Editing Moses in Islam (section)

====Incident of the Nile====
[[File:Asiya finds Moses.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Asiya (depicted with long black tresses) and her servants, having finished bathing find baby Moses in the Nile. Their clothes hang in the trees while the river waves and crests are done in the Chinese style. Illustration from the Persian ''[[Jami' al-tawarikh]]'']]

According to Islamic tradition, [[Jochebed]], Moses's mother, suckled him secretly during this period. When they were in danger of being caught, God [[Revelation#Islam|instructed]] her to put him in a wicker basket and set him adrift on the [[Nile]].<ref>[[Quran 28:7]]</ref> She instructs her daughter to follow the course of the ark and report back to her. As her daughter follows the ark along the riverbank, Moses is discovered by the Pharaoh's wife, [[Asiya]], who convinces the Pharaoh to adopt him.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quran translation Comparison {{!}}Quran 28:9 {{!}} Alim |url=http://www.alim.org/library/quran/ayah/compare/28/9 |access-date=2020-12-24 |website=www.alim.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Unveiling Islam: An Insider's Look at Muslim Life and Beliefs |author1=Ergun Mehmet Caner |author2=Erir Fethi Caner |author3=Richard Land |page=88 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vKfLV-OOEBAC&pg=PA88 |publisher=Kregel Publications |isbn=9780825424281 |year=2009 |access-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610194057/https://books.google.com/books?id=vKfLV-OOEBAC&pg=PA88 |archive-date=10 June 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> When Asiya ordered wet nurses for Moses, Moses refuses to be breastfed. Islamic tradition states that this is because God forbids Moses from being fed by any wet nurse in order to reunite him with his mother.<ref>{{cite book |title=Infants, Parents and Wet Nurses: Medieval Islamic Views on Breastfeeding and Their Social Implications |author=Avner Gilʻadi |page=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYyVXlItnPgC&pg=PA15 |publisher=Brill Publishers |isbn=9789004112230 |year=1999 |access-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517234004/https://books.google.com/books?id=WYyVXlItnPgC&pg=PA15 |archive-date=17 May 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> His sister worries that Moses has not been fed for some time, so she appears to the Pharaoh and informs him that she knows someone who can feed him.<ref name="Bridges">{{cite book |title=A Christian Guide to the Qur'an: Building Bridges in Muslim Evangelism |author1=Raouf Ghattas |author2=Carol Ghattas |page=212 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1LzBWkiASUC&pg=PA212 |publisher=Kregel Academic & Professional |isbn=9780825426889 |year=2009 |access-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504104805/https://books.google.com/books?id=A1LzBWkiASUC&pg=PA212 |archive-date=4 May 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> After being questioned, she is ordered to bring the woman being discussed.<ref name= "Bridges"/> The sister brings their mother, who feeds Moses, and thereafter, she is appointed as the wet nurse of Moses.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Qur'an: an encyclopedia |author=Oliver Leaman |date=2 May 2006 |page=433 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UarUm4QXGWAC&pg=PA433 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134339754 |access-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424233139/https://books.google.com/books?id=UarUm4QXGWAC&pg=PA433 |archive-date=24 April 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>