Adult Suckling in Islam

Breastfeeding à la Muhammad

Al-Azhar University:
Chief centre of Islamic and Arabic learning in the world.
(Encyclopædia Britannica)
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/46851/al-Azhar-University

In May 2007, Dr. Izzat Atiyya, lecturer at Cairo's Al-Azhar University, issued a fatwa*
that suggested that male and female colleagues could use "breastfeeding" to get around
a religious ban on being alone together.

*Fatwa: religious decree

After being threatened with disciplinary action by the university, Atiyya issued a
retraction, saying the fatwa was "a bad interpretation of a particular case" during the time
of Muhammad.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6681511.stm

In May 2010, in Saudi Arabia the issue arose again, when Sheikh Al Obeikan, adviser to
the royal court and consultant to the Ministry of Justice, advocated "office
breastfeeding".
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/saudi-clerics-issue-fatwa-okaying-adult-breast-
feeding-circumventing-islamic-law-article-1.181530

While Al Obeikan advises that milk should be pumped and then given in a glass, ...
another saudi sheikh, Abi Ishaq Al Huwaini, argues that men should suckle directly.

Egypt's minister of religious affairs, Mahmoud Zaqzouq, has called for future fatwas to
"be compatible with logic and human nature".

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In Islam, it is forbidden for a female to show any parts of her body such as breasts, chest,
hair, and so on, to a grown male stranger.

Yet, muslim scholars and sheikhs who advocate "office breastfeeding" pretend that it is
OK for a muslim woman to do the following:

1) To allow a grown-up stranger to enter her house
2) To open her clothes intentionally
3) To allow such stranger adult to see parts of her body
4) To allow this man to touch her body
5) To suckle him!!!

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According to the most trusted islamic sources, it was Muhammad, the prophet of
Islam, who permitted such a shameful practice...

A man named Abu Hudhaifa became envious regarding the fact that his adult adopted
son lived in the same house where his wife Sahla roamed unveiled...

So Muhammad said to Sahla:
Suckle him.
She said:
But he is a grown-up man.
Muhammad smiled and said:
I know!

SOURCE: AL-ISLAM.COM

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Islamic Affairs,
Endowments,Da’wah And Guidance
http://quran.al-islam.com/Loader.aspx?pageid=706

Sahih Muslim 1453 ‫صحيح مسلم‬

‫عن عائشة قالت جاءت سهلة بنت سهيل إلى النبي صلى ال عليه وسلم فقالت يا رسول ال إني أرى في وجه أبي‬
‫حذيفة من دخول سالم وهو حليفه فقال النبي صلى ال عليه وسلم أرضعيه قالت وكيف أرضعه وهو رجل كبير‬
‫فتبسم رسول ال صلى ال عليه وسلم وقال قد علمت أنه رجل كبير‬

http://hadith.al-islam.com/Page.aspx?pageid=192&BookID=25&PID=2708

Muslim :: Book 8 : Hadith 3424

' A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Sahla bint Suhail came to Allah's
Apostle (may peace be eupon him) and said: Messengerof Allah, I see on the face of
Abu Hudhaifa (signs of disgust) on entering of Salim (who is an ally) into (our
house), whereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Suckle him. She
said: How can I suckle him as he is a grown-up man? Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) smiled and said: I already know that he is a young man

http://www.quranexplorer.com/Hadith/English/Hadith/muslim/008.3424.html

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Muhammad said to her:

Suckle him and you would become unlawful for him.
She returned and said:
So I suckled him.


‫فقالت إن سالما قد بلغ ما يبلغ الرجال وعقل ما عقلوا وإنه يدخل علينا وإني أظن أن في نفس أبي حذيفة من ذلك‬
‫شيئا فقال لها النبي صلى ال عليه وسلم أرضعيه تحرمي عليه ويذهب الذي في نفس أبي حذيفة فرجعت فقالت إني‬
‫قد أرضعته فذهب الذي في نفس أبي حذيفة‬



She (i. e. the daughter of Suhail came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
and said: Salim has attained (purbety) as men attain, and he understands what they
understand, and he enters our house freely, I, however, perceive that something
(rankles) in the heart of Abu Hudhaifa, whereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) said to her: Suckle him and you would become unlawful for him, and
(the rankling) which Abu Hudhaifa feels in his heart will disappear. She returned
and said: So I suckled him,


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Muhammad said:
Suckle him so that he may become your foster-child, and thus he may be able to
come to you freely.


‫فقالت عائشة أما لك في رسول ال صلى ال عليه وسلم أسوة قالت إن امرأة أبي حذيفة قالت يا رسول ال إن سالما‬
‫يدخل علي وهو رجل وفي نفس أبي حذيفة منه شيء فقال رسول ال صلى ال عليه وسلم أرضعيه حتى يدخل‬
‫عليك‬



.. whereupon 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) said: Don't you see in Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) a model for you? She also said: The wife of
Abu Hudhaifa said: Messenger of Allah, Salim comes to me and now he is a (grown-

up) person, and there is something that (rankles) in the mind of Abu Hudhaifa
about him, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Suckle him
(so that he may become your foster-child), and thus he may be able to come to you
(freely).


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Muhammad said:
Suckle him.
She said:
He has a beard.
But he again said:
Suckle him.


‫فقالت يا رسول ال إني لرى في وجه أبي حذيفة من دخول سالم قالت فقال رسول ال صلى ال عليه وسلم‬
‫أرضعيه فقالت إنه ذو لحية فقال أرضعيه يذهب ما في وجه أبي حذيفة فقالت وال ما عرفته في وجه أبي حذيفة‬



Sahla daughter of Suhail came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and
said: Allah's Messenger, I swear by Allah that I see in the face of Abu Hudhaifa (the
signs of disgust) on account of entering of Salim (in the house), whereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Suckle him. She (Sahla bint Suhail) said:
He has a heard. But he (again) said: Suckle him, and it would remove what is there
(expression of disgust) on the face of Abu Hudhaifa. She said: (I did that) and, by
Allah, I did not see (any sign of disgust) on the face of Abu Hadhaifa.


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Muhammad's wives
and
Adult Suckling

Hafsa: Suckle him ten times.

Malik's Muwatta 1284 ‫موطأ مالك‬

‫وحدثني عن مالك عن نافع أن صفية بنت أبي عبيد أخبرته أن حفصة أم المؤمنين أرسلت بعاصم بن عبد ال بن‬
‫سعد إلى أختها فاطمة بنت عمر بن الخطاب ترضعه عشر رضعات ليدخل عليها وهو صغير يرضع ففعلت فكان‬
‫يدخل عليها‬

http://hadith.al-islam.com/Page.aspx?
pageid=192&TOCID=449&BookID=31&PID=1375

Malik :: Book 30 : Hadith 30.1.8

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Safiyya bint Abi Ubayd told him
that Hafsa, umm al-muminin, sent Asim ibn Abdullah ibn Sad to her sister Fatima
bint Umar ibn al-Khattab for her to suckle him ten times so that he could come in to
see her. She did it, so he used to come in to see her.

http://www.quranexplorer.com/Hadith/English/Hadith/malik/030.030.001.008.html

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Aisha: A convenient trick!?


‫فأخذت بذلك عائشة أم المؤمنين فيمن كانت تحب أن يدخل عليها من الرجال فكانت تأمر أختها أم كلثوم بنت أبي بكر‬
‫الصديق وبنات أخيها أن يرضعن من أحبت أن يدخل عليها من الرجال‬

http://hadith.al-islam.com/Page.aspx?pageid=192&BookID=31&TOCID=450


A'isha umm al-muminin took that as a precedent for whatever men she wanted to
be able to come to see her. She ordered her sister, Umm Kulthum bint Abi Bakr as-
Siddiq and the daughters of her brother to give milk to whichever men she wanted
to be able to come in to see her.


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Apparently, Muhammad's other wives were too decent to follow such a shameful
advice!


‫وأبى سائر أزواج النبي صلى ال عليه وسلم أن يدخل عليهن بتلك الرضاعة أحد من الناس وقلن ل وال ما نرى‬
‫الذي أمر به - ص 554 - رسول ال صلى ال عليه وسلم سهلة بنت سهيل إل رخصة من رسول ال صلى ال‬
‫عليه وسلم في رضاعة سالم وحده ل وال ل يدخل علينا بهذه الرضاعة أحد فعلى هذا كان أزواج النبي صلى ال‬
‫عليه وسلم في رضاعة الكبير‬

http://hadith.al-islam.com/Page.aspx?pageid=192&BookID=31&TOCID=450


The rest of the wives of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
refused to let anyone come in to them by such nursing. They said, 'No! By Allah! We
think that what the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
ordered Sahla bint Suhayl to do was only an indulgence concerning the nursing of
Salim alone. No! By Allah! No one will come in upon us by such nursing!'


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Even the narrator of this hadith was too ashamed to narrate what he had heard and
decided to keep this story to himself for a year or so!


‫أن عائشة أخبرته أن سهلة بنت سهيل بن عمرو جاءت النبي صلى ال عليه وسلم فقالت يا رسول ال إن سالما‬
‫لسالم مولى أبي حذيفة معنا في بيتنا وقد بلغ ما يبلغ الرجال وعلم ما يعلم الرجال قال أرضعيه تحرمي عليه قال‬
‫فمكثت سنة أو قريبا منها ل أحدث به وهبته ثم لقيت القاسم فقلت له لقد حدثتني حديثا ما حدثته بعد قال فما هو‬
‫فأخبرته قال فحدثه عني أن عائشة أخبرتنيه‬



whereupon he said: Suckle him so that he may become unlawful (in regard to
marriage) for you He (Ibn Abu Mulaika) said: I refrained from (narrating this
hadith) for a year or so on account of fear. I then met al-Qasim and said to him:
You narrated to me a hadith which I did not narrate (to anyone) afterwards. He
said: What is that? I informed him, whereupon he said: Narrate it on my authority
that 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) had narrated that to me.


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ٍ ِ‫ظَميِ كَّ ظَ ظَ ظَ ٍقٍُقُ ٍ ظَ مي‬
‫وإنك لعلى خلق عظيم‬
4 ‫سورة القلم‬

And most surely you (Muhammad) conform (yourself) to sublime morality.
Quran 68:4

http://www.thequran.com/Read/Verse/68/4/4/1,2,8

ٌ َ‫ظَ ظَ َوْ ظَ ظَ ظَ ٍقُ َوْ ميِ ظَ ٍقُ ميِ كَّ ٍقُ َوْ ظَ ٌ ظَ ظَ ظ‬
‫لقد كان لكم في رسول ال أسوة حسنة‬
ِ‫مي‬
21 ‫سورة الزحزاب‬

Certainly you have in the Messenger of Allah an excellent exemplar
Quran 33:21

http://www.thequran.com/Read/Verse/68/4/4/1,2,8

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More oddities...

Muhammad's male wet nurse

Muhammad breast-fed by his uncle Abu Talib.

SOURCE: AL-KAFI*
by Al-Kulayni

*Al-Kafi is rated as number one among Shia Muslims book as Sahih Bukhari for Sunni
Muslims. (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitab_al-Kafi

Al-Kafi, al-Kulayni v.1 p.284 #27 ‫الكافى للكليني‬

‫لما ولد النبي صلى ال عليه وسلم مكث أياما ليس له لبن، فألقاه أبو طالب على ثدي نفسه، فأنزل ال فيه لبنا‬
‫فرضع منه أياما حتى وقع أبو طالب على حليمة السعدية فدفعه إليها‬

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H , Ch. 111, h 27 (p. 637 # 27)

When the Holy Prophet (s.a) was born he remained for days without milk. Abu
Talib himself breast fed him and Allah sent milk through his nipples. It continued
for several days until abu Talib found Halima al-Sa‘diya and the child was given to
her

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Muhammad's milky thumb

Muhammad fed his grandson with his thumb.

Al-Kafi, al-Kulayni v.1 p.295 #4 ‫الكافى للكليني‬

‫و لم يرضع الحسين من فاطمة و ل من أنثى، كان يؤتى به النبي فيضع إبهامه في فيه، فيمص منها ما يكفيه‬
‫.اليومين و الثلث‬

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H 1255, Ch. 116, h 4 (p. 658 # 4)

Al-Husayn (a.s.) did not have any milk from Fatima (a.s.) nor from other females.
They would bring him to the Holy Prophet (s.a) and he would place his thumb in his
mouth and he would suck from it that much that would suffice him for three days.

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Muslims keep your heads down.
The world has read your books and history,
there’s no place for fairy tales or lies.

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