[Machine] Sahlah, the daughter of Suhail, came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said, "I see the resemblance of Salim in the face of my father." He said, "Breastfeed him." She said, "How can I breastfeed him while he is a grown man?" He said, "I know that he is a grown man." Later, she came again and said, "By the One who sent you with the truth as a Prophet, I have not seen anything in the face of my father after this that I dislike except for what Sufyan Al-Thawri has differed with." So he sent the Hadith (about breastfeeding) as evidence. 5451: Muhammad bin Bashshar reported to us, he said: Abdul Rahman, meaning Ibn Mahdi, reported to us, from Sufyan, meaning Al-Thawri, from Abdul Rahman ibn Al-Qasim, from his father, that the Prophet ﷺ said to Sahlah, "Breastfeed him." She said, "But he is a man." Thus, the Hadith was transmitted.  

جَاءَتْ سَهْلَةُ بِنْتُ سُهَيْلٍ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي أَرَى فِي وَجْهِ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ مِنْ دُخُولِ سَالِمٍ عَلَيَّ قَالَ «فَأَرْضِعِيهِ» قَالَتْ وَكَيْفَ أُرْضِعُهُ وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ كَبِيرٌ؟ فَقَالَ «أَلَسْتُ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ رَجُلٌ كَبِيرٌ؟» ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ بَعْدُ فَقَالَتْ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيًّا مَا رَأَيْتُ فِي وَجْهِ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ بَعْدُ شَيْئًا أَكْرَهُ خَالَفَهُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ فَأَرْسَلَ الْحَدِيثَ 5451 أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ يَعْنِي الثَّوْرِيَّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لِسَهْلَةَ «أَرْضِعِيهِ» قَالَتْ إِنَّهُ رَجُلٌ فَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ  

"Sahlah came to the Messenger of Allah and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, Salim enters upon us and he understands what men understand, and knows what men know.' He said: 'Breast-feed him, and you will become unlawful to him thereby.' (Ibn Abi Mulaikah, one of the narrators said:) For a year I did not narrate this, then I met Al-Qasim and he said: 'Narrate it and do not worry about it.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3322)  

جَاءَتْ سَهْلَةُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ سَالِمًا يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْنَا وَقَدْ عَلِمَ مَا يَعْلَمُ الرِّجَالُ وَعَقِلَ مَا يَعْقِلُ الرِّجَالُ قَالَ «أَرْضِعِيهِ تَحْرُمِي عَلَيْهِ بِذَلِكَ» فَمَكَثْتُ حَوْلًا لَا أُحَدِّثُ بِهِ فَلَقِيتُ الْقَاسِمَ فَقَالَ حَدَّثَ بِهِ وَلَا تَهَابُهُ  

"The rest of the wives of the Prophet refused for anyone to enter upon them on the basis of that type of breast-feeding, meaning breast-feeding of an adult. They said to 'Aishah: 'By Allah, we think that what the Messenger of Allah told Sahlah bint Suhail to do was a concession which was granted by the Messenger of Allah only with regard to breast-feeding Salim. By Allah, no one will enter upon us, nor see us on the basis of this type of breast-feeding.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3324)  

أَبَى سَائِرُ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ عَلَيْهِنَّ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ بِتِلْكَ الرَّضَاعَةِ يُرِيدُ رَضَاعَةِ الْكَبِيرِ وَقُلْنَ لِعَائِشَةَ وَاللهِ مَا نَرَى الَّذِي أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَهْلَةَ بِنْتَ سُهَيْلٍ إِلَّا رُخْصَةً فِي رَضَاعَةِ سَالِمٍ وَحْدَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَاللهِ لَا يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْنَا أَحَدٌ بِهَذِهِ الرَّضْعَةِ وَلَا يَرَانَا خَالَفَهُمَا عُقَيْلٌ  

By Allah, we do not find this but a sort of concession given by Messenger of Allah ﷺ only for Salim, and no one was ging to be allowed to enter (our houses) with this type of fosterage and we do not subscribe to this view. (Using translation from Muslim 1454)   

أَنَّ أُمَّهَا أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَانَتْ تَقُولُ «أَبَى سَائِرُ أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ عَلَيْهِنَّ أَحَدٌ بِتِلْكَ الرَّضَاعَةِ وَقُلْنَ لِعَائِشَةَ وَاللهِ مَا نَرَى هَذِهِ إِلَّا رُخْصَةً رَخَّصَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِسَالِمٍ خَاصَّةً فَمَا يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْنَا أَحَدٌ بِهَذِهِ الرَّضَاعَةِ وَلَا يَرَانَا»  

"I heard 'Aisha, the wife of the Prophet say: 'Sahlah bint Suhail came to the Messenger of Allah and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I see (displeasure) in the face of Abu Hudhaifah when Salim enters upon me.' The Messenger of Allah said: 'Breast-feed him.' She said: 'He has a beard.' He said: 'Breast-feed him, and that will take away (the displeasure) in the face of Abu Hudhaifah.' She said: 'By Allah, I never saw that on the face of Abu Hudhaifah after that.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3319)  

سَمِعْتُ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تَقُولُ جَاءَتْ سَهْلَةُ بِنْتُ سُهَيْلٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَى فِي وَجْهِ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ مِنْ دُخُولِ سَالِمٍ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَرْضِعِيهِ» قُلْتُ إِنَّهُ ذُو لِحْيَةٍ فَقَالَ «أَرْضِعِيهِ يَذْهَبُ مَا فِي وَجْهِ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ» قَالَتْ وَاللهِ مَا عَرَفْتُهُ فِي وَجْهِ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ بَعْدُ  

"The Messenger of Allah commanded the wife of Abu Hudhaifah to breast-feed Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhaifah, so that the protective jealousy of Abu Hudhaifah would be dispelled. She breast-fed him when he was a man." (One of the narrators) Rabi'ah said: "That was a concession granted to Salim." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3321)  

«أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَهْلَةَ امْرَأَةَ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ أَنَّ تُرْضِعَ سَالِمًا مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ حَتَّى تَذْهَبَ غَيْرَةُ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ» فَأَرْضَعَتْهُ وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ قَالَ رَبِيعَةُ فَكَانَتْ رُخْصَةَ سَالِمٍ  

Salim has attained (purbety) as men attain, and he understands what they understand, and he enters our house freely, I, however, perceive that something (rankles) in the heart of Abu Hudhaifa, whereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said to her: Suckle him and you would become unlawful for him, and (the rankling) which Abu Hudhaifa feels in his heart will disappear. She returned and said: So I suckled him, and what (was there) in the heart of Abu Hudhaifa disappeared. (Using translation from Muslim 1453b)   

أَنَّ سَالِمًا مَوْلَى أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ كَانَ مَعَ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ وَأَهْلِهِ فِي بَيْتِهِمْ فَأَتَتْ ابْنَةُ سُهَيْلٍ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ سَالِمًا قَدْ بَلَغَ مَا بَلَغَ الرِّجَالُ وَعَقَلَ مَا عَقَلُوا وَإِنَّهُ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْنَا وَإِنِّي أَظُنُّ فِي نَفْسِ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَرْضِعِيهِ تَحْرُمِي عَلَيْهِ فَذَهَبَ الَّذِي فِي نَفْسِ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ»