍ قَالَ فَجَاءَتْ أَمَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ فَقَالَتْ قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي قَالَ فَتَنَحَّيْتُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ قَالَ وَكَيْفَ وَقَدْ زَعَمَتْ أَنْ قَدْ أَرْضَعَتْكُمَا فَنَهَاهُ عَنْهَا  


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ahmad:16153Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah b. al-Ḥārith or Samiʿtuh Minh

That he had married Um Yahya bint Abu Ihab. He said. "A black slave-lady came and said, 'I suckled you both.' I then mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ who turned his face aside." ʿUqba further said, "I went to the other side and told the Prophet ﷺ about it. He said, 'How can you (keep her as your wife) when the lady has said that she suckled both of you (i.e. you and your wife?)" So, the Prophet ﷺ ordered him to divorce her. (Using translation from Bukhārī 2659)  

أحمد:١٦١٥٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقْبَةُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَوْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ

أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ يَحْيَى ابْنَةَ أَبِي إِهَابٍ فَجَاءَتْ أَمَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ فَقَالَتْ قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي فَتَنَحَّيْتُ فَذَكَرْتُهُ لَهُ فَقَالَ فَكَيْفَ وَقَدْ زَعَمَتْ أَنْ قَدْ أَرْضَعَتْكُمَا فَنَهَاهُ عَنْهَا  

ahmad:16154ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah b. al-Ḥārith b. ʿĀmir > or Samiʿah Minh In Lam Yakun Khaṣṣah Bih > Nakaḥ Āb.ah Abū Ihāb

[Machine] He informed him or heard from him, if he did not disclose to him that he married the daughter of Abu Ihab, so a black slave woman said, "I have breastfed both of you." So I went to the Prophet ﷺ and mentioned that to him, but he turned away from me. So I went to him again and mentioned it to him, and he said, "How could that be when she claimed that she breastfed both of you?" So he forbade me from her.  

أحمد:١٦١٥٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ أَنَّ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَوْ سَمِعَهُ مِنْهُ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ خَصَّهُ بِهِ أَنَّهُ نَكَحَ ابْنَةَ أَبِي إِهَابٍ فَقَالَتْ أَمَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا فَجِئْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي فَجِئْتُ فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ فَقَالَ فَكَيْفَ وَقَدْ زَعَمَتْ أَنْ قَدْ أَرْضَعَتْكُمَا فَنَهَاهُ عَنْهَا  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «دَعْهَا عَنْكَ»، إِنَّمَا هُوَ نَهْيٌ نَهَاهُ عَنِ الْكَوْنِ مَعَهَا

ibnhibban:4217Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Yūsuf > Naṣr b. ʿAlī > Yazīd > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah b. al-Ḥārith > Tazawwaj b. Abū Ihāb Fazaʿamat Āmraʾah Sawdāʾ

[Machine] He married the daughter of Abi Ihab and a black woman claimed that she breastfed them. So I went to the Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ and mentioned it to him, but he turned away from me. I then approached him from another side and said, "O Messenger of Allah, she is lying." He said, "How can that be when she claims to have breastfed both of you?" He forbade me from her. "  

ابن حبّان:٤٢١٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ يُوسُفَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ

أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَ بِنْتَ أَبِي إِهَابٍ فَزَعَمَتِ امْرَأَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ أَنَّهَا أَرْضَعَتْهُمَا فَجِئْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي قَالَ فَجِئْتُهُ مِنَ الْجَانِبِ الْآخَرِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا كَاذِبَةٌ قَالَ «فَكَيْفَ بِهَا وَقَدْ زَعَمَتْ أَنَّهَا أَرْضَعَتْكُمَا» فَنَهَاهُ عَنْهَا «  

tabarani:15099Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm al-Dabarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah b. al-Ḥārith b. ʿĀmir > or Samiʿah Minh In Lam Yakun Khaṣṣah > Nakaḥ Um Yaḥyá b. Abū Ihāb > Lah Amah Sawdāʾ Qad Arḍaʿtukumā

[Machine] He informed him or heard it from him, if he did not mention to him or inform him that he married Umm Yahya, the daughter of Abi Ihab. So, a black slave woman said to him, "I breastfed both of you." He said, "So, I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned it to him, but he turned away. I went to him a second time and mentioned it to him, and he said, 'How is that when she claimed that she breastfed both of you? He forbade it.'"  

الطبراني:١٥٠٩٩حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّبَرِيُّ أَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ أَنَّ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَو سَمِعَهُ مِنْهُ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ خَصَّهُ أَنَّهُ نَكَحَ أُمَّ يَحْيَى بِنْتَ أَبِي إِهَابٍ فَقَالَتْ لَهُ أَمَةٌ سَوْدَاءٌ قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا قَالَ فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ فَأَعْرَضَ فَجِئْتُ إِلَيْهِ الثَّانِيَةَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «وَكَيْفَ وَقَدْ زَعَمَتْ أَنَّهَا قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا فَنَهَاهُ»  

tabarani:15100ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Hawdhah b. Khalīfah al-Bakrāwī > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah b. al-Ḥārith b. ʿĀmir

[Machine] He married Umm Yahya, the daughter of Abi Ihab, and a black slave girl came and said, "I have breastfed both of you." He then went to the Prophet ﷺ and informed him about it. The Prophet ﷺ turned away from him. He mentioned it to him again, and the Prophet ﷺ said, "How can she claim that she breastfed both of you? She is prohibited from doing so."  

الطبراني:١٥١٠٠حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثَنَا هَوْذَةُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ الْبَكْرَاوِيُّ ثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُُ ابْنَ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِي عُقْبَةُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنَ عَامِرٍ

أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ يَحْيَى بِنْتَ أَبِي إِهَابٍ فَجَاءَتْ أَمَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ فَقَالَتْ قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا قَالَ فَجِئْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «وَكَيْفَ وَقَدْ زَعَمَتْ أَنَّهَا قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا فَنَهَاهُ عَنْهَا»  

nasai-kubra:5982Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah b. al-Ḥārith b. ʿĀmir > Tazawwaj Āb.ah Abū Ihāb Fajāʾat Amah Sawdāʾ

[Machine] "I breastfed both of you, then I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mentioned it to him, but he turned away from me. So I moved away and mentioned it to him again, and he said, 'How can you say that when it has been claimed that you breastfed both of them?' So he forbade me from doing so." Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: "I do not know anyone from the black community who narrated this hadith from Ibn Abu Mulaikah except Ibn Juraij."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٥٩٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقْبَةُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَ ابْنَةَ أَبِي إِهَابٍ فَجَاءَتْ أَمَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ فَقَالَتْ

قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا فَجِئْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَأَعْرَضَ فَتَنَحَّيْتُ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «كَيْفَ وَقَدْ زَعَمَتْ أَنْ قَدْ أَرْضَعَتْكُمَا» فَنَهَاهُ عَنْهَا قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ لَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَدًا ذَكَرَ أَمَةً سَوْدَاءَ مِمَّنْ رَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ غَيْرَ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ  

bayhaqi:15673[Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-Ḥusayn Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Tamīm al-Qanṭarī > Abū Qilābah > Abū ʿĀṣim > Ibn Jurayj [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar b. Ḥamdān > ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Abū Mulaykah > ʿUqbah b. al-Ḥārith or Samiʿtuh Minh

[Machine] He married Umm Yahya bint Abi Ahad and a black slave girl came and said, "I breastfed both of you." I mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , but he turned away from me. So I left, but then I mentioned it to him again and he said, "How can that be when she claims to have breastfed both of you?" He prohibited me from doing so. This is the wording of the hadith of Yahya bin Sa'id.  

البيهقي:١٥٦٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ تَمِيمٍ الْقَنْطَرِيُّ نا أَبُو قِلَابَةَ نا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ حَمْدَانَ نا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي نا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ حَدَّثَنِي عُقْبَةُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَوْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ

أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَ أُمَّ يَحْيَى بِنْتَ أَبِي أَهَابٍ فَجَاءَتْ أَمَةٌ سَوْدَاءٌ فَقَالَتْ قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي فَتَنَحَّيْتُ ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُهُ لَهُ فَقَالَ كَيْفَ وَقَدْ زَعَمَتْ أَنَّهَا قَدْ أَرْضَعَتْكُمَا فَنَهَاهُ عَنْهَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَاصِمٍ وَعَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ يَحْيَى هَكَذَا مُدْرَجًا