241 – (It is related in Sahīh Muslim from Usāma ibn Zayd that a man came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said, “O Messenger of Allah, I practice withdrawal with my wife.” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, asked him, “Why do you do that?” The man replied, “I fear for her child”—or he said, “for her children.” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Had that been harmful, it would have harmed the Persians and Romans.”) p. 193

Authentic. Muslim (4/162) and Ahmad (5/203) narrated it.

242 – (In his earnest concern for his community, he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Do not secretly kill your children, for the effects of intercourse with a nursing woman will catch up with a child when he becomes a horseman and throw him down.” … Abū Dāwūd.) p. 192

Weak. Abū Dāwūd (3881) and Ahmad (6/453, 457, 458) narrated it through al-Muhājir, the client of Asmā bint Yazīd al-Ansāriyya, who said: I heard Asmā bint Yazīd say: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say—and she then related the preceding report.

I say: This chain of transmission is weak because of this al-Muhājir, whose status is unknown. Ibn Abī Hātim included him in his book (4/1/259–260) but cited neither criticism nor accreditation concerning him. Ibn Hibbān, however, declared him trustworthy, as was his custom! Hence, the hadith master described this narrator as “acceptable”—meaning when corroborated; otherwise, he is weak in hadith. I found no corroboration for him, so the hadith is weak.

243 – (He, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “I nearly forbade intercourse with nursing women, but then I saw that the Persians and Romans practiced it without it causing their children any harm.” Muslim.) p. 193

Authentic. Muslim (4/161), Mālik (16/607/2), Abū Dāwūd (3882), al-Nasā’ī (2/84), al-Tirmidhī (2/9), al-Dārimī (2/146–147), and Ahmad (6/361, 434) narrated it from the hadith of Judāma bint Wahb,