Hadith about Custody

A woman said, "O Allah's Messenger, my husband wants to take away my son, while he has benefited me and provided me with drinking water from the well of Abu 'Inabah." Then her husband came and the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Young man, this is your father and this is your mother, so take whoever of them you…

"يَا غُلَامُ! هَذَا أَبُوكَ وَهَذِهِ 2‏ أُمُّكَ, فَخُذْ بِيَدِ أَيُّهُمَا شِئْتَ"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 5 other versions

A woman said, "O Allah's Messenger, this son of mine: my womb was a receptacle for him, my breasts were a source of suckling for him, and my lap was a place for him to curl up in, yet his father has divorced me and wants to take him away from me." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied to her, "You have…

"أَنْتِ أَحَقُّ بِهِ, مَا لَمْ تَنْكِحِي"

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr + 3 other versions

Hadīth of Rāfi‘ ibn Sinān about giving a child the option to choose between parents who separated upon conversion to Islam

Rāfi‘ ibn Sinān (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I embraced Islam, but my wife refused to do so. She went to the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "My daughter is weaned or about to be weaned." Rāfi‘ said: "My daughter." The Prophet (may Allah's peace and…

اللَّهُمَّ اهْدِهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَمَالَتِ الصَّبِيَّةُ إِلَى أَبِيهَا فَأَخَذَهَا

Narrated by Rāfi ibn Sinān + 1 other version Explained