Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 2644

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَكَمُ، عَنْ عِرَاكِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتِ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَىَّ أَفْلَحُ فَلَمْ آذَنْ لَهُ، فَقَالَ أَتَحْتَجِبِينَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا عَمُّكِ فَقُلْتُ وَكَيْفَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ أَرْضَعَتْكِ امْرَأَةُ أَخِي بِلَبَنِ أَخِي‏.‏ فَقَالَتْ سَأَلْتُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ‏"‏ صَدَقَ أَفْلَحُ، ائْذَنِي لَهُ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Adam narrated to us: Shuʿba informed us: al-Hakam narrated to us, from ʿIrak ibn Malik, from ʿUrwa ibn al-Zubayr, from ʿAisha, may Allah be pleased with her, who said: Aflah asked permission to enter, but I did not permit him. He said: “Do you veil yourself from me when I am your paternal uncle?” I asked: “How is that?” He said: “My brother’s wife breastfed you with my brother’s milk.” She said: I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about that, and he said: “Aflah is right; permit him.”