Mishkat al-Masabih — Hadith #49543
Hadith #49543
وَعَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ: قَدِمَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَبْيٌ فَإِذَا امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ السَّبْيِ قَدْ تَحَلَّبَ ثديُها تسْعَى إِذا وَجَدَتْ صَبِيًّا فِي السَّبْيِ أَخَذَتْهُ فَأَلْصَقَتْهُ بِبَطْنِهَا وَأَرْضَعَتْهُ فَقَالَ لَنَا النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَتُرَوْنَ هَذِهِ طَارِحَةً وَلَدَهَا فِي النَّارِ؟» فَقُلْنَا: لَا وَهِيَ تَقْدِرُ عَلَى أَنْ لَا تَطْرَحَهُ فَقَالَ: «لَلَّهُ أَرْحَمُ بِعِبَادِهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ بِوَلَدِها»
On the authority of Omar ibn al-Khattab, he said: A captive came to the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and suddenly a woman from the captivity was milking her breasts, running when she found a boy. During captivity, she took him and attached him to her stomach and breastfed him, and the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, said to us: “Do you see? This woman cast her child into the fire? So we said: No, and she is able not to throw it away. He said: “God is more merciful to His servants than this woman to her child.”
Source
Mishkat al-Masabih # 9/2370
Grade
Sahih
Category
Chapter 9: Chapter 9