17. The Book of Suckling

١٧۔ كتاب الرضاع

17.8 Breastfeeding is because of Hunger (meaning, during infancy)

١٧۔٨ باب إِنَّمَا الرَّضَاعَةُ مِنَ الْمَجَاعَةِ

(921) 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).  

(٩٢١) 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