When we left Makkah, the daughter of Hamzah followed us, crying: O uncle, O uncle. I took her by the hand and gave her to Fatimah and said: Here is your cousin. When we came to Madinah, Jaʿfar, Zaid bin Harithah and I disputed concerning her, Jaʿfar said: She is the daughter of my paternal uncle and her maternal aunt is married to me - meaning Asma’ bint ʿUmais, Zaid said. She is the daughter of my brother. I said: I took her and she is the daughter of my paternal uncle. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “As for you, O Jaʿfar, you resemble me in appearance and attitude. As for you, O Ali, you are of me and I am of you. As for you, O Zaid, you are our brother and our freed slave. The girl should be with her maternal aunt, for the maternal aunt is [like] a mother.” I said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, why donʿt you marry her? He said: ʿShe is the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding.“  

لَمَّا خَرَجْنَا مِنْ مَكَّةَ اتَّبَعَتْنَا ابْنَةُ حَمْزَةَ تُنَادِي يَا عَمِّ يَا عَمِّ قَالَ فَتَنَاوَلْتُهَا بِيَدِهَا فَدَفَعْتُهَا إِلَى فَاطِمَةَ فَقُلْتُ دُونَكِ ابْنَةَ عَمِّكِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ اخْتَصَمْنَا فِيهَا أَنَا وَجَعْفَرٌ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَفَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ ابْنَةُ عَمِّي وَخَالَتُهَا عِنْدِي يَعْنِي أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتَ عُمَيْسٍ وَقَالَ زَيْدٌ ابْنَةُ أَخِي وَقُلْتُ أَنَا أَخَذْتُهَا وَهِيَ ابْنَةُ عَمِّي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا جَعْفَرُ فَأَشْبَهْتَ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ فَمِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْكَ وَأَمَّا أَنْتَ يَا زَيْدُ فَأَخُونَا وَمَوْلَانَا وَالْجَارِيَةُ عِنْدَ خَالَتِهَا فَإِنَّ الْخَالَةَ وَالِدَةٌ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلَا تَزَوَّجُهَا؟ قَالَ إِنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ  

O uncle, O uncle. ‘Ali took her by the hand and said to Fatimah ؓ , Here is your cousin, look after her. ‘Ali, Zaid and Jaʿfar disputed concerning her. Ali said: I took her and she is the daughter of my paternal uncle. Jaʿfar said: She is the daughter of my paternal uncle and her maternal aunt is married to me, Zaid said:She is the daughter of my brother. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that she be given to her maternal aunt and said: ʿThe maternal aunt is like the mother.ʿ Then he said to ‘Ali: ʿYou are of me and I am of you.” And he said to Ja’far: ʿYou resemble me in appearance and attitude.” And he said to Zaid: ʿYou are our brother and our freed slave.ʿ ‘Ali ؓ said to him. O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, why donʿt you marry the daughter of Hamzah? He said: ʿShe is the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding.ʿ  

أَنَّ ابْنَةَ حَمْزَةَ تَبِعَتْهُمْ تُنَادِي يَا عَمُّ يَا عَمُّ فَتَنَاوَلَهَا عَلِيٌّ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهَا وَقَالَ لِفَاطِمَةَ دُونَكِ ابْنَةَ عَمِّكِ فَحَوِّلِيهَا فَاخْتَصَمَ فِيهَا عَلِيٌّ وَزَيْدٌ وَجَعْفَرٌ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ أَنَا أَخَذْتُهَا وَهِيَ ابْنَةُ عَمِّي وَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ ابْنَةُ عَمِّي وَخَالَتُهَا تَحْتِي وَقَالَ زَيْدٌ ابْنَةُ أَخِي فَقَضَى بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِخَالَتِهَا وَقَالَ الْخَالَةُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْأُمِّ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ أَنْتَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْكَ وَقَالَ لِجَعْفَرٍ أَشْبَهْتَ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي وَقَالَ لِزَيْدٍ أَنْتَ أَخُونَا وَمَوْلانَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَلا تَزَوَّجُ ابْنَةَ حَمْزَةَ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ  

When we left Makkah, the daughter of Hamzah followed us, crying: O uncle, O uncle. I took her by the hand and gave her to Fatimah and said: Here is your cousin. When we came to Madinah, Jaʿfar, Zaid bin Harithah and I disputed concerning her, Jaʿfar said: She is the daughter of my paternal uncle and her maternal aunt is married to me - meaning Asma’ bint ʿUmais, Zaid said. She is the daughter of my brother. I said: I took her and she is the daughter of my paternal uncle. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “As for you, O Jaʿfar, you resemble me in appearance and attitude. As for you, O Ali, you are of me and I am of you. As for you, O Zaid, you are our brother and our freed slave. The girl should be with her maternal aunt, for the maternal aunt is [like] a mother.” I said: O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, why donʿt you marry her? He said: ʿShe is the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding.“ (Using translation from Aḥmad 770)   

لَمَّا خَرَجْنَا مِنْ مَكَّةَ اتَّبَعَتْنَا ابْنَةُ حَمْزَةَ فَنَادَتْ يَا عَمُّ يَا عَمُّ فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهَا فَنَاوَلْتُهَا فَاطِمَةَ قُلْتُ دُونَكِ ابْنَةَ عَمِّكِ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا الْمَدِينَةَ اخْتَصَمْنَا فِيهَا أَنَا وَزَيْدٌ وَجَعْفَرٌ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا أَخَذْتُهَا وَهِيَ ابْنَةُ عَمِّي وَقَالَ زَيْدٌ ابْنَةُ أَخِي وَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ ابْنَةُ عَمِّي وَخَالَتُهَا عِنْدِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِجَعْفَرٍ «أَشْبَهْتَ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي» وَقَالَ لِزَيْدٍ «أَنْتَ أَخُونَا وَمَوْلَانَا» وَقَالَ لِي «أَنْتَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْكَ ادْفَعُوهَا إِلَى خَالَتِهَا فَإِنَّ الْخَالَةَ أُمٌّ» فَقُلْتُ أَلَا تَزَوَّجُهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «أَنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ»  

O uncle, O uncle. ‘Ali took her by the hand and said to Fatimah ؓ , Here is your cousin, look after her. ‘Ali, Zaid and Jaʿfar disputed concerning her. Ali said: I took her and she is the daughter of my paternal uncle. Jaʿfar said: She is the daughter of my paternal uncle and her maternal aunt is married to me, Zaid said:She is the daughter of my brother. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled that she be given to her maternal aunt and said: ʿThe maternal aunt is like the mother.ʿ Then he said to ‘Ali: ʿYou are of me and I am of you.” And he said to Ja’far: ʿYou resemble me in appearance and attitude.” And he said to Zaid: ʿYou are our brother and our freed slave.ʿ ‘Ali ؓ said to him. O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, why donʿt you marry the daughter of Hamzah? He said: ʿShe is the daughter of my brother through breastfeeding.ʿ (Using translation from Aḥmad 931)   

لَمَّا صَدَرْنَا مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِذَا ابْنَةُ حَمْزَةَ تُنَادِي يَا عَمُّ يَا عَمُّ فَتَنَاوَلَهَا عَلِيٌّ فَأَخَذَهَا فَقَالَ لِفَاطِمَةَ دُونَكِ ابْنَةَ عَمِّكِ فَحَمَلَهَا فَاخْتَصَمَ فِيهَا عَلِيٌّ وَجَعْفَرٌ وَزِيدٌ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ أَنَا أَحَقُّ بِهَا وَهِيَ ابْنَةُ عَمِّيَ وَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ «ابْنَةُ عَمِّي وَخَالَتُهَا تَحْتِي» وَقَالَ زَيْدٌ «بِنْتُ أَخِي» فَقَضَى بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِخَالَتِهَا وَقَالَ «الْخَالَةُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الْأُمِّ» وَقَالَ لِعَلِيٍّ «أَنْتَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْكَ» وَقَالَ لِجَعْفَرٍ «أَشْبَهْتَ خَلْقِي وَخُلُقِي» وَقَالَ لِزَيْدٍ يَا زَيْدُ «أَنْتَ أَخُونَا وَمَوْلَانَا»