[Machine] Sahlah, the daughter of Suhail bin Amr, came to live under the care of Abu Hudhayfah bin Utbah, the messenger of Allah ﷺ. She said, "Salim, the servant of Abu Hudhayfah, comes to us, and we are considered as family and we used to see him as a child. Abu Hudhayfah adopted him, just as the messenger of Allah ﷺ adopted Zaid. Then Allah revealed the verse: 'Call them (adopted children) by [the names of] their fathers; it is more just in the sight of Allah' (Quran 33:5). So the messenger of Allah ﷺ ordered her to breastfeed Salim, so she breastfed him five times. He became like her own child through breastfeeding. Because of this, Aisha used to command her sisters and the daughters of her brothers to breastfeed those whom she loved to enter and see her, even if they were adults, for five breastfeedings. Then after that, they were allowed to enter and see her. However, Umm Salamah and the other wives of the Prophet ﷺ refused to allow any person among the people to enter on them through this type of breastfeeding, except for the one who breastfed in infancy. They would say to Aisha, 'By Allah, we do not know if this is a concession from the messenger of Allah ﷺ specifically for Salim and not for others among the people.'  

أَتَتْ سَهْلَةُ بِنْتُ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو وَكَانَتْ تَحْتَ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ سَالِمًا مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْنَا وَإِنَّا فُضُلٌ وَإِنَّا كُنَّا نَرَاهُ وَلَدًا وَكَانَ أَبُو حُذَيْفَةَ تَبَنَّاهُ كَمَا تَبَنَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زَيْدًا فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ {ادْعُوهُمْ لِآبَائِهِمْ هُوَ أَقْسَطُ عِنْدَ اللهِ} [الأحزاب 5] فَأَمَرَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ أَنْ تُرْضِعَ سَالِمًا فَأَرْضَعَتْهُ خَمْسَ رَضَعَاتٍ وَكَانَ بِمَنْزِلَةِ وَلَدِهَا مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ فَبِذَلِكَ كَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تَأْمُرُ أَخَوَاتِهَا وَبَنَاتِ إخوتها أَنْ يُرْضِعْنَ مَنْ أَحَبَّتْ عَائِشَةُ أَنْ يَرَاهَا وَيَدْخُلَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِنْ كَانَ كَبِيرًا خَمْسَ رَضَعَاتٍ ثُمَّيَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهَا وَأَبَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ وَسَائِرُ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنْ يُدْخِلْنَ عَلَيْهِنَّ بِتِلْكَ الرَّضَاعَةِ أَحَدًا مِنَ النَّاسِ حَتَّى يَرْضَعَ فِي الْمَهْدِ وَقُلْنَ لِعَائِشَةَ وَاللهِ مَا نَدْرِي لَعَلَّهَا كَانَتْ رُخْصَةً مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِسَالِمٍ مِنْ دُونِ النَّاسِ