Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1151
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ، عُقْبَةَ وَلَكِنِّي لِحَدِيثِ عُبَيْدٍ أَحْفَظُ قَالَ تَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَةً فَجَاءَتْنَا امْرَأَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا . فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ تَزَوَّجْتُ فُلاَنَةَ بِنْتَ فُلاَنٍ فَجَاءَتْنَا امْرَأَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا وَهِيَ كَاذِبَةٌ . قَالَ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي . قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ مِنْ قِبَلِ وَجْهِهِ فَأَعْرَضَ عَنِّي بِوَجْهِهِ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّهَا كَاذِبَةٌ . قَالَ " وَكَيْفَ بِهَا وَقَدْ زَعَمَتْ أَنَّهَا قَدْ أَرْضَعَتْكُمَا دَعْهَا عَنْكَ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَقَدْ رَوَى غَيْرُ وَاحِدٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرُوا فِيهِ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرُوا فِيهِ " دَعْهَا عَنْكَ " . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَغَيْرِهِمْ أَجَازُوا شَهَادَةَ الْمَرْأَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ فِي الرَّضَاعِ . وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ امْرَأَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فِي الرَّضَاعِ وَيُؤْخَذُ يَمِينُهَا . وَبِهِ يَقُولُ أَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ . وَقَدْ قَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ لاَ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ الْمَرْأَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ أَكْثَرَ . وَهُوَ قَوْلُ الشَّافِعِيِّ . سَمِعْتُ الْجَارُودَ يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ وَكِيعًا يَقُولُ لاَ تَجُوزُ شَهَادَةُ امْرَأَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فِي الْحُكْمِ وَيُفَارِقُهَا فِي الْوَرَعِ .
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Ali ibn Hujr narrated to us: Isma'il ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, from Ayyub, from Abd Allah ibn Abi Mulaykah, who said: Ubayd ibn Abi Maryam narrated to me, from Uqbah ibn al-Harith. I also heard it from Uqbah, but I remember Ubayd's version better. Uqbah said: I married a woman, and a dark-skinned woman came to us and said: I breastfed both of you. I went to the Prophet and said: I married so-and-so, daughter of so-and-so, and a dark-skinned woman came to us and said she had breastfed both of us, though she was lying. He turned away from me. I came around to face him, but he turned his face away. I said: She is lying. He said: How can you remain with her when the woman claims that she breastfed you both? Leave her. It is also reported in this chapter from Ibn Umar. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Uqbah ibn al-Harith is hasan sahih. More than one narrator reported it from Ibn Abi Mulaykah, from Uqbah ibn al-Harith, without mentioning Ubayd ibn Abi Maryam or the words “Leave her.” Some scholars among the Companions of the Prophet and others accepted the testimony of one woman concerning breastfeeding. Ibn Abbas said that one woman's testimony is accepted in this matter, provided she is asked to swear an oath; this is also the view of Ahmad and Ishaq. Other scholars said that one woman's testimony is insufficient unless there are more witnesses; this is the view of al-Shafi'i. Al-Jarud said: I heard Waki say that one woman's testimony is not sufficient for a judicial ruling, though one may separate from his wife out of personal scrupulousness.