Al-Kāfi - The Book of ‘Aqiqah (Offering Animal Sacrifice for a Newborn Child)

Al-Kāfi - The Book of ‘Aqiqah (Offering Animal Sacrifice for a Newborn Child) Chapter: The One Who has More Priority for the Custody of a Small Child أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَا٠ِرٍ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلا٠) قَالَ وَ الْوالِداتُ يُرْضِعْنَ أَوْلادَهُنَّ قَالَ ٠َ الْوَلَدُ فِي الرَّضَاعِ فَهُوَ بَيْنَ الْأَبَوَيْنِ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ فَإِذَا فُطِ٠َ فَالْأَبُ أَحَقُّ بِهِ ٠َاتَ الْأَبُ فَالْأُ٠ِنَ الْعَصَبَةِفَإِنْ وَجَدَ الْأَبُ ٠َنْ يُرْضِعُهُ بِأَرْبَعَةِ دَرَاهِ٠َ وَ قَالَتِ الْأُ٠ُّ لَا أُرْضِعُهُ إِلَّا بِخَ٠َ فَإِنَّ لَهُ أَنْ يَنْزِعَهُ ٠ِنْهَا إِلَّا أَنَّ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ وَ أَرْفَقُ بِهِ أَنْ يُتْرَكَ ٠4.

Abu Ali al-Ash‘ariy has narrated from al-FIassan ibn Ali from al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Amir from Dawud ibn al-Hasin who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘Mothers must breastfeed their children’ means that a child during breastfeeding period is between the two parents in equal manners. When the child is weaned then the father has more right about him than the mother. When the father dies then the mother has more right than the relatives.

If the father finds a breastfeeding woman who asks four dirham, for example, and the mother says that she will not do for less than five dirham, he can take the child away from her unless she is more kind and better for the child.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (21/80))