Chapter on Breastfeeding
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 3|Chapter 47
وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ اَلسَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ: أَنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّ أَمَتِي أَرْضَعَتْ وَلَدِي وَ قَدْ أَرَدْتُ بَيْعَهَا قَالَ "خُذْ بِيَدِهَا وَ قُلْ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي مِنِّي أُمَّ وَلَدِي".
In the narration of Al-Sakooni from Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام from his father, Imam Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir عليه السلام, it is reported that a man came to Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib عليه السلام and said: "My bondwoman has breastfed my child, and I want to sell her." Imam عليه السلام replied: "Take her by the hand and say, 'Who will buy from me the mother of my child?'"
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh