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Sahih Muslim 2754

There were brought some prisoners to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) amongst whom there was also a woman, who was searching (for someone) and when she found a child amongst the…

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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 صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِسَبْىٍ فَإِذَا امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ السَّبْىِ تَبْتَغِي إِذَا وَجَدَتْ صَبِيًّا فِي السَّبْىِ أَخَذَتْهُ فَأَلْصَقَتْهُ بِبَطْنِهَا وَأَرْضَعَتْهُ فَقَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَتَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةَ طَارِحَةً وَلَدَهَا فِي النَّارِ».

قُلْنَا لَا وَاللَّهِ وَهِيَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى أَنْ لَا تَطْرَحَهُ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَلَّهُ أَرْحَمُ بِعِبَادِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ بِوَلَدِهَا»

There were brought some prisoners to the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) amongst whom there was also a woman, who was searching (for someone) and when she found a child amongst the prisoners, she took hold of it, pressed it against her chest and provided it suck. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: 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 the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Allah is more kind to His servants than this woman is to her child.’

মুহাম্মাদ ইবনু কুদামাহ ও ইয়াহইয়া ইবনু লু'লু'য়ী (রহিমাহুমাল্লাহ) ..... আবদুল্লাহ ইবনু হানী ইবনু আখী মুতাররিফ থেকে এ সানাদে অনুরূপ হাদীস বর্ণনা করেছেন।

نضر نے ہمیں خبر دی ( کہا ) ہمیں شعبہ نے خبر دی ( کہا ) ہمیں مطرف کے بھتیجے عبد اللہ بن ہانی نے اسی سند کے ساتھ اس ( سابقہ حدیث ) کے مانند حدیث روایت کی ۔

{…} Bana Muhammed b. Küdâme ile Yahya EI-Lu'lui rivayet ettiler. Dediler ki: Bize Nadr haber verdi. (Dediki) Bize Şu'be haber verdi. (Dediki) Bize Mutarrif'in kardeşi oğlu Abdullah b. Hâni bu isnadda bu hadîsin mislini rivayet eyledi

Sahih Muslim 2754, Book 50, The Book of Repentance, Hadith 26. 1 min read

What it means

Some captives from the tribe of Hawāzin were brought to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). Among them was a woman searching for her child. Whenever she found a child, she would take him and breastfeed him due to the pain from milk accumulating in her breast. Eventually, she found her own son among the captives, so she took him, stuck him to her chest, and breastfed him.

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) then said to his Companions: Do you think this woman would throw her child into the fire? We said: No, she would never do this willingly. He said: Indeed, Allah is more merciful to His Muslim servants than this woman to her child.

What it teaches

  • Allah's vast mercy towards His servants, and that He wants for them goodness, Paradise, and salvation from Hellfire.
  • Benefiting from events and linking them to guidance and teaching.
  • A believer should have good expectations of Allah and not despair, as long as he fears Allah and remains steadfast in his religion, for Allah Almighty is the Possessor of vast mercy.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Al-Hasan ibn Ali al-KhallalTold me, Fourth generation, died 242 AH
  3. 3Muhammad ibn SahlWith, Fourth generation, died 251 AH
  4. 4Said ibn al-HakamTold us, Fourth generation, died 224 AH
  5. 5Muhammad ibn MutarrifTold us, Third generation, died 160 AH
  6. 6Zayd ibn AslamTold me, Successor, died 135 AH
  7. 7AslamFrom, Successor, died 80 AH
  8. 8Umar ibn al-KhattabFrom, Companion, died 23 AH

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