1001 – ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr (may Allah be pleased with both of them) narrated that a woman once said, “O Messenger of Allah, this son of mine—my womb was a wiʿāʾ (container) for him, my breast was a siqāʾ (drinking-vessel) for him, and my lap was a protective haven for him. Now his father has divorced me and wants to snatch him away from me.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied, “You have the stronger claim to him so long as you do not remarry.” Reported by Aḥmad and Abū Dāwūd, and al-Ḥākim declared it authentic (1).

Hadith grading
The hadith is ḥasan (good).
It was recorded by Abū Dāwūd, al-Dāraqutnī, al-Ḥākim, and Aḥmad through the chain of ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb, from his father, from his grandfather.
Al-Ḥākim said, “Its chain is ṣaḥīḥ (sound),” and al-Dhahabī concurred.
Nevertheless, the hadith is judged only ḥasan and does not reach the level of ṣaḥīḥ because of the well-known scholarly dispute over the narrations of ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb from his father, from his grandfather.

Vocabulary
• wiʿāʾ (container): a vessel that gathers and holds something.
• thady (breast): the protrusion on the chest of men and women; in women it is the place where milk collects, like the udder of livestock. It may be treated as masculine or feminine; its plurals are athdī and thudī.
• siqāʾ (waterskin): a leather container used for water or milk; plural asqiya.