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Sahih al-Bukhari 88 (Book 3, Hadith 30) #88
The Importance of Knowing Your Foster Siblings

SUMMARY: A man married a woman without knowing that she was his foster sister, and when he found out, he divorced her.

Narrated 'Abdullah bin Abi Mulaika: 'Uqba bin Al-Harith said that he had married the daughter of Abi Ihab bin 'Aziz. Later on a woman came to him and said, "I have suckled (nursed) 'Uqba and the woman whom he married (his wife) at my breast"'.Uqba said to her, "Neither I knew that you have suckled (nursed) me nor did you tell me". Then he rode over to see Allah's Messenger at Medina, and asked him about it. Allah's Messenger said, "How can you keep her as a wife when it has been said (that she is your foster-sister)?" Then 'Uqba divorced her, and she married another man.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي حُسَيْنٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَ ابْنَةً لأَبِي إِهَابِ بْنِ عَزِيزٍ، فَأَتَتْهُ امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ إِنِّي قَدْ أَرْضَعْتُ عُقْبَةَ وَالَّتِي تَزَوَّجَ بِهَا‏.‏ فَقَالَ لَهَا عُقْبَةُ مَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكِ أَرْضَعْتِنِي وَلاَ أَخْبَرْتِنِي‏.‏ فَرَكِبَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَسَأَلَهُ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏ "‏ كَيْفَ وَقَدْ قِيلَ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَفَارَقَهَا عُقْبَةُ، وَنَكَحَتْ زَوْجًا غَيْرَهُ‏.‏

TOPICS
foster  *  sister  *  divorce  *  marriage  *  knowledge

QUICK LESSONS:
Seek knowledge before making decisions . Respect family ties . Be honest in relationships .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of knowing your foster siblings. It tells us that if we are not sure whether someone is our foster sibling or not, it is important to find out before getting married. In this hadith, Uqba bin Al-Harith got married to a woman without knowing that she was his foster sister. When he found out later on from another woman who told him that she had nursed them both at her breast, he went to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ for advice and the Prophet ﷺ told him to divorce her as it would be wrong for them to stay together as husband and wife if they were related by nursing. This teaches us how important it is for us to know our family ties so we can make sure we do not break any laws or do anything wrong in Islam.

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