Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 2647

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ دَخَلَ عَلَىَّ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَعِنْدِي رَجُلٌ، قَالَ ‏"‏ يَا عَائِشَةُ مَنْ هَذَا ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ يَا عَائِشَةُ، انْظُرْنَ مَنْ إِخْوَانُكُنَّ، فَإِنَّمَا الرَّضَاعَةُ مِنَ الْمَجَاعَةِ ‏" ‏‏.‏ تَابَعَهُ ابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Kathir informed us: Sufyan informed us, from Ashʿath ibn Abi al-Shaʿtha, from his father, from Masruq, that ʿAisha, may Allah be pleased with her, said: The Prophet ﷺ entered while a man was with me. He said: “ʿAisha, who is this?” I said: “My brother through breastfeeding.” He said: “ʿAisha, look carefully into who your foster brothers are, for breastfeeding is only through hunger.” Ibn Mahdi also narrated it from Sufyan.