There are loads of embarrassing stuff in the Ahadith.
Here is one re the 'Adult Suckling Hadith'.
https://wikiislam.net/wiki/Adult_Suckling
- In Islamic societies gender segregation is a common practice to avoid any form of adultery. Thus men and women are not advised to stay in the same room if they are alone, and any adult woman is required to wear a veil in public.
[There may be a problem] if there is a small company employing a man and two women there maybe nothing wrong if they all work in the same room. However, if one of the two women happen to not show up for work (e.g, due to sickness) the remaining pair [a man and a woman] cannot work together any more.
So how can the above dilemma be resolved?
- The Fatwa of an Al-Azhar scholar
Here is where the head of the Hadith Department in Al-Azhar University, Dr. Izzat Atiyya comes into play. Its worth noting, that the Al-Azhar University in Cairo is considered to be the world´s most renowned Islamic university by all Sunni Muslims.
Only a few months ago, Dr. Atiyya published a fatwa. According to this verdict the Islamic rules of gender segregation and veiling can be circumvented if a woman suckles a man. Alternatively, a man can also be breast-fed by a sister or the mother of a woman.
The idea behind this ruling is that there is no law for adoption in many Islamic societies. However, a mother-son-relationship can be established by breast-feeding.
According to this interview [with Dr. Atiyya] it was the prophet himself who confirmed that a man and a woman are allowed to be together in private if the man had been previously breastfed by the woman.
The text in question
Here is a part of the text [from Ahadith] Dr. Atiyya referred to in an English translation:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hadhaifa, lived with him and his family in their house. She (i. e. the daughter of Suhail came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and said: Salim has attained (puberty) as men attain, and he understands what they understand, and he enters our house freely, I, however, perceive that something (rankles) in the heart of Abu Hudhaifa, whereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said to her: Suckle him and you would become unlawful for him, and (the rankling) which Abu Hudhaifa feels in his heart will disappear. She returned and said: So I suckled him, and what (was there) in the heart of Abu Hudhaifa disappeared.
Sahih Muslim 8:3425
- Dr. Atiyya repeatedly declared that the sources he quoted belonged to the Islamic holy texts with the highest possible authority. According to him no less than 90,000 contemporary scholars confirmed that the hadith referred to is authentic.
As from the above, those Muslims who seriously and religiously accept the Ahadith as an authoritative texts of Islam [that guarantee their eternal life in paradise], they would allow their wives to be suckled by strangers if the circumstances required them [the wife] to be together alone with another man for works [colleague, business partner, boss] or various unavoidable circumstances.
I am not sure if this had been practiced in reality. It is likely the zealous ones may practice it, otherwise if they don't comply with Muhammad's saying, they could end up in Hell. The threat of hell upon non-compliance will likely to loosen whatever inhibitions they have.
I will research on whether there are reports this had happened or is still being practiced in modern times.
As we can see, the above hadith which is certified as authentic is really an embarrassment to Islam itself.
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