Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that a woman came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! This is my son, my womb was his protection, my lap gathered him, and my breast nourished him. Now his father thinks to take him away from me. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: As long as you do not marry again, you are more entitled to him.

Syedna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a woman came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), her husband had divorced her and the woman wanted to take her child. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Draw lots regarding this child. But the man said: Who can come between me and my child? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: O child! This is your father and this is your mother, you may choose whichever of them you wish. He chose his mother, so she took him and left.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Sinan (may Allah be pleased with him) that he accepted Islam, but his wife refused to become Muslim. She came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: This is my daughter, she has been weaned. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Rafi': Sit on one side, and said to his wife: You sit on the other side. And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) seated the girl between them and said: Both of you call her. The girl inclined towards her mother. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed: O my Allah! Guide this girl. Then she leaned towards her father and he took her.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says: We left Makkah, and the daughter of Hamza (may Allah be pleased with him) started following us and called out: My uncle! My uncle! So I took her hand and entrusted her to Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her), saying: She is your uncle’s daughter, keep her in your care. When we reached Madinah, Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him), Ja’far (may Allah be pleased with him), and I all began to dispute about her. I said: I brought her, and she is my uncle’s daughter. Zayd said: She is my brother’s daughter, and Ja’far said: She is my uncle’s daughter, and her maternal aunt is my wife. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (in making the decision) said to Ja’far: You resemble me in appearance and character. He said to Zayd: You are our brother and friend. And to me (Ali), he said: You are from me and I am from you. Do this: entrust the girl to her maternal aunt, for the maternal aunt is like the mother. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Why do you not marry her? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: She is my foster niece.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) left Makkah for Madinah, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) also took the daughter of Sayyiduna Hamzah with him. Then, regarding her, there was a dispute between Sayyiduna Ali, Sayyiduna Ja’far, and Sayyiduna Zayd. When they came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: She is my niece and I brought her out. Sayyiduna Ja’far (may Allah be pleased with him) said: She is my niece and her maternal aunt is in my wedlock. Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: She is my niece. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had established brotherhood between Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him), (for this reason he called Sayyiduna Hamzah his brother). Then the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), while deciding, said to Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him): You are my friend and the friend of this girl. He said to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): You are my companion and my brother. And he said to Sayyiduna Ja’far (may Allah be pleased with him): You resemble me in creation and character. Now this girl will be brought up by her maternal aunt.