'Ali (Allah be pleased with him) reported having said this:
Messenger of Allah, why is it that you select (your wife) from among the Quraish, but you ignore us (the nearest of the kin)? Thereupon he said: Have you anything for me (a suitable match for me)? I said; Yes, the daughter of Hamza, whereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: She is not lawful for me, for she is the daughter of my brother by reason of fosterage.
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ - قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا لَكَ تَنَوَّقُ فِي قُرَيْشٍ وَتَدَعُنَا فَقَالَ " وَعِنْدَكُمْ شَىْءٌ " . قُلْتُ نَعَمْ بِنْتُ حَمْزَةَ . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّهَا لاَ تَحِلُّ لِي إِنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ " .
Isnad
8 transmitters- 1Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybaKufa · d. ~235 AH
- 2Zuhayr bin HarbNisa'/Baghdad · d. 234 AH/848 CE
- 3Abu Karayb, Muhammad bin al-'Ala'Hamadan,al-Kufa · d. 247 AH
- 4Muhammad bin Khazim al-Dariral-Kufa · d. 195 AH
- 5Sulaiman al-A'mashal-Kufa · d. 147 AH
- 6Sa'd bin 'Ubaida al-Salmial-Kufa · d. > 100 AH
- 7Abu 'Abdur Rahman al-Salmial-Kufa · d. after 70 AH
- 8Ali ibn Abi TalibMakkah/Medina/kufa · d. 40 AH/661 CE (21 Ramadhan)
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 17, Hadith 14
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 8, Hadith 3407 (deprecated numbering scheme)