Hadith 24

Sahih Bukhari

Book 52: Witnesses

Chapter 14

The witness of a wet nurse

باب شَهَادَةِ الْمُرْضِعَةِ

Sahih al-Bukhari 2660
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، قَالَ تَزَوَّجْتُ امْرَأَةً فَجَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُكُمَا‏.‏ فَأَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ‏ ‏ أَوْ نَحْوَهُ‏.‏
"‏ وَكَيْفَ وَقَدْ قِيلَ دَعْهَا عَنْكَ ‏"
`Uqba bin Al-Harith:

I married a woman and later on a woman came and said, "I suckled you both." So, I went to the Prophet (to ask him about it). He said, "How can you (keep her as a wife) when it has been said (that you were foster brother and sister)? Leave (divorce) her.