Volume 7, Book 62, Number 20:
Narrated Abu Burda’s father:
Allah’s Apostle said, any man who has a slave girl whom he educates properly, teaches good man –
ners, manumits and marries her, will get a double reward And if any man of the people of the Scrip –
tures believes in his own prophet and then believes in me too, he will (also) get a double reward And
any slave who fulfills his duty to his master and to his Lord, will (also) get a double reward.”
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 36:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) that while Allah’s Apostle was with her, she heard a voice of a man ask –
ing permission to enter the house of Hafsa. ‘Aisha added: I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! This man is asking
permission to enter your house.” The Prophet said, “I think he is so-and-so,” naming the foster-uncle
of Hafsa. ‘Aisha said, “If so-and-so,” naming her foster uncle, “were living, could he enter upon me?”
The Prophet said, “Yes, for foster suckling relations make all those things unlawful which are unlaw –
ful through corresponding birth (blood) relations.”
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 21:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said: Abraham did not tell lies except three. (One of them was) when Abraham passed
by a tyrant and (his wife) Sara was accompanying him (Abu Huraira then mentioned the whole nar –
ration and said:) (The tyrant) gave her Hajar. Sara said, “Allah saved me from the hands of the Kafir
(i.e. infidel) and gave me Hajar to serve me.” (Abu Huraira added:) That (Hajar) is your mother, O
Banu Ma’-As-Sama’ (i.e., the Arabs).
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Volume 7, Book 62, Number 37:
Narrated Ibn ‘Abbas:
It was said to the Prophet, “Won’t you marry the daughter of Hamza?” He said, “She is my foster
niece (brother’s daughter). ”
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Volume 7, Book 62, Number 22:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet stayed for three days between Khaibar and Medina, and there he consummated his
marriage to Safiyya bint Huyai. I invited the Muslims to the wedding banquet in which neither meat
nor bread was offered. He ordered for leather dining-sheets to be spread, and dates, dried yoghurt
and butter were laid on it, and that was the Prophet’s wedding banquet. The Muslims wondered, “Is
she (Saffiyya) considered as his wife or his slave girl?” Then they said, “If he orders her to veil herself,
she will be one of the mothers of the Believers; but if he does not order her to veil herself, she will be
a slave girl. So when the Prophet proceeded from there, he spared her a space behind him (on his
she-camel) and put a screening veil between her and the people.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 38:
Narrated Um Habiba:
(daughter of Abu Sufyan) I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Marry my sister. the daughter of Abu Sufyan.”
The Prophet said, “Do you like that?” I replied, “Yes, for even now I am not your only wife and I like
that my sister should share the good with me.” The Prophet said, “But that is not lawful for me.” I said,
We have heard that you want to marry the daughter of Abu Salama.” He said, “(You mean) the
daughter of Um Salama?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “Even if she were not my step-daughter, she would be
unlawful for me to marry as she is my foster niece. I and Abu Salama were suckled by Thuwaiba. So
you should not present to me your daughters or your sisters (in marriage).” Narrated ‘Ursa;
Thuwaiba was the freed slave girl of Abu Lahb whom he had manumitted, and then she suckled the
Prophet. When Abu Lahb died, one of his relatives saw him in a dream in a very bad state and asked
him, “What have you encountered?” Abu Lahb said, “I have not found any rest since I left you, except
that I have been given water to drink in this (the space between his thumb and other fingers) and
that is because of my manumitting Thuwaiba.”
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 23:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah’s Apostle manumitted Safiyya and regarded her manumission as her Mahr.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 39:
Narrated ‘Aisha:
that the Prophet entered upon her while a man was sitting with her. Signs of anger seemed to ap –
pear on his face as if he disliked that. She said, “Here is my (foster) brother.” He said, “Be sure as to
who is your foster brother, for foster suckling relationship is established only when milk is the only
food of the child.”