Adamant wrote on Jul 13
th, 2014 at 8:35pm:
Abbott Lies wrote on Jul 13
th, 2014 at 7:48pm:
So there was an orphan boy who the Prophet's wife became rather attached to. When he approached puberty, she became concerned that she would no longer be able to maintain the relationship with the orphan boy as the Islamic religion advises adherents to restrict themselves from mingling with the opposite sex after puberty. So the Prophet told his wife to establish a legal maternal relationship with the boy by feeding him her breast milk.The feeding requires no physical contact, and only requires that the boy drank his fill five times. The milk could be drunk from a cup. In this way, the Prophet's wife sort of adopted the orphan boy.
The "boy" had fought in battles, he was deemed a warrior, he was a MAN.
In no place that is authentic does it say "the man drank from a cup". It does say "I suckled him".
Go back to what the muslims call "AUTHENTIC" they all love that, but perhaps they will hate this one.
PS I do not know who's wife was told this!
Ok, so I looked up the authentic from a book called Sahih Muslim. The story was not even about the Prophet's wife, but another woman named Sahla bint Suhail.
Here is what the authentic book of Sahih Muslim says:
Quote:Book 008, Number 3426:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Sahla bint Suhail b. 'Amr came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and said: Messenger of Allah, Salim (the freed slave of Abu Hudhaifa) is living with us in our house, and he has attained puberty as youths attain it and has acquired knowledge as youths acquire, whereupon he said: Suckle him so that he may become unlawful (in regard to marriage) for you
and
Quote:Book 008, Number 3427:
Umm Salama said to 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her): A young boy who is at the threshold of puberty comes to you. I, however, do not like that he should come to me, 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).
So the story is about a young orphan boy maybe 11 or 12 or even younger, who had been brought up by the woman as a foster child. And it is unclear whether the milk was drunk from a cup or not.