Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3317

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، وَهِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتِ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَىَّ عَمِّي أَفْلَحُ بَعْدَ مَا نَزَلَ الْحِجَابُ فَلَمْ آذَنْ لَهُ فَأَتَانِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ ائْذَنِي لَهُ فَإِنَّهُ عَمُّكِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا أَرْضَعَتْنِي الْمَرْأَةُ وَلَمْ يُرْضِعْنِي الرَّجُلُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ ائْذَنِي لَهُ تَرِبَتْ يَمِينُكِ فَإِنَّهُ عَمُّكِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Abd al-Jabbar ibn al-Ala' reported to us, from Sufyan, from al-Zuhri and Hisham ibn Urwah, from Urwah, from A'ishah, who said: ‘My uncle Aflah asked permission to enter upon me after the veil had been prescribed, but I did not let him in. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came to me, and I asked him about it. He said: “Let him in, may your hands be dusted; he is your uncle.”’ I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, only the woman nursed me; the man did not nurse me.’ He said: ‘Let him in, may your hands be dusted; he is your uncle.’

Translation notes
  • The report repeats the idiomatic expression تربت يمينك as ‘may your hands be dusted’; the reason given is the man’s status as her milk uncle despite not nursing her personally.