and Dawud, Abu Thawr, and Ibn al-Mundhir, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "A single suckling or two do not cause prohibition." It is also narrated from Umm al-Fadl bint al-Harith that she said: The Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "A single suckling (7) or two do not cause prohibition." Both are reported by Muslim (8). And because whatever number and repetition are considered in, the number three is considered. It is narrated from Hafsah: "Nothing less than ten sucklings causes prohibition" (9). This is also narrated from Aisha (10), because 'Urwah narrated in the hadith of Sahlah bint Suhayl that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to her, according to what reached us: "Suckle him ten times, and he will be prohibited by your milk." The reasoning (11) for the first view is what is narrated from Aisha, that she said: "It was revealed in the Quran: 'Ten known sucklings cause prohibition' (12). Then five were abrogated from that, and it became five known sucklings that cause prohibition, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) passed away while the matter was such." Reported by Muslim (13).
(7) al-Imlajah: A single suckling. (8) In: The Chapter on a Single Suckling and Two, from the Book of Suckling. Sahih Muslim 2/1073-1075. It is also reported by al-Nasa'i in: The Chapter on the Amount of Suckling That Causes Prohibition, from the Book of Marriage. al-Mujtaba 6/83. And al-Darimi in: The Chapter on How Many Sucklings Cause Prohibition, from the Book of Marriage. Sunan al-Darimi 2/157. The first is reported by Abu Dawud in: The Chapter on Whether Less Than Five Sucklings Cause Prohibition, from the Book of Marriage. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/476. And al-Tirmidhi in: The Chapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding "A Single Suckling or Two Do Not Cause Prohibition", from the Book of Suckling. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 5/90-92. And Ibn Majah in: The Chapter on "A Single Suckling or Two Do Not Cause Prohibition", from the Book of Marriage. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/624. And Imam Ahmad in: al-Musnad 4/4, 5, 6/31, 96, 216, 247. And the second is reported by Imam Ahmad in: al-Musnad 6/339, 340. (9) Reported by al-Bayhaqi in: The Chapter on Whoever Said: Only Five Sucklings Cause Prohibition, from the Book of Suckling. al-Sunan al-Kubra 7/457. And 'Abd al-Razzaq in: The Chapter on a Little Amount of Suckling, from the Book of Divorce. al-Musannaf 7/470. (10) We have not found it with this exact wording: "ten sucklings." See the subsequent authentication of Aisha's hadith according to Imam Malik. (11) In the original, [B], and [M]: "wajh" (reasoning). (12) Omitted from [B]. (13) In: The Chapter on Prohibition by Five Sucklings, from the Book of Suckling. Sahih Muslim 2/1075. It is also reported by Abu Dawud in: The Chapter on Whether Less Than Five Sucklings Cause Prohibition, from the Book of Marriage. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/476. And al-Tirmidhi in: The Chapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding "A Single Suckling or Two Do Not Cause Prohibition", from the Book of Suckling. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 5/92. And Ibn Majah in: The Chapter on "A Single Suckling or Two Do Not Cause Prohibition", from the Book of Marriage. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/625. And al-Darimi in: The Chapter on How Many Sucklings Cause Prohibition, from the Book of Marriage. Sunan al-Darimi 2/157. And Imam Malik in: The Chapter of Compilation of What Has Been Reported Regarding "A Single Suckling or Two Do Not Cause Prohibition", from the Book of Suckling. al-Muwatta' 2/608.
