236 — Ibrāhīm ibn Saīd narrated to us. He said: Mūsā ibn Ayyūb narrated to me; Ibn al-Mubārak narrated to us, from Mamar, from someone who heard Abd Allah ibn Ubayd say: A woman came to Umar—may Allah be pleased with him—and said:

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“Clear the road, O servants of the Most Merciful!
Tell the Commander of the Faithful of this affair:
Pregnancy lasts one year, and nursing two.”

Then she sat down and said, “This son of mine—my womb was his vessel, my lap his shelter, and my breast his source of drink. But once he became useful and reached his prime, his father sought to wrest him away from me.” Umar looked and saw that the boy appeared to have grown up, so he let him choose.