Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3329
أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ حَجَّاجِ بْنِ حَجَّاجٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا يُذْهِبُ عَنِّي مَذَمَّةَ الرَّضَاعِ قَالَ " غُرَّةُ عَبْدٍ أَوْ أَمَةٍ " .
Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim reported to us; he said: Yahya narrated to us, from Hisham. He also said: My father narrated to me, from Hajjaj ibn Hajjaj, from his father, who said: I asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, what would discharge my obligation of nursing?’ He said: ‘A male or female enslaved person.’
Translation notes
Madhammat al-rada' refers to the right or due owed to the wet nurse after she cared for a child; the answer names a male or female enslaved person as a customary gift that would discharge that due. The Arabic does not specify an age for the enslaved person.