Sahih al-Bukhari 4897 (Book 67, Hadith 39)
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “Do you like that?” I replied, “Yes, for even now I am not your only wife and I like
that my sister should share the good with me.” The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “But that is not lawful for me.” I
said, We have heard that you want to marry the daughter of Abu Salama.” He said, “(You mean) the
daughter of Um Salama?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “Even if she were not my step-daughter, she would
be unlawful for me to marry as she is my foster niece. I and Abu Salama were suckled by Thuwaiba.
So you should not present to me your daughters or your sisters (in marriage).”
Narrated ‘Urwa:
Thuwaiba was the freed slave girl of Abu Lahb whom he had manumitted, and then she suckled the
Prophet. When Abu Lahb died, one of his relatives saw him in a dream in a very bad state and asked
him, “What have you encountered?” Abu Lahb said, “I have not found any rest since I left you, except
that I have been given water to drink in this (the space between his thumb and other fingers) and that
is because of my manumitting Thuwaiba.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 4897 (Book 67, Hadith 39)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. Sahih al-Bukhari is a foundational text of Sunni Islam, forming part of the Kutub al-Sittah, which are the six major hadith collections. These essential works include Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawood, Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Sunan an-Nasa’i, and Sunan ibn Majah. Compiled by Imam al-Bukhārī in the 9th century, his Sahih is renowned for its meticulous authentication process and is frequently cited as the most authentic hadith collection. Its comprehensive scope is evident in its structure of 97 books containing roughly 7,563 hadiths that guide Muslim life and jurisprudence.
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For more Hadith in Book 67: Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah)