Umm Ishaq was the daughter of Sulayman and the grandmother of Muhammad Ibn al-Abbas Ibn al-Walid.1 She was a narrator of traditions from Imam al-Sadiq ('a) and died in 152 A.H.

The writer of the book Jami al-Ruwat introduces her as one of the narrators of traditions from Abu 'Abdullah Imam al-Sadiq ('a).2

Mamqani has listed her among the transmitters of traditions and written about her, "We know nothing about her life. Her name is only seen in a tradition which is narrated from Muhammad Ibn 'Abbas Ibn Walid from her. The degree of her reliability as a narrator and her name are unclear to me.'3

She has related traditions from Imam al-Sadiq ('a), and Muhammad Ibn 'Abbas Ibn al-Walid, her grandson, has related traditions from her.

Shaykh al-Kulayn'i, relying on his own sources, relates that Muhammad Ibn 'Abbas Ibn Walid, quoted his father, who quoted his mother Umm Ishaq Ibn Sulayman as saying: "Abu 'Abdullah ('a) looked at me as I was breastfeeding one of my sons, either Muhammad or lshaq, and he told me, 'O Umm lshaq, do not feed him from one breast only. Feed him from both sides, one of them for his food, and the other for water."4 Shaykh al-Tusi also related this tradition.5

• 1. Muhammad Ibn al-'Abbas Ibn Walid al-Nahawi (the grammarian) was known as Abal-Husayn. Al-Tal'akbari has related traditions from him. He has not related traditions from the Imams ('a) or the Holy Prophet (S). [Jami' al-Ruwat].
• 2. Jami' al-Ruwat, vol. 2, p. 455.
• 3. Tanqih al-Maqal, vol. 3, p. 70, See the chapter about women.
• 4. Al-Kafi, vol. 6, p. 4, See the book about 'Aqiqah, the chapter about breastfeeding children.
• 5. Tahdhib al-Ahkam, vol. 8, p. 108, tradition 366, See the chapter on judgments about the breastfeeding by divorced women.