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Do you think this woman would ever afford to throw her child in the Fire? We said: By Allah, so far as it lies in her power, she would never throw the child in Fire. ' Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Allah is more kind to His servants than this woman is to her child.  

مسلم:٢٧٥٤ – حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ التَّمِيمِيُّ وَاللَّفْظُ لِحَسَنٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِسَبْىٍ فَإِذَا امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ السَّبْىِ تَبْتَغِي إِذَا وَجَدَتْ صَبِيًّا فِي السَّبْىِ أَخَذَتْهُ فَأَلْصَقَتْهُ بِبَطْنِهَا وَأَرْضَعَتْهُ فَقَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَتَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةَ طَارِحَةً وَلَدَهَا فِي النَّارِ قُلْنَا لاَ وَاللَّهِ وَهِيَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى أَنْ لاَ تَطْرَحَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَلَّهُ أَرْحَمُ بِعِبَادِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ بِوَلَدِهَا  

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bukhari:5999 – Ibn Abū Maryam > Abū Ghassān > Zayd b. Aslam from his father > ʿUmar

Some Sabi (i.e. war prisoners, children and woman only) were brought before the Prophet ﷺ and behold, a woman amongst them was milking her breasts to feed and whenever she found a child amongst the captives, she took it over her chest and nursed it (she had lost her child but later she found him) the Prophet said to us, "Do you think that this lady can throw her son in the fire?" We replied, "No, if she has the power not to throw it (in the fire)." The Prophet ﷺ then said, "Allah is more merciful to His slaves than this lady to her son."  

البخاري:٥٩٩٩ – حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي زَيْدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَبْىٌ فَإِذَا امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ السَّبْىِ قَدْ تَحْلُبُ ثَدْيَهَا تَسْقِي إِذَا وَجَدَتْ صَبِيًّا فِي السَّبْىِ أَخَذَتْهُ فَأَلْصَقَتْهُ بِبَطْنِهَا وَأَرْضَعَتْهُ فَقَالَ لَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَتَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ طَارِحَةً وَلَدَهَا فِي النَّارِ قُلْنَا لاَ وَهْىَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى أَنْ لاَ تَطْرَحَهُ فَقَالَ اللَّهُ أَرْحَمُ بِعِبَادِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ بِوَلَدِهَا  

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السيوطي:٢-٩٤b –

(عَنْ عُمَرَ قَالَ) (*) "قُدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِىِّ ﷺ بِسَبْىٍ فَإِذَا امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ السَّبْىِ تَسْعَى، إِذا وَجَدَتْ صَبِيًا في السَّبْىِ أَخَذَتْهُ فَأَلْصَقَتْهُ بِبَطْنِهَا وأرْضَعَتْهُ فَقَالَ لَنَا النَّبِىُّ ﷺ أتَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ طَارِحَةً وَلَدَهَا في النَّارِ؟ قُلْنَا: لَا، وَهِىَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى أَنْ لَا تَطْرَحَهُ، قَالَ: الله أَرْحَمُ بِعِبَادِهِ مِنْ هَذِه بِوَلَدِهَا".  

[خ] البخاري [م] مسلم وأبو عوانة، [حل] أبى نعيم في الحلية