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The Book of
Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)The Book of
Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)
INTRODUCTION Marriage is a social
institution as old as the human race itself. It may be
defined as a relation between a man and a woman which is
recognised by custom or law and involves certain rights and
duties, both in the case of the parties entering the Union,
and in case of the children born of it. Marriage has thus
two main functions to perform: it is the means adopted by
human society for regulating relations between the sexes;
and it furnishes the mechanism by means of which the
relations of a child to the community is determined.
The rites and ceremonies of marriage have been different
with different peoples and in different ages. but these two
functions mentioned above are common even where in marriage.
It always implies the right of sexual intercourse as allowed
and recognised by society and the duties of the parents in
bringing up children.
Islam recognises this institution and accepts it as the
basis of human society after purging it of all those evils
which had penetrated it.
Firstly, Islam does not regard it as a union only for the
gratification of sexual lost, but a social contract with
wide and varied responsibilities and duties. The reason
behind it is that, according to the Divine Faith, a woman is
not a plaything in the hand of man. but a spiritual and
moral being who is entrusted to him on the sacred pledge to
which Allah is made a witness. The wife is, therefore, not
meant. to provide sensuous pleasure only to the male, but to
fully co-operate with him in making the life of the family
and ultimately of the whole humanity significantly
meaningful.
The Holy Qur'an has in so many verses pointed out the
different purposes of marriage. It states:" And of His signs
is that He has created wives for you from yourselves that
you might find quiet of wind in them, and He put between you
love and affection" (xxx. 21). In this verse it has been
said that the female is not inferior to the male in the
sense that the former is created out of a superior stuff
while the latter comes of a base origin. Both man and woman
are the progeny of Adam and thus both have the same soul.
The purpose of marriage, according to the Holy Qur'an, is
therefore, the union of the two souls which are one in
essence. Their separate existence is an unnatural state of
their being which changes Into the natural state when they
are united by marriage and thus are brought close to each
other physically, mentally and emotionally.
Both man and woman are the joint heirs of the grace of
life, and unless there is a very close and intimate form of
companionship in them, they cannot enjoy the true grace of
life." He it is Who created you from a single soul, and of
the same did He make his spouse, that he might find comfort
in her" (vii. 189)." Comfort" implies much more than a mere
sexual gratification. It is not too much to say that the
whole conception of the marriage relation in Islam is
charged with spiritual and moral ideas, and must of
necessity elevate the status of matrimonial alliance in the
individual and social life.
In Islam the union of the sexes has been purified and the
joy of the married relation secured by the absolute
prohibition of every kind of extra-matzimonial connection.
The Holy Qur'an stresses upon the people to marry as it is
the most effective means whereby one can lead a virtuous
life free from immorality and emotional inhibition. The Holy
Qur'an says:" They (your wives) are as a garment to you, and
you are as a garment to them" (ii. 187). The mutual relation
of husband and wife is here described in words which could
not be surpassed in beauty. Herein is the correct
description of the relationship between the two. The husband
and the wife are for mutual support, mutual comfort and
mutual protection, fitting into each other as garments fit
into each other.
Then the Holy Qur'an also makes it clear that this union
is not a temporary relationship between two individuals of
opposite sexes: It is a permanent and enduring relationship
in the sense that both the parties should put in their
earnest endeavours to lead their lives in perfect harmony
and acquitting themselves creditably of the responsibilities
saddled upon them by entering into this sacred contract.
The Holy Qur'an farther points out that sexual
gratification in the married life is not meant only for the
satisfaction of the physical lust, but it mustbe directed to
some higher ends." Your women are tilth for you, so go into
your tilth as ye like, and provide beforehand for your
souls, and fear Allah and know that you are going to meet
Him" (iii. 223). Here the wives are likened to the
cultivable land which are ploughed for sowing and reaping
the produce (in the form of offspring) and not merely for
carnal indulgence. The concluding part of the verse refers
to still higher and sublimer ends which tell that even in
the height of carnal pleasures the moral and spiritual
responsibilities should not in any way be lost sight of;
rather one should be more conscious to them when one is
enjoying physical pleasures as these are the moments when
the fear of the Lord and the accountability in the Hereafter
is likely to be blurred or effaced from one's mind.
Chapter 1: ONE WHO CAN SUPPORT A WIFE SHOULD
MARRY
Book 008, Number 3231:
'Alqama reported: While I was walking with 'Abdullah at
Mina, 'Uthman happened to meet him. He stopped there and
began to talk with him. Uthman said to him: Abu 'Abd al-Rahman,
should we not marry you to a young girl who may recall to
you some of the past of your bygone days; thereupon he
said: If you say so, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: 0 young men, those among you who can support a
wife should marry, for it restrains eyes from casting
(evil glances). and preserves one from immorality; but
those who cannot should devote themselves to fasting for
it is a means of controlling sexual desire.
Book 008, Number 3232:
'Alqama reported: While I was going along with
'Abdullah b. Ma'sud (Allah he pleased with him) in Mina, 'Uthman
b. 'Affan (Allah be pleased with him) happened to meet him
and said: Come here, Abu 'Abd al-Rahman (kunya of Abdullah
b. Mas'ud), and he isolated him (from me), and when
'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) saw that there was no need (for this
privacy), he said to me: 'Alqama, come on, and so I went
there. (Then) 'Uthman said to him: Abu Abd al-Rahman,
should we not marry you to a virgin girl that your past
may be recalled to your mind? 'Abdullah said: If you say
so, the rest of the hadith is the same as narrated above.
Book 008, Number 3233:
Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) (Allah be pleased with him)
reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
said to us: 0 young men, those among you who can support a
wife should marry, for it restrains eyes (from casting
evil glances) and preserves one from immorality; but he
who cannot afford It should observe fast for it is a means
of controlling the sexual desire.
Book 008, Number 3234:
Abu al-Rahman b. Yazid said: I and my uncle 'Alqama and
al-Aswad went to 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud (Allah be pleased
with him). He (the narrator further) said: I was at that
time young, and he narrated a hadith which it seemed he
narrated for me that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said like one transmitted by Mu'awiya, and further
added: I lost no time in marrying.
Book 008, Number 3235:
'Abd al-Rahman b. Yazid reported on the authority of
Abdullah: We went to him, and I was the youngest of all
(of us), but he did not mention:" I lost no time in
marrying."
Book 008, Number 3236:
Anas (Allah be pleased with him) reported that some of
the Companions of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
asked his (the Prophet's) wives about the acts that he
performed in private. Someone among them (among his
Companions) said: I will not marry women; someone among
them said: I will not eat meat; and someone among them
said: I will not lie down in bed. He (the Holy Prophet)
praised Allah and glorified Him, and said: What has
happened to these people that they say so and so, whereas
I observe prayer and sleep too; I observe fast and suspend
observing them; I marry women also? And he who turns away
from my Sunnah, he has no relation with Me
Book 008, Number 3237:
Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas (Allah be pleased with him)
reported: The Messengger of Allah (may peace be upon him)
rejected (the idea) of Uthman b. Muz'unliving in celibacy
(saying): And if he (the Holy Prophet) had given me
permission We would have got ourselves castrated.
Book 008, Number 3238:
Sa'id b. al-Musayyib reported: I heard Sa'd (b. Abi
Waqqas) saying that the idea of 'Uthman b. Maz'un for
living in celibacy was rejected (by the Holy Prophet), and
if he had been given permission they would have got
themselves castrated.
Book 008, Number 3239:
Sa'id b. al Musayyib heard Sa'd b. Abi Waqqas (Allah be
pleased with him) saying that Uthman b. Maz'un decided to
live in celibacy, but Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) forbade him to do so, and if he had permitted him, we
would have got ourselves castrated.
Chapter 2: HE WHO SEES A WOMAN, AND HIS HEART IS
AFFECTED, SHOULD COME TO HIS WIFE, AND SHOULD HAVE
INTERCOURSE WITH HER
Book 008, Number 3240:
Jabir reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) saw a woman, and so he came to his wife, Zainab,
as she was tanning a leather and had sexual intercourse
with her. He then went to his Companions and told them:
The woman advances and retires in the shape of a devil, so
when one of you sees a woman, he should come to his wife,
for that will repel what he feels in his heart.
Book 008, Number 3241:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported that Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) saw a woman; and the rest of the hadith
was narrated but (with this exception) that he said he
came to his wife Zainab, who was tanning a (piece of)
leather, and he made no mention of:" She retires in the
shape of satan."
Book 008, Number 3242:
Jabir heard Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
say: When a woman fascinates any one of you and she
captivates his heart, he should go to his wife and have an
intercourse with her, for it would repel what he feels.
Chapter 3: TEMPORARY MARRIAGE AND ITS PROHIBITION
FOR ALL TIMES TO COME
Book 008, Number 3243:
Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported: We were on an expedition
with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and we had
no women with us. We said: Should we not have ourselves
castrated? He (the Holy Prophet) forbade us to do so He
then granted us permission that we should contract
temporary marriage for a stipulated period giving her a
garment, and 'Abdullah then recited this verse: 'Those who
believe do not make unlawful the good things which Allah
has made lawful for you, and do not transgress. Allah does
not like trangressers" (al-Qur'an, v. 87).
Book 008, Number 3244:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jarir
with the same chain of transmitters and he also recited
this (above-mentioned verse) to us, but he did not say
that 'Abdullah recited it.
Book 008, Number 3245:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Isma'il with the same chain of transmitters (and the words
are):" We were young, so we said: Allah's Messenger,
should we not have ourselves castrated? But he (the
narrator) did not say; We were on an expedition."
Book 008, Number 3246:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah and Salama b. al-Akwa' said: There
came to us the proclaimer of Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) has granted you permission to benefit
yourselves, i. e. to contract temporary marriage with
women.
Book 008, Number 3247:
Salama b. al. Akwa' and Jabir b. Abdullah reported:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to us and
permitted us to contract temporary marriage.
Book 008, Number 3248:
Ibn Uraij reported: 'Ati' reported that jibir b.
Abdullah came to perform 'Umra, and we came to his abode,
and the people asked him about different things, and then
they made a mention of temporary marriage, whereupon he
said: Yes, we had been benefiting ourselves by this
temporary marriage during the lifetime of theHoly Prophet
(may peace be upon him) and during the tinie of Abi! Bakr
and 'Umar.
Book 008, Number 3249:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: We contracted temporary
marriage giving a handful of (tales or flour as a dower
during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) and durnig the time of Abu Bakr until 'Umar
forbade it in the case of 'Amr b. Huraith.
Book 008, Number 3250:
Abu Nadra reported: While I was in the company of Jabir
b. Abdullah, a person came to him and said that Ibn 'Abbas
and Ibn Zubair differed on the two types of Mut'as (Tamattu'
of Hajj 1846 and Tamattu' with women), whereupon Jabir
said: We used to do these two during the lifetime of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). Umar then
forbade us to do them, and so we did not revert to them.
Book 008, Number 3251:
Iyas b. Salama reported on the authority of his father
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) gave
sanction for contracting temporary marriage for three
nights in the year of Autas 1847 and then forbade it.
Book 008, Number 3252:
Sabra Juhanni reported: Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) permitted temporary marriage for us. So I and
another person went out and saw a woman of Bana 'Amir, who
was like a young long-necked she-camel. We presented
ourselves to her (for contracting temporary marriage),
whereupon she said: What dower would you give me? I said:
My cloak. And my companion also said: My cloak. And the
cloak of-my companion was superior to my cloak, but I was
younger than he. So when she looked at the cloak of my
companion she liked it, and when she cast a glance at me I
looked more attractive to her. She then said: Well, you
and your cloak are sufficient for me. I remained with her
for three nights, and then Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: He who has any such woman with whom he had
contracted temporary marriage, he should let her off.
Book 008, Number 3253:
Rabi' b. Sabra reported that his father went on an
expedition with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
during the Victory of Mecca, and we stayed there for
fifteen days (i. e. for thirteen full days and a day and a
night), and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
permitted us to contract temporary marriage with women. So
I and another person of my tribe went out, and I was more
handsome than he, whereas he was almost ugly. Each one of
us had a cloaks, My cloak was worn out, whereas the cloak
of my cousin was quite new. As we reached the lower or the
upper side of Mecca, we came across a young woman like a
young smart long-necked she-camel. We said: Is it possible
that one of us may contract temporary marriage with you?
She said: What will you give me as a dower? Each one of us
spread his cloak. She began to cast a glance on both the
persons. My companion also looked at her when she was
casting a glance at her side and he said: This cloak of
his is worn out, whereas my cloak is quite new. She,
however, said twice or thrice: There is no harm in
(accepting) this cloak (the old one). So I contracted
temporary marriage with her, and I did not come out (of
this) until Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
declared it forbidden.
Book 008, Number 3254:
Rabi' b. S'abra al-jahanni reported on the authority of
his father. We went with Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) to Mecca during the year of Victory and he
narrated like this a hadith transmitted by Bishr (the
previous one) but with this addition:" She said: Can it be
possible?" And it is also mentioned in it:" He said: The
cloak of this (man) is old and worn out."
Book 008, Number 3255:
Sabra al-Juhanni reported on the authority of his
father that while he was with Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon hm) he said: 0 people, I had permitted you to
contract temporary marriage with women, but Allah has
forbidden it (now) until the Day of Resurrection. So he
who has any (woman with this type of marriage contract) he
should let her off, and do not take back anything you have
given to then (as dower).
Book 008, Number 3256:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abd
al-'Aziz b 'Umar with the same chain of transmitters, and
he said: I saw Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
standing between the pillar and the gate (of the Ka'ba)
and he was relating a hadith as narrated by Ibn Numair.
Book 008, Number 3257:
'Abd al-Malik b. Rabi' b. Sabraal-Juhanni reported on
the authority of his father who narrated it on the
authority of his father (i e. 'Abd al-Malik's grandfather,
Sabura al-juhanni): Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) permitted us to contract temporary marriage in the
Year of Victory, as we entered Mecce, and we did come out
of it but he forbade us to do it.
Book 008, Number 3258:
Sabra b. Ma'bad reported that Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) permitted his Companions to contract
temporary marriage with women in the Year of Victory. So I
and a friend of mine from Banu Sulaim went out, until we
found a young woman of Banu Amir who was like a young
she-camel having a long neck. We made proposal to her for
contracting temporary marriage with us, and presented to
her our cloaks (as dower). She began to look and found me
more handsome than my friend, but found the cloak of my
friend more beautiful than my cloak. She thought in her
wind for a while, but then preferred me to my friend. So I
remained with her for three (nights), and then Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) commanded us to part
with them (such women).
Book 008, Number 3259:
Rabi' b. Sabra reported on the authority of his father
that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) prohibited
the contracting of temporary marriage.
Book 008, Number 3260:
Rabi' b. Sabra reported on the authority of his father
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) forbade on
the Day of Victory to contract temporary marriage with
women. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Rabi' b. Sabra that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) forbade to contracf temporary marriage with women at
the time of Victory, and that his father had contracted
the marriage for two red cloaks.
Book 008, Number 3261:
'Urwa b. Zabair reported that 'Abdullah b. Zubair
(Allah be pleased with him) stood up (and delivered an
address) in Mecca saying: Allah has made blind the hearts
of some people as He has deprived them of eyesight that
they give religious verdict in favour of temporary
marriage, while he was alluding to a person (Ibn 'Abbas).
Ibn Abbas called him and said: You are an uncouth person,
devoid of sense. By my life, Mut'a was practised during
the lifetime of the leader of the pious (he meant Allah's
Messenger, may peace be upon him), and Ibn Zubair said to
him: just do it yourselves, and by Allah, if you do that I
will stone you with your stones. Ibn Shihab said. Khalid
b. Muhajir b. Saifullah informed me: While I was sitting
in the company of a person, a person came to him and he
asked for a religious verdict about Mut'a and he permitted
him to do it. Ibn Abu 'Amrah al-Ansari (Allah be pleased
with him) said to him: Be gentle. It was permitted in- the
early days of Islam, (for one) who was driven to it under
the stress of necessity just as (the eating of) carrion
and the blood and flesh of swine and then Allah
intensified (the commands of) His religion and prohibited
it (altogether). Ibn Shihab reported: Rabi' b. Sabra told
me that his father (Sabra) said: I contracted temporary
marriage with a woman of Banu 'Amir for two cloaks during
the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
; then he forbade us to do Mut'a. Ibn Shihab said: I heard
Rabi' b. Sabra narrating it to Umar b. 'Abd al-'Aziz and I
was sitting there.
Book 008, Number 3262:
Sabra al-Juhanni reported on the authority of his
father: Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
prohibited the contracting of temporary marriage and said:
Behold, it is forbidden from this very day of yours to the
Day of Resurrection, and he who has given something (as a
dower) should not take it back.
Book 008, Number 3263:
'Ali b. AbiTalib reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) prohibited on the Day of Khaibar the
contracting of temporary marriage with women and the
eating of the flesh of domestic asses.
Book 008, Number 3264:
Malik narrated this hadith on the authority of the same
chain of trans- witters that 'Ali b. Abil Talib said to a
person: You are a person led astray; Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) forbade us (to do Mut'a), as is
stated In the hadith transmitted on the authority of Yahya
b. Malik.
Book 008, Number 3265:
Muhammad b. 'Ali narrated on the authority of his
father 'Ali that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
on the Day of Khaibar prohibited for ever the contracting
of temporary marriage and eating of the flesh of the
domestic asses.
Book 008, Number 3266:
'Ali (Allah be pleased with him) heard that Ibn Abbas
(Allah be pleased with them) gave some relaxation in
connection with the contracting of temporary marriage,
whereupon he said: Don't be hasty (in your religious
verdict), Ibn 'Abbas, for Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) on the Day of Khaibar prohibited for ever the
doing of it-And eating of the flesh of domestic asses.
Book 008, Number 3267:
'Ali (Allah be pleased with him) said to Ibn 'Abbas
(Allah be pleased with them) that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) on the Day of Khaibar forbade forever
the contracting of temporary marriage and the eating of
the flesh of domestic asses.
Chapter 4: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO COMBINE A WOMAN AND
HER FATHER'S SISTER, OR A WOMAN AND HER MOTHER'S SISTER
TOGETHER IN MARRIAGE
Book 008, Number 3268:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace upon him) having said this:
One should not combine a woman and her father's sister,
nor a woman and her mother's sister in marriage.
Book 008, Number 3269:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) forbade
combining of four women in marriage: a woman with her
tather's sister, and a woman with her mother's sister.
Book 008, Number 3270:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported: I
heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) say:
Father's sister should not be combined with her brother's
daughter, nor the daughter of a sister with her mother's
sister.
Book 008, Number 3271:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) forbade a person
to combine in marriage a womanarid her father's sister,
and a woman and her mother's sister. Ibn Shihab said: So
we regarded the paternal aunt of her (wife's) father and
the maternal aunt of her (wife's) father at the same
level.
Book 008, Number 3272:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: One
should not combine in marriage a woman with her father's
sister, or her mother's sister.
Book 008, Number 3273:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority
of Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) through another
chain of transmitters.
Book 008, Number 3274:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: A man
must not make proposal of marriage to a woman when his
brother has done so already. And he must not offer a price
for a thing for which his brother had already offered a
price; and a woman must not be combined in marriage with
her father's sister, nor with her mother's sister, and a
woman must not ask to have her sister divorced in order to
deprive her of what belongs to her, but she must marry,
because she will have what Allah has decreed for her.
Book 008, Number 3275:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) forbade the
combining of a woman in marriage with her father's sister,
or with her mother's sister, or that a woman should ask
for divorce for her sister in order to deprive her of what
belongs to her. Allah, the Exalted'and Majestic, is her
Sustainer too.
Book 008, Number 3276:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) forbade to
combine a woman and her father's sister, and a woman and
her mother's sister.
Book 008, Number 3277:
A hadith like this has been transmitted on the
authority of Amr b. Dinar
Chapter 5: MUHRIM (ONE WHO IS IN THE STATE OF
IHRAM) IS FORBIDDEN TO MARRY AND THE DISAPPROVAL OF GIVING
THE PROPOSAL (IN THIS STATE)
Book 008, Number 3278:
Nubaih b. Wahb reported that 'Umar b. Ubaidullah
intended to marry Talha b. 'Umar with the daughter of
Shaiba b. Jubair; so he sent a messenger to Aban b. Uthman
to attend the marriage, and he was at that time the Amir
of Hajj. Aban said: I heard 'Uthman b. 'Affan say that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had stated: A
Muhrim must neither marry himself, nor arrange the
marriage of another one, nor should he make the proposal
of marriage.
Book 008, Number 3279:
Nubaih b. Wahb reported: Umar b. Ubaidullah b. Ma'mar
sent me to Aban b. Uthman as he wanted to make the
proposal of the marriage of his son with the daughter of
Shaiba b. Uthman. He (Aban b. Uthman) was at that time
(busy) in the season of Pilgrimage. He said: I deem him to
be a man of the desert (for it is a common thing) that a
Muhrim can neither marry, nor is he allowed to be married
to anyone. It is Uthman (b. Affan) who reported this to us
from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him).
Book 008, Number 3280:
Uthman b. 'Affan reported that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) had said: A Muhrim should neither marry
himself, nor should he be got married to anyone, nor
should he make the proposal of marriage.
Book 008, Number 3281:
'Uthman (b. 'Affan) reported it directly from Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) that he said: A Muhrim
should neithermarry (in that state) nor make the proposal
of marriage.
Book 008, Number 3282:
Nabaih b. Wahb reported that Umar b. 'Ubaidullah b.
Ma'mar intended to marry his son Talha with the daughter
of Shaiba b. Jubair during the Pilgrimage. Aban b. Uthman
was at that time the Amir of Pilgrims. So he ('Umar b.
Ubaidullah) sent someone (as a messenger) to Aban saying:
I intend to marry Talha b. 'Umar and I earnestly desire
you to be present there (in this ceremony of marriage).
Aban said to him: I find you a block-headed 'Iraqi. I
heard 'Uthman b. 'Affan say that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: A Muhrim should not marry.
Book 008, Number 3283:
Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported that
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) married Maimulna
in the state of Ihram. Ibn Numair made this addition:" I
narrated it to Zuhri and he said: Yazid b. al-Asamm (Allah
be pleased with him) told me that he (the Holy Prophet)
married her when he was not a muhrim."
Book 008, Number 3284:
Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported:
Allah's Messenger. (may peace be upon him) married Maimuna
while he was a Muhrim.
Book 008, Number 3285:
Yazid b. al-Asamm reported: Maimuna daughter of
al-Harith narrated to me that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) married her and he was not in the state of
Ihram. And she (Maimuna) was my mother's sister and that
of Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with them).
Chapter 6: PROHIBITION OF ONE" S MAKING THE
PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE WHEN IT HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE BY ONE'S
BROTHER UNTIL HE PERMITS OR GIVES HER UP
Book 008, Number 3286:
Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as having said this: None
amongst you should outbid another in a transaction, nor
should he make proposals of marriage upon the proposal
made by someone else.
Book 008, Number 3287:
Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as having said this: A
person should not enter into a transaction when his
brother (had already entered into but not finalised), and
he should not make proposal of marriage upon the proposal
already made by his brother, until he permits it.
Book 008, Number 3288:
A hadith like this has been reported on the authority
of Nafi' with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 008, Number 3289:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as having
forbidden a dweller of the town selling the merchandise of
a villager or outbidding in a sale (in order that another
might fall into a snare), or a person making the proposal
of marriage when his brother has already made such a
proposal, or entering into a transaction when his brother
has already entered; and a woman asking the divorce of her
sister in order to deprive her of what belongs to her.
'Amr made this addition:" The person should not purchase
in opposition to his brother."
Book 008, Number 3290:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as having said
this: Do not outbid in a sale in order to ensnare. No man
should enter into a transaction in which his brother has
already entered, and no dweller of the town should sell on
behalf of the villager. And no man should make a proposal
of marriage which his brother has already made and no
woman should ask for the divorce of another (co-wife) in
order to deprive her of what belongs to her.
Book 008, Number 3291:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority
of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters but with a
slight alteration.
Book 008, Number 3292:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The
Muslim should not purchase in opposition to his brother,
and he should not make the proposal of marriage on the
proposal already made by his brother.
Book 008, Number 3293:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu
Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) through another chain
of transmitters.
Book 008, Number 3294:
'Uqba b. 'Amir said on the pulpit that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: A believer is the
brother of a believer, so it is not lawful for a believer
to outbid his brother, and he should not propose an
engagement when his brother has thus proposed until he
gives it up.
Chapter 7: IT IS PROHIBITED TO CONTRACT SHIGHAR
MARRIAGE
Book 008, Number 3295:
Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) said that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) prohibited Shighar which
means that a man gives his daughter in marriage on the
condition that the other gives his daughter to him in
marriage with- out any dower being paid by either.
Book 008, Number 3296:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority
of" Abdullah b. 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) but
with a slight variation of words.
Book 008, Number 3297:
Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) prohibited
Shighar.
Book 008, Number 3298:
Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as having said: There is
no Shighar in islam.
Book 008, Number 3299:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) prohibited
Shighar. Ibn Numair added: Shighar means that a person
should say to the other person: Give me the hand of your
daughter in marriage and I will (in return) marry my
daughter to you; or merry me your sister, and I will marry
my sister to you.
Book 008, Number 3300:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn
Vmar with the same chain of transmitters, but there is no
mention of Ibn Numair.
Book 008, Number 3301:
Jabir b. Abdullah (Allah be pleased with him) reported
that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) prohibited
Shighar.
Chapter 8: FULFILLING OF CONDITION IN MARRIAGE
Book 008, Number 3302:
'Uqba b. Amir (Allah be pleased with him) reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The
most worthy condition which must be fulfilled is that
which makes sexual intercourse lawful. In the narration
transmitted by Ibn Muthanna (instead of the word"
condition" ) it is" conditions".
Chapter 9: SEEKING CONSENT OF AL-THAYYIBIN
MARRIAGE IN WORDS AND OF A VIRGIN IN (MEANINGFUL) SILENCE
Book 008, Number 3303:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as having said:
A woman without a husband (or divorced or a widow) must
not be married until she is consulted, and a virgin must
not be married until her permission is sought. They asked
the Prophet of Allah (may peace be upon him): How her
(virgin's) consent can be solicited? He (the Holy Prophet)
said: That she keeps silence.
Book 008, Number 3304:
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 008, Number 3305:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I asked
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) about a virgin
whose marriage is solemnised by her guardian, whether it
was necessary or not to consult her. Allah's Messerger
(may peace be upon him) said: Yes, she must be consulted.
'A'isha reported: I told him that she feels shy, whereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Her
silence implies her consent.
Book 008, Number 3306:
Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: A woman without
a husband has wore right to her person than her guardian,
and a virgin's consent must be asked from her, and her
silence implies her consent.
Book 008, Number 3307:
Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A woman who
has been previously married (Thayyib) has more right to
her person than her guardian. And a virgin should also be
consulted, and her silence implies her consent.
Book 008, Number 3308:
Sufyan reported on the basis of the same chain of
transmitters (and the words are): A woman who has been
previously married (Thayyib) has more right to her person
than her guardian; and a virgin's father must ask her
consent from her, her consent being her silence, At times
he said: Her silence is her affirmation.
Chapter 10: IT IS PERMISSIBLE FOR THE FATHER TO
GIVE THE HAND OF HIS DAUGHTER IN MARRIAGE EVEN WHEN SHE IS
NOT FULLY GROWN UP
Book 008, Number 3309:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) married me when I was
six years old, and I was admitted to his house at the age
of nine. She further said: We went to Medina and I had an
attack of fever for a month, and my hair had come down to
the earlobes. Umm Ruman (my mother) came to me and I was
at that time on a swing along with my playmates. She
called me loudly and I went to her and I did not know what
she had wanted of me. She took hold of my hand and took me
to the door, and I was saying: Ha, ha (as if I was
gasping), until the agitation of my heart was over. She
took me to a house, where had gathered the women of the
Ansar. They all blessed me and wished me good luck and
said: May you have share in good. She (my mother)
entrusted me to them. They washed my head and embellished
me and nothing frightened me. Allah's Messenger (, may
peace be upon him) came there in the morning, and I was
entrusted to him.
Book 008, Number 3310:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) married me when I was six
years old, and I was admitted to his house when I was nine
years old.
Book 008, Number 3311:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) married her when
she was seven years old, and he was taken to his house as
a bride when she was nine, and her dolls were with her;
and when he (the Holy Prophet) died she was eighteen years
old.
Chapter 11: EXCELLENCE OF MARRYING OR BEING
MARRIED DURING THE MONTH OF SHAWWAL AND EXCELLENCE OF TAKING
BRIDE IN THE HOUSE DURING THIS MONTH
Book 008, Number 3312:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) contracted marriage with
me in Shawwal and took me to his house as a bride during
Shawwal. And who among the wives of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) was dearer to him than I, and' A'isha
liked that the women (of her family) should enter the
houses as brides during the month of Shawwal.
Book 008, Number 3313:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Sufyan with the same chain of transmitters, but he made no
mention of the act of 'A'isha (being admitted as a wife in
the house of the Holy Prophet).
Chapter 12: IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO CAST A GLANCE AT
THE FACE AND THE PALMS OF A WOMAN WHOM ONE INTENDS TO MARRY
Book 008, Number 3314:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported: I was
in the company of Allah's Messenger (way peace be upan
him) when there came a man and informed him that he had
contracted to marry a woman of the Ansar. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Did you
cast a glance at her? He said: No. He said: Go and cast a
glance at her, for there is something in the eyes of the
Ansar.
Book 008, Number 3315:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported: A man
came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and
said: I have contracted marriage with a woman of the
Ansar, whereupon Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
said: Did you cast a glance at her, for there is something
in the eyes of the Ansar? He said: I did cast a glance at
her, whereupon he said: For what (dower) did you marry
her? He said: For four 'uqiyas. Thereupon Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) said: For four 'uqiyas; it seems
as if you dig out silver from the side of this mountain
(and that is why you are prepared to pay such a large
amount of dower). We have nothing which we should give
you. There is a possibility that we may send you to an
(expedition) where you may get (booty). So he sent that
man (in the expedition) which was despatched to Banu 'Abs.
Chapter 13: THE DOWER
Book 008, Number 3316:
Sahl b. Sa'd al-Sa'idi (Allah be pleased with him)
reported: A woman came to Allah's Messenger. (may peace be
upon him) and said: Messerbger of Allah, I have come to
you to entrust myself to you (you may contract my marriage
with anyone at your discretion). Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) saw her and cast a glance at her from
head to foot. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
then lowered his head. When the woman saw that he had made
no decision in regard to her, she sat down. There stood up
a person from amongst his companions and said: Messenger
of Allah, marry her to me if you have no need of her. He
(the Holy Prophet) said: is there anything with you (which
you con give as a dower)? He said: No, Messenger of Allah,
by Allah I have nothing. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: Go to your people (family) and
see if you can find something. He returned and said: I
have found nothing. The Apostle of Allah (may peace be
upon him) said: See even if it is an Iron ring. He went
and returned and said: No, by God, not even an iron ring,
but only this lower garment of mine (Sahl said that he had
no upper garment), half of which (I am prepared to part
with) for her. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: How can your lower garment serve your
purpose, for it you wear it, she would not be able to make
any use of it and if she wears it there would not be
anything on you? The man sat down and as the sitting
prolonged he stood up (in disappointment) and as he was
going back Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
commanded (him) to be called back, and as he came, he said
to him: Do you know any part of the Qur'an? He said: I
know such and such surahs (and he counted them). whereupon
he said: Can you recite them from heart (from your
memory)? He said: Yes, whereupon he (Allah's Messenger)
said: Go, I have given her to you in marriage for the part
of the Qur'an which you know.
Book 008, Number 3317:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sahl
b. Sa'd with a minor alteration of words, but the hadith
transmitted through Za'idah (the words are that the Holy
Prophet) said: Go, I have married her to you, and you
teach her something of the Qur'an.
Book 008, Number 3318:
Abu Salama b. 'Abd al-Rahman reported: I asked 'A'isha,
the wife of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him):
What is the amount of dower of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him)? She said: It was twelve 'uqiyas and
one nash. She said: Do you know what is al-nash? I said:
No. She said: It is half of uqiya, and it amounts to five
hundred dirhams, and that was the dower given by Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) to his wives.
Book 008, Number 3319:
Anas b. Malik reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) saw the trace of yellowness on 'Abd al-Rahman
b. 'Auf and said: What is this? Thereupon he said: Allah's
Messenger, I have married a woman for a date-stone's
weight of gold. He said: God bless you! Hold a wedding
feast, even if only with a sheep.
Book 008, Number 3320:
Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleasedwith him) reported that
'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Auf (Allah be pleased with him) married
during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) for a nawat weight of gold and the messenger of
Allah (may peace be upon him) said to him: Give a feast
even with a sheep.
Book 008, Number 3321:
Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) reported that
'Abd al-Rahman b. 'Auf (Allah be pleased with him) married
a woman for a date-stone's weight of gold and Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) said to him: Hold a
wedding feast, even if only with a sheep.
Book 008, Number 3322:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Humaid with the same chain of transmitters except (with
this minor alteration of words) that 'Abd al-Rahman said:"
I married a woman."
Book 008, Number 3323:
Abd al-Rahman b. 'Auf (Allah be pleased with him)
reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
saw the signs of the happiness of wedding in me, and I
said: I have married a woman of the Ansar. He said: How
much Mahr have you paid? I said: For a date-stone weight
of gold. And in the hadith transmitted by Ishaq (it is):
(nawat weight) of gold.
Book 008, Number 3324:
Anas b. Malik reported that 'Abd al-Rahman married a
woman for a datestone weight of gold. Shu'ba has narrattd
this hadith with the same chain of transmitters except for
(this alteration) that he said that a person from among
the sons of 'Abd al Rahman said:" from gold".
Chapter 14: EXCELLENCE OF EXMANCIPATING A
SLAVE-GIRL AND THEN MARRYING HER
Book 008, Number 3325:
Anas (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) set out on an expedition
to Khaibar and we observed our morning prayer in early
hours of the dawn. The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon
him) then mounted and so did Abu Talha ride, and I was
seating myself behind Abu Talha. Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) moved in the narrow street of Khaibar
(and we rode so close to each other in the street) that my
knee touched the leg of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
him). (A part of the) lower garment of Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) slipped from his leg and I could
see the whiteness of the leg of Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him). As he entered the habitation he called:
Allah-o-Akbar (Allah is the Greatest). Khaibar is ruined.
And when we get down in the valley of a people evil is the
morning of the warned ones. He repeated it thrice. In the
meanwhile the people went out for their work, and said: By
Allah, Muhammad (has come). Abd al-'Aziz or some of our
com- panions said: Muhammad and the army (have come). He
said: We took it (the territory of Khaibar) by force, and
there were gathered the prisoners of war. There came Dihya
and he said: Messenger of Allah, bestow upon me a girl ont
of the prisones. He said: Go and get any girl. He made a
choice for Safiyya daughter of Huyayy (b. Akhtab). There
came a person to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
and said: Apostle of Allah, you have bestowed Safiyya bint
Huyayy, the chief of Quraiza and al-Nadir, upon Dihya and
she is worthy of you only. He said: Call him along with
her. So he came along with her. When Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) saw her he said: Take any other woman
from among the prisoners. He (the narrator) said: He (the
Holy Prophet) then granted her emancipation and married
her. Thabit said to him: Abu Hamza, how much dower did he
(the Holy Prophet) give to her? He said: He granted her
freedom and then married her. On the way Umm Sulaim
embellished her and then sent her to him (the Holy
Prophet) at night. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him)
appeared as a bridegroom in the morning. He (the Holy
Prophet) said: He who has anything (to eat) should bring
that. Then the cloth was spread. A person came with
cheese, another came with dates, and still another came
with refined butter, and they prepared hais and that was
the wedding feast of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him)
Book 008, Number 3326:
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of
transmitters on the authority of Anas that Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) emancipated Safiyya, and her
emancipation was treated as her wedding gift, and in the
hadith transmitted by Mu'adh on the authority of his
father (the words are):" He (the Holy Prophet) married
Safiyya and bestowed her emancipation as her wedding
gift."
Book 008, Number 3327:
Abu Musa reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said about one who emancipated a slave woman,
and then married her, that for him there are two rewards.
Book 008, Number 3328:
Anas (Allah be pleased with him) reported: I was
sitting behind Abu Talha on the Day of Khaibar and my feet
touched the foot of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him), and we came (to the people of Khaibar) when the sun
had risen and they had driven out their cattle, and had
themselves come out with their axes, large baskets and
hatchets, and they said: (Here come) Muhammad and the
army. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
Khaibar is ruined. Verily when we get down in the valley
of a people, evil is the morning of the warned ones
(al-Qur'an, xxxvii. 177). Allah, the Majestic and the
Glorious, defeated them (the inhabitants of Khaibar), and
there fell to the lot of Dihya a beautiful girl, and
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) got her in
exchange of seven heads, and then entrusted her to Umm
Sulaim so that she might embellish her and prepare her
(for marriage) with him. He (the narrator) said: He had
been under the impression that he had said that so that
she might spend her period of 'Iddah in her (Umm Sulaim's)
house. (The woman) was Safiyya daughter of Huyayy. Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) arranged the wedding
feast consisting of dates, cheese, and refined butter, and
pits were dug and tiers were set in them dining cloths,
and there was brought cheese and refined butter, and these
were placed there. And the people ate to their fill, and
they said: We do not know whether he (the Holy Prophet)
had married her (as a free woman), or as a slave woman.
They said: If he (the Holy Prophet) would make her wear
the veil, then she would be a (free married) woman, and if
he would not make her wear the veil, then she should be a
slave woman. When he intended to ride, he made her wear
the veil and she sat on the hind part of the camel; so
they came to know that he had married her. As they
approached Medina, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) drove (his ride) quickly and so we did. 'Adba' (the
name of Allah's Apostle's camel) stumbled and Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) fell down and she
(Radrat Safiyya: also fell down. He (the Holy Prophet)
stood up and covered her. woman looked towards her and
said: May Allah keep away the Jewess! He (the narrator)
said: I said: Aba Hamza, did Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) really fall down? He said: Yes, by Allah, he
in fact fell down. Anas said: I also saw the wedding feast
of Zainab, and he (the Holy Prophet) served bread and meat
to the people, and made them eat to their heart's content,
and he (the Holy Prophet) sent me to call people, and as
he was free (from the ceremony) he stood up and I followed
him. Two persons were left and they were busy in talking
and did not get out (of the apartment). He (the Holy
Prophet) then proceeded towards (the apartments of) his
wives. He greeted with as-Salamu 'alaikum to every one of
them and said: Members of the household, how are you? They
said: Messenger of Allah, we are in good state 'How do you
find your family? He would say: In good state. When he was
free from (this work of exchanging greetings) he came
back, and I also came back along with him. And as he
reached the door, (he found) that the two men were still
busy in talking. And when they saw him having returned,
they stood up and went out; and by Allah! I do not know
whether I had informed him, or there was a revelation to
him (to the affect) that they had gone. He (the Holy
Prophet) then came back and I also returned along with
him, and as he put his step on the threshold of his door
he hung a curtain between me and him, and (it was on this
occasion) that Allah revealed this verse: (" O you who
believe), do not enter the houses of the Prophet unless
permission is given to 'you" (xxxiii. 53).
Book 008, Number 3329:
Anas, (Allah be pleased with him) reported: Safiyya
(Allah be pleased with her) fell to the lot of Dihya in
the spoils of war, and they praised her in the presence of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: We
have not seen the like of her among the captives of war.
He sent (a messenger) to Dihya and he gave him whatever he
demanded. He then sent her to my mother and asked her to
embellish her. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
then got out of Khaibar until when he was on the other
side of it, he halted, and a tent was pitched for him.
When it was morning Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: He who has surplus of provision with him should
bring that to us. Some persons would bring the surplus of
dates, and the other surplus of mush of barley until there
became a heap of bals. They began to eat the hais and
began to drink out of the pond which had the water of
rainfall in it and which was situated by their side. Anas
said that that constituted the wedding feast of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him). He (further) said: We
proceeded until we saw the walls of Medina, and we were
delighted. We made our mounts run quickly and Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) also made his mount run
quickly. And Safiyya (Allah be pleased with her) was at
his back, and Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
had seated her behind him. The camel of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) stumbled and he (the Holy Prophet)
fell down and she also fell down. And none among the
people was seeing him and her, until Allah's Messeuger
(may peace be upon him) stood up and he covered her, and
we came to him and he said: We have received no injury. We
entered Medina and there came out the young ladies of the
household. They saw her (hadrat Safiyya) and blamed her
for falling down.
Chapter 15: PERTAINING TO THE MARRIAGE OF ZAINAB
BINT JAHSH WITH THE HOLY PROPHET (MAY PEACE BE UPON HIM) AND
VERSES PERTAINING TO PURDAH (VEIL)
Book 008, Number 3330:
Anas (Allah be pleased with him) reported: When the
'Iddah of Zainab was over, Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said to Zaid to make a mention to her about him.
Zaid went on until he came to her and she was fermenting
her flour. He (Zaid) said: As I saw her I felt in my heart
an idea of her greatness so much so that I could not see
towards her (simply for the fact) that Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) had made a mention of her. So I
turned my back towards her. and I turned upon my heels,
and said: Zainab, Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) has sent (me) with a message to you. She said: I do
not do anything until I solicit the will of my Lord. So
she stood at her place of worship and the (verse of) the
Qur'an (pertaining to her marriage) were revealed, and
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to her
without permission. He (the narrator) said: I saw that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) served us bread
and meat until it was broad day light and the people went
away, but some persons who were busy in con- versation
stayed on in the house after the meal. Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) also went out and I also followed
him, and he began to visit the apartments of his wives
greeting them (with the words): As-Salamu 'alaikum, and
they would say: Allah's Messenger, how did you find your
family (hadrat Zainab)? He (the narrator) stated: I do not
know whether I had informed him that the people had gone
out or he (the Holy Prophet) informed me (about that). He
moved on until he entered the apartment, and I also went
and wanted to enter (the apartment) along with him, but he
threw a curtain between me and him, as (the verfes
pertaining to seclusion) had been revealed, and people
were instructed in what they had been instructed. Ibn
Rafii had made this addition in his narration:" O you who
believe, enter not the houses of the Prophet unless
permission is given to you for a meal, not waiting for its
cooking being finished..." to the words"... Allah forbears
not from the truth."
Book 008, Number 3331:
Anas (Allah be pleased with him) reported: I did not
see Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) giving a
wedding feast (on the marriage) of any one (of his wives)
as he did in the case of (his marriage with) Zainab, for
then he sacrificed a goat (on this occasion).
Book 008, Number 3332:
Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) gave no better
wedding feast than the one he did (on the occasion of his
marriage with) Zainab. Thabit al-Bunani (one of the
narrators) said: What did he serve in the wedding feast?
He (Anas) said: He fed them bread and meat (so lavishly)
that they (the guests) abandoned it (of their own accord
after having taken them to their hearts' content).
Book 008, Number 3333:
Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) reported:
When Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) married
Zainab bint jahsh, he invited people (to the wedding
feast) and they ate food. They then sat there and entered
into conversation. He (the Holy Prophet) made a stir as if
he was preparing to stand up, but (the persons busy in
talking) did not stand up. When he (the Holy Prophet) saw
it, he stood up and when he did so, some other persons
stood up. 'Asim and Abd al-A'la in their narrations made
this addition: Three (persons) sat there, and Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) came there to enter (the
apartment) but he found the people sitting there. Then
they stood up and went away. He said: Then I came and
informed Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) that they
had gone away. He (the Holy Prophet) then came there until
he entered (the apartment). I also went and was about to
enter, when he hung a curtain between me and him (and it
was on this occasion that) Allah, the Exalted and
Majestic, revealed this verse:" O you who believe, enter
not the houses of the Prophet unless permission is given
to you for a meal, not waiting for its cooking being
finished to the (words)" Surely this is serious in the
sight of Allah" (xxxiii. 53).
Book 008, Number 3334:
Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) reported: I
was the best informed among the people pertaining to Hijab
(veil and seclusion). Ubayy b. Ka'b used to ask me about
it. Anas (Allah be pleased with him) thus narrated: The
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) got up in the
morning as a bridegroom of Zainab bint jahsh (Allah be
pleased witt her) as he had married her at Medina. He
invited people to the wedding feast after the day had well
risen. There sat Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
and there kept sitting along with him some persons after
the people had stood up (for departure) ; then Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) stood up and walked on
and I also walked along with him until he reached the door
of the apartment of 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her).
He then thought that they (those who had been sitting
there after meal) had gone away. So he returned and I also
returned with him, but they were still sitting at their
places. So he returned for the second time and I also
returned until he reached the apartment of 'A'isha. He
again returned and I also returned and they had (by that
time) stood up, and he hung a curtain between me and him
(at the door of the apartment of Hadrat Zainab, where he
had to stay), and Allah revealed the verse pertaining to
veil.
Book 008, Number 3335:
Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) contracted
marriage and he went to his wife. My mother Umm Sulaim
prepared hais and placed it in an earthen vessel and said:
Anas, take it to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
and say: My mother has sent that to you and she offers
greetings to you, and says that it is a humble gift for
you on our behalf, Messenger of Allah. So I went along
with it to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and
said: My mother offers you salutations, and says that it
is a humble gift for you on our behalf. He said: Place it
here, and then said: Go and invite on my behalf so and so
and anyone whom you meet, and he even named some persons.
He (Anas) said: I invited whom he had named and whom I
met. I (one of the narrators) said: I said to Anas: How
many (persons) were there? He (Anas) said: They were about
three hundred persons. Then Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) (said to me): Anas, bring that earthen
vessel. They (the guests) then began to enter until the
courtyard and the apartment were fully packed. Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Make a circle of
ten (guests), and every person should eat from that
nearest to him. They began to eat, until they ate to their
fill. A group went out (after eating the food), and
another group came in until all of them had eaten. He (the
Holy Prophet) said to me: Anas, lift it (the earthen
vessel), so I lifted it, but I could not assess whether it
had more (food) when I placed it (before Allah's
Messenger) or when I lifted it (after the people had been
served out of it). A group among them (the guests) began
to talk in the house of Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) and the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon
him) was sitting and his wife had been sitting with her
face turned towards the wall. It was troublesome for
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), so Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) went out and greeted his
wives. He then returned. When they (the guests) saw that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had returned
they thought that it (their overstay) was something
troublesome for him. He (the narrator) said: They hastened
towards the door and all of them went out. And there came
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and he hung a
curtain and went in, and I was sitting in his apartment
and he did not stay but for a short while. He then came to
me and these verses were revealed. Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) came out and recited them to the
people:" O you who believe, enter not the houses of the
Prophet unless permission is given to you for a meal, not
waiting for its cooking being finished-but when you are
invited, enter, and when you have taken food, disperse not
seeking to listen to talk. Surely this gives the Prophet
trouble", to the end of verse (xxxiii. 53). (Al-Ja'd said
that Anas [b. Malik] stated: I am the first amongst the
people to hear these verses), and henceforth the wives of
the Apostle (may peace be upon him) began to observe
seclusion (al-hijab).
Book 008, Number 3336:
Anas (Allah be pleased with him) reported: When Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) contracted marriage with
Zainab (Allah be pleased with bet), Umm Sulaim sent him
hats in a vessel of stone as a gift. Anas stated that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to him: Go
and invite on my behalf all the Muslims whom you meet. So
I invited on his behalf everyone whom I met. They entered
(his house) and they ate and went out. And Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) had kept his hand on the
food, and he invoked blessing on that, and said whatever
Allah wished him to say, and none whom I met was left
uninvited. They ate to their fill and went out, but a
group among them remained there and was engaged in lengthy
discussion. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) felt
shy of saying them anything. So he went out and left them
in his house and Allah the Great and Majestic revealed
this verse:" 0 you who believe, enter not the houses of
the Prophet unless permission is given to you for a meal,
not waiting for its cooking being finished." Qatada
(instead of using the word Ghaira Nazirina) used the word
Ghaira Mutahayyinina (i. e. not waiting for the time of
the food). But when you are invited, enter..." up to this
verse. This is purer for your hearts and their hearts.
Chapter 16: WHEN ONE IS INVITED TO A WEDDING
FEAST, ONE SHOULD ACCEPT IT
Book 008, Number 3337:
Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with him) reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: When any
one of you is invited to a feast, he should attend it.
Book 008, Number 3338:
Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: When any one of
you is invited to a feast, he should accept. 'Ubaidallah
took this feast to be a wedding feast.
Book 008, Number 3339:
Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased withthem) reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) having said this: When any
one of you is invited to a wedding feast, he should accept
that.
Book 008, Number 3340:
Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's
Messenger (may be upon him) having said this: Accept the
feast, when you are invited.
Book 008, Number 3341:
Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: When any one of
you invites his brother, he (the latter) should accept his
wedding feast, or any other like it.
Book 008, Number 3342:
Ibn 'Umar (Allah be pleated with them) reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) having said: He who is
invited to a wedding feast or like it, he should accept
it.
Book 008, Number 3343:
" Abdullah b. Umar (Allah be pleased with them)
reported Allah's Messen- ger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: Come to the feast, when you are invited.
Book 008, Number 3344:
Nafil reported: I heard Abdullah b. Umar (Allah be
pleased with them) narrating that Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: Accept the feast when you are
invited to it. And Abdullah (b. Umar) used to come to the
feast, whether it was a wedding feast or other than that,
and he would come there even in the state of fasting.
Book 008, Number 3345:
Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) having said: When you are
invited to a feast (even though it is) the leg of the
sheep, you should accept it.
Book 008, Number 3346:
Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's
Messenger (may peace he upon him) said: When any one of
you is invited to a feast, he should accept it. He may eat
if he likes, or he may abandon (eating) if he likes. Ibn
Mathanni did not make mention of the word" feast".
Book 008, Number 3347:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority
of Abd Zubair with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 008, Number 3348:
Abu Haraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: If
any one of you is invited, he should accept (the
invitation). In case he is fasting, he should pray (in
order to bless the inmates of the house), and if he is not
fasting he should eat.
Book 008, Number 3349:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) used to say:
The worst kind of food is the wedding feast to which the
rich are invited and the poor are ignored. He who does not
come to the feast, he in fact disobeys Allah and His
Messenger (may peace be upon him).
Book 008, Number 3350:
Sufyan reported: I said to Zuhri: Abu Bakr, what does
this hadith mean:" The worst kind of food is at a wedding
feast of the rich"? He laughed and said: The food served
in the feast given by the rich is not worst (in itself).
Sufyan said: My father was rich, so I felt disturbed when
I heard this hadith, so I asked Zuhri who said: I heard
from 'Abd al-Rahman al-Alraj that he heard Abu Huraira
(Allah he pleased with him) say: The worst kind of food is
that served at the wedding feast. The rest of the hadith
is the same.
Book 008, Number 3351:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu
Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) through another chain
of transmitters.
Book 008, Number 3352:
A hadith like this has been narrated by Abu Huraira
(Allah be pleased with him) through another chain of
transmitters.
Book 008, Number 3353:
Abu Haraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying. The
worst kind of food is at the wedding feast from which one
who comes is turned away, and he who refuses it is
invited, and he who did not accept the invitation
disobeyed Allah and His Messenger (may peace be upon him).
Chapter 17: IT IS NOT PERMISSIBLE TO MARRY A
WOMAN WHO IS DIVORCED BY THREE PRONOUNCEMENTS UNTIL SHE IS
MARRIED TO ANOTHER MAN AND HE HAS A SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH
HER, AND THEN HE ABANDONS HER AND SHE COMPLETES HER 'IDDA
Book 008, Number 3354:
'A'isha (Allah he pleased with her) reported: There
came the wife of Rifa'a to Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) and said: I was married to Rifa'a but he
divorced me, making may divorce irrevocable. Afterwards I
married Abd al-Rahman b. al-Zubair, but all he possesses
is like the fringe of a garment (i. e. he is sexually
weak). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
smiled, and said: Do you wish to return to Rifa'a. (You)
cannot (do it) until you have tasted his sweetness and he
('Abd al-Rahman) has tasted your sweetness. Abu Bakr was
at that time near him (the Holy Prophet) and Khalid (b.
Sa'id) was at the door waiting for the permission to be
granted to him to enter), He (Khalid) said; Abu Bakr, do
you hear what she is saying loudly in the presence of
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)?
Book 008, Number 3355:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her), the wife of
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), reported that
Rifa'a al-Quraid (Allah be pleased with him) divorced his
wife, making her divorce irrevocable. Afterwards she
married Abd at-Rahman b. al-Zubair (Allah be pleased with
him), She came to Allah'sApostle (may peace be upon him
and said to Allah's messenger (may peace be upon him) that
she had been the wife of Rifa'a (Allah be pleased with
him) and he had divorced her by three pronouncements and
afterwards she married 'Abd al-Rahman b. al-Zubair. By
Allah, all he possesses is like the fringe of a garment,
and she took hold of the fringe of her garment. Thereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) laughed and
said: Perhaps you wish to return to Rifa'a, (but you)
cannot (do it) until he has tasted your sweetness and you
have tasted his sweetness. Abu Bakr al-siddiq (Allah be
pleased with him) was sitting at that time with Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and Khalid b. Sa'id b.
al-'As (Allah be pleased with him) was sitting at the door
of his apartment and he was not permitted to (enter the
room), and Kbalid called loudly saying: Abu Bakr, why
don't you scold her for what she is saying loudly in the
presence of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)?
Book 008, Number 3356:
'A'isha (Allah bjpl'eased with her) reported that
Rifa'a al Qurazi divorced his wife and afterwards Abd
al-Rahman b. al-Zubair married her. She came to Allah's
Apostle (may peace he upon him) and said: Messenger of
Allah, Rifa'a has divorced me by three pronouncements.
(The rest of the hadith is the same.)
Book 008, Number 3357:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was asked about
a woman whom a man married and then divorced her, and then
she married (another) person, and she was divorced before
sexual intercourse with her, whether it was lawful for her
first husband (to marry her in this state). He (the Holy
Prophet) said: No, until he has tasted her sweetness.
Book 008, Number 3358:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority
of Hisham with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 008, Number 3359:
'A'Asha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: A person
divorced his wife by three pronouncements; then another
person married her and he also divorced her without having
sexual intercourse with her. Then the first husband of her
intended to remarry her. It was about such a case that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was asked,
whereupon he said: No, until the second one has tasted her
sweetness as the first one had tasted.
Book 008, Number 3360:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the same chain
of transmitters by 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her).
Chapter 18: WHAT IS TO BE SUPPLICATED AT THE TIME
OF SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
Book 008, Number 3361:
Ibn" Abbas (Allah be pleased with thern) reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: If anyone
amongst you intends to go to his wife he should say: In
the name of Allah,0 Allah protect us against Satan and
keep away the Satan from the one that you have bestowed
upon us, and if He has ordained a male child for them,
Satan will never be able to do any harm to him.
Book 008, Number 3362:
This hadith is narrated through another chain of
transmitters and there is no mention of (the words)"
Bismillah" (In the name of Allah) in it.
Chapter 19: PERMISSIBILITY OF HAVING SEXUAL
INTERCOURSE WITH ONE'S WIFE FROM THE FRONT OR FROM BEHIND
AVOIDING THE ANUS
Book 008, Number 3363:
Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) declared that the
Jews used to say: When a man has intercourse with his wife
through the vagina but being on her back. the child will
have squint, so the verse came down:" Your wives are your
tilth; go then unto your tilth as you may desire" (ii.
223)
Book 008, Number 3364:
Jabir (b. Abdullah) (Allah be pleased with him)
reported that the Jews used to say that when one comes to
one's wife through the vagina, but being on her back, and
she becomes pregnant, the child has a squint. So the verse
came down:" Your wives are your ti'Ith; go then unto your
tilth, as you may desire."
Book 008, Number 3365:
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Jabir
through another chain of transmitters, but in the hadith
transmitted on the authority of Zuhri there is an addition
(of these words):" If he likes he may (have intercourse)
being on the back or in front of her, but it should be
through one opening (vagina)."
Chapter 20: IT IS NOT PERMISSIBLE FOR A WOMAN TO
ABANDON THE BED OF HER HUSBAND
Book 008, Number 3366:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: When a woman
spends the night away from the bed of her husband, the
angels curse her until morning. This hadith has been
narrated through the same chain of transmitters (with a
slight variation):" He said: Until she comes back."
Book 008, Number 3367:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: By
Him in Whose Hand is my life, when a man calls his wife to
his bed, and she does not respond, the One Who is in the
heaven is displeased with her until he (her husband) is
pleased with her.
Book 008, Number 3368:
Abu Huraira (Allah he pleased with him) reported
Allah's Messenger (may, peace be upon him) as saying: When
a man invites his wife to his bed and she does not come,
and he (the husband) spends the sight being angry with
her, the angels curse her until morning.
Chapter 21: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO DIVULGE THE SECRET
OF THE WOMAN
Book 008, Number 3369:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah he pleased with him)
reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upoin him)
said: The most wicked among the people in the eye of Allah
on the Day of judgment is the men who goes to his wife and
she comes to him, and then he divulges her secret.
Book 008, Number 3370:
Abu Sirma al-Khudri (Allah he pleased with him )
reported Allah's Messen- ger (may peace be upon him) as
saying: The most important of the trusts in the sight of
Allah on the Day of judgment is that a man goes to his
wife and she goes to him (and the breach of this trust is)
that he should divulge her secret Ibn Numair narrates this
hadith with a slight change of wording.
Chapter 22: AL AZL (INCOMPLETE SEXUAL
INTERCOURSE): COITUS INTERRUPTUS
Book 008, Number 3371:
Abu Sirma said to Abu Sa'id al Khadri (Allah he pleased
with him): 0 Abu Sa'id, did you hear Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) mentioning al-'azl? He said: Yes,
and added: We went out with Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) on the expedition to the Bi'l-Mustaliq and
took captive some excellent Arab women; and we desired
them, for we were suffering from the absence of our wives,
(but at the same time) we also desired ransom for them. So
we decided to have sexual intercourse with them but by
observing 'azl (Withdrawing the male sexual organ before
emission of semen to avoid-conception). But we said: We
are doing an act whereas Allah's Messenger is amongst us;
why not ask him? So we asked Allah's Mes- senger (may
peace be upon him), and he said: It does not matter if you
do not do it, for every soul that is to be born up to the
Day of Resurrection will be born.
Book 008, Number 3372:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority
of Habban with the same chain of transmitters (but with
this alteration) that he said:" Allah has ordained whom he
has to createuntil the Day of judgment."
Book 008, Number 3373:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him)
reported: We took women captives, and we wanted to do 'azl
with them. We then asked Allah's Messen- ger (may peace be
upon him) about it, and he said to us: Verily you do it,
verily you do it, verily you do it, but the soul which has
to be born until the Day of judg- ment must be born.
Book 008, Number 3374:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him) (was
asked if he had heard it himself), to which he said: Yes.
(I heard) Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as
saying: There is no harm if you do not practise it, for it
(the birth of the child) is something ordained (by Allah).
Book 008, Number 3375:
This hadith is reported on the authority of Abu Sa'id
with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight
variation (of words).
Book 008, Number 3376:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him)
reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) was
asked about 'azl, whereupon he said: There is no harm if
you do not do that, for it (the birth of the child) is
something ordained. Muhammad (one of the narrators) said:
(The words) La 'alaykum (there is no harm) implies its
Prohibition.
Book 008, Number 3377:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him)
reported that mention was made of 'azl in the presence of
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) whereupon he said:
Why do you practise it? They said: There is a man whose
wife has to suckle the child, and if that person has a
sexual intercourse with her (she may conceive) which he
does not like, and there is another person who has a
slave-girl and he has a sexual intercourse with her, but
he does not like her to have conception so that she may
not become Umm Walad, whereupon he (the Holy Prophet)
said: There is no harm if you do not do that, for that
(the birth of the child) is something pre- ordained. Ibn
'Aun said: I made a mention of this hadith to Hasan, and
he said: By Allah, (it seems) as if there is upbraiding in
it (for 'azl).
Book 008, Number 3378:
Ibn 'Aun reported: I reported to Muhammad on the
authority of Ibrahim the hadith reported by 'Abd
al-Rahmann b. Bishr (the hadith concerning 'azl), where-
upon he said: That (hadith) Abd al-Rahman b. Bishr had
narrated to me (also).
Book 008, Number 3379:
Ma'bad b. Sirin said to Abu Sa'id (Allah be pleased
with him): Did you hear Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) making a mention of something in regard to
al-'azl? Thereupon he said: Yes. The rest (of the hadith
is the same)
Book 008, Number 3380:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him)
reported: Mention was made about al-'azl in the presence
of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), whereupon he
said: Why any one of you practises it? (He did not say:
One of you should not do it), for there is no created
soul, whose creator is not Allah.
Book 008, Number 3381:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him)
reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
was asked about 'azl, whereupon he said: The child does
not come from all the liquid (sermen) and when Allah
intends to create anything nothing can prevent it (from
coming into existence).
Book 008, Number 3382:
A hadith like this has been transmitted by Abu Sa'id
from Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him).
Book 008, Number 3383:
Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported that a man
came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and
said: I have a slave-girl who is our servant and she
carries water for us and I have intercourse with her, but
I do not want her to conceive. He said: Practise 'azl, if
you so like, but what is decreed for her will come to her.
The person stayed back (for some time) and then came and
said: The girl has become pregnant, whereupon he said: I
told you what was decreed for her would come to her.
Book 008, Number 3384:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them)
reported that a person asked Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him) saying: I have a slave-girl and I practise 'azl
with her, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: This cannot prevent that which Allah has
decreed. The person then came (after some time) and said:
Messenger of Allah, the slave-girl about whom I talked to
you has conceived, whereupon Allah's Messeuger (may peace
be upon him) said: I am the servant of Allah and His
Messenger.
Book 008, Number 3385:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them)
reported: A person came to Allah's Apostle (the rest of
the hadith is the same).
Book 008, Number 3386:
Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported: We used to
practise 'azl while the Qur'an was revealed (during the
days when the Holy Prophet was alive).
Book 008, Number 3387:
Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported: We used to
practise 'azl during the life of Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him).
Book 008, Number 3388:
Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported: We used to
practise 'azl during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him). This (the news of this practise)
reached Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), and he
did not forbid us.
Chapter 23: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO HAVE INTERCOURSE
WITH A PREGNANT SLAVE-WOMAN
Book 008, Number 3389:
Abu Darda' (Allah be pleased with him) related from the
Prophet of Allah (may peace be upon him) that he came upon
a woman who was in the advanced stage of pregnancy at the
door of a tent. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Perhaps he
(the man accompanying her) intends to cohabit with her.
They said: Yes. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: I have decided to curse him with such a
curse as may go along with him to his grave. How can he
own him (the child to be born) and that is not lawful for
him, and how can he take him as a servant for that is not
lawful for him?
Book 008, Number 3390:
A hadith like this has been transmitted on the
authority of Shu'ba.
Chapter 24: PERMISSIBILITY OF INTERCOURSE WITH A
SUCKLING LADY AND DISAPPROVAL OF 'AZL
Book 008, Number 3391:
Judaima daughter of Wahb al-Asadiyya (Allah be pleased
with her) reported that she heard Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) assaying: I intended to prohibit
cohabitation with a suckling woman until I considered that
the Romans and the Persians do it without any injury being
caused to their children thereby. (Imam Muslim said:
Khalaf reported it from Judamat al-'Asadiyya, but the
correct wording is what has been stated by Yahya.)
Book 008, Number 3392:
Judama daughter of Wahb, sister of Ukkasha (Allah be
pleased with her). reported: I went to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) along with some persons and he was
saying: I intended to prohibit cohabitation with the
suckling women, but I considered the Greeks and Persians,
and saw that they suckle their children and this thing
(cohabitation) does not do any harm to them (to the
suckling women). Then they asked him about 'azl, whereupon
he said. That is the secret (way of) burying alive, and
Ubaidullah has made this addition in the hadith
transmitted by al-Muqri and that is:" When the one buried
alive is asked."
Book 008, Number 3393:
Judama bint Wahb al-Asadiyya (Allah be pleased with
her) reported: I heard Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) saying this. The rest of the hadith is the same
concerning 'azl and ghila (cohabitating with a suckling
woman), but with a slight variation of words.
Book 008, Number 3394:
Sa'd b. Abu Waqqas (Allah be pleased with him) reported
that a person came to Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) and said: I do 'azi with my wife. Thereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Why do you do
that? The person said: I fear harm to her child or her
children. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (way peace be upon
him) said: If that were harmful it would harm the Persians
and the Greeks.
Chapter 25: KITAB AL-RADA'A-BOOK PERTAINING TO
FOSTERAGE
Book 008, Number 3395:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported tha
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) was with her and
she heard the voice of a person seeking permission to
enter the house of Hafsa. 'A'isha (Allah he pleased with
her) said: Allah's Messenger, he is the person who seeks
permission to enter your house, whereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: I think he is so
and so (uncle of Hafsa by reason of fosterage). 'A'isha
said: Messenger of Allah, if so and so (her uncle by
reason of fosterage) were alive, could he enter my house?
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Yes.
Fosterage makes unlawful what consanguinity makes
unlawful.
Book 008, Number 3396:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Fosterage
makes unlawful what consanguinity makes unlawful.
Book 008, Number 3397:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that
Aflah, the brother of Abu'l-Qu'ais, who was her uncle by
reason of fosterage, came, and asked her permission (to
enter the house) after seclusicin was instituted. I
refused to admit him. When Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) came, I Informed him what I had done. He
commanded me to grant him permission (as the brother of
her foster-father was also her uncle).
Book 008, Number 3398:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: There
came to me Aflah b. Abu Qulais, my uncle by reason of
fosterage; the rest of the hadith is the same (but with
this) addition:" I ('A'isha) said (to the Holy Prophet):
It was the woman who suckled me and not the man, whereupon
he (Allah's Messenger) said: May your hands or your right
hand be besmeared with dust (you were mistaken)."
Book 008, Number 3399:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that there
came Aflah the brother, of Abu'l-Qu'ais, who sought her
permission (to enter) after seclusion was instituted, and
AbuQu'ais was the father of 'A'isha by reason of
fosterage. 'A'isha said: By Allah, I would not permit
Aflah unless I have solicited the opinion of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) for Abu Qulais has not
suckled me, but his wife has given me suck. 'A'isha'
(Allah be pleased with her) said: When Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) entered, I said: Allah's
Messenger, Aflah is the brother of Abu'l-Qulais; he came
to me to seek my permission for entering (the houst). I
did not like the idea of granting him permission until I
had solicited your opinion. Thereupon Allah's Apostle (may
peace be upon him) said: Grant him permission. 'Urwa said
it was on account of this that 'A'isha used to say. What
is unlawful by reason of consanguinity is unlawful by
reason of fosterage.
Book 008, Number 3400:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri
with the same chain of transmitters (that 'A'isha said):
There came Aflah, the brother of Abu'l Qulais (Allah be
pleased with him), and sought permission from her, the
rest of the hadith is the same (except for the words that
the Holy Prophet) said:" He is your uncle. Let your hand
be besmeared with dust. Abu'l Qulais was the husband of
the woman who had suckled 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with
her).
Book 008, Number 3401:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: My foster
uncle came to me and sought permission (to enter the
house), but I refused him permission until I had solicited
the opinion of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him).
When Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came, I
said to him: My foster-uncle sought my permission to
(enter the house), but I did not permit him, whereupon
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: You better
admit your uncle (into the house). I ('A'isha) said: It
was the woman who suckled me and not the man. (But he)
said: He is your uncle, admit him.
Book 008, Number 3402:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Hisham with the same chain of transmitters (and the words
are):" The brother of Abu'l-Qu'ais sought permission from
her ('A'isha) (to enter the house). The rest is the same.
Book 008, Number 3403:
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of
Hisham with the same chain of transmitters but with a
slight variation of words.
Book 008, Number 3404:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: My
foster-uncle Abu'l Ja'd (kunya of Aflah) sought permission
from me, which I refused. (Hisham said to me that
Abu'l-Ja'd was in fact Abu'l-Qu'ais). When Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) came, I ('A'isha) informed him
about it. He said: Why did you not permit him? Let your
right hand or hand be besmeared with dust.
Book 008, Number 3405:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that her
foster-uncle whose name was Aflah sought permission from
her (to enter the house) but she observed seclusion from
him, and informed Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) who said to her: Don't observe veil from him for he
is Mahram (one with whom marriage cannot be contracted) on
account of fosterage as one is Mahram on account of
consanguinity.
Book 008, Number 3406:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Aflah b.
Qu'ais sought permission from me (to enter the house), but
I refused to grant him the permission, and he sent me (the
message saying): I am your uncle (in the sense) that the
wife of my brother has suckled you, (but still) I refused
to grant him permission. There came the Messenger of Allah
(may peace be upon him) and I made a mention of it to him,
and he said: He can enter (your house), for he is your
uncle.
Book 008, Number 3407:
'Ali (Allah be pleased with him) reported having said
this: Messenger of Allah, why is it that you select (your
wife) from among the Quraish, but you ignore us (the
nearest of the kin)? Thereupon he said: Have you anything
for me (a suitable match for me)? I said; Yes, the
daughter of Hamza, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: She is not lawful for me, for she is
the daughter of my brother by reason of fosterage.
Book 008, Number 3408:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority
of A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.
Book 008, Number 3409:
Ibn Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) reported: It was
proposed that he (the Holy Prophet) be married to the
daughter of Hamza, whereupon he said: She is not lawful
for me for she is the daughter of my foster-brother, and
that is unlawful by reason of fosterage what is unlawful
by reason of genealogy.
Book 008, Number 3410:
A hadith like this is narrated on the authority of
Hammam, Sa'id, Bishr b 'Umar, but with a small variation
of words.
Book 008, Number 3411:
Umm Salama (Allah be pleased with her), the wife of
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him), said: It was said
to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him): Is not
the daughter of Hamza a suitable match for you? Or it was
said: Why don't you propose to marry the daughter of
Hamza, the son of Abd al-Muttalib? Thereupon he said:
Hamza is my brother by reason of fosterage.
Chapter 26: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO MARRY THE
STEP-DAUGHTER AND THE SISTER OF THE WIFE (WHEN WIFE IS ALIVE
AND NOT DIVORCED)
Book 008, Number 3412:
Umm Habiba, the daughter of AbuSufyan, reported: The
Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) came to me and
I said to him: Have you any inclination towards my the
daughter of Abu Sufyan? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Then
what should I do? I said: Marry her. He said: Do you like
that? I said: I am not the exclusive (wife) of yours; I,
therefore, wish to join my sister in good. He, said: She
is not lawful for me. I said: I have been informed that
you have given the proposal of marriage to Durrah daughter
of Abu Salama He raid: You mean the daughter of Umm
Salama? I said: Yes. He said: Even if she had not been my
step-daughter brought up under my guardianship, she would
not have been lawful for me, for she is the daughter of my
foster-brother (Hamza), for Thuwaiba had suckled me and
her father. So do not give me the proposal of the marriage
of your daughters and sisters. This hadith has been
narrated on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of
transmitters.
Book 008, Number 3413:
Umm Habiba, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him), reported that she said to Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him): Messenger of Allah, marry my
sister 'Azza, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) said: Do you like it? She said: Yes, Messenger
of Allah, I am not the exclusive wife of yours, and I wish
that the person who joins me in good should be my sister.
Thereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
That is not lawful for me. I said: Messenger of Allah, we
discussed that You intend to marry Durrah bint Abu Salama.
He (the Holy Prophet) said: You mean the daughter of Abu
Salama? She said: Yes, whereupon Allah's Messenger (may.
peace be upon him) said: Even if she were not the
step-daughter of mine, brought up under my guardianship,
she would not have been lawful for me, for she is the
daughter of my foster-brother. Thuwaiba gave me suck and
to Abu Salama (also), so do not offer to me your daughters
and sisters.
Chapter 27: ONE SUCKLING OR TWO DO NOT MAKE
MARRIAGE UNLAWFUL
Book 008, Number 3414:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her), Suwaid and Zubair
reported Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as
saying: One suckling or two do not make (marriage)
unlawful.
Book 008, Number 3415:
Umm al-Fadl reported: A bedouin came to Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) when he was in my house and said:
Allah's Apostle, I have had a wife and I married another
besides her, and my first wife claimed that she had
suckled once or twice my newly married wife, thereupon
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: One suckling
or two do not make the (marriage) unlawful.
Book 008, Number 3416:
Umm Fadl (Allah be pleased with her) reported that a
person from Banu 'Amir b. Sa'sa said: Allah's Apostle,
does one suckling make the (marriage) unlawful? He said:
No.
Book 008, Number 3417:
Umm Fadl (Allah be pleased with her) reported that
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Being
suckled once or twice, or one suckling or two, do not make
marriage unlawful.
Book 008, Number 3418:
In the narration transmitted on the authority of Ibn
Bishr there is a mention of two sucklings and Ibn Abu
Shaiba has narrated it with a small variation of wording.
Book 008, Number 3419:
Umm Fadl (Allah be pleased with her) reported Allah's
Apostle (may peace be'apon him) having said this: One or
two sucklings do not make (the marriage) unlawful.
Book 008, Number 3420:
Umm Fadl (Allah be pleased with her) reported that a
person asked Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him): Does
one suckling make (the marriage) unlawful? He said: No.
Book 008, Number 3421:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with, her) reported that it
had been revealed in the Holy Qur'an that ten clear
sucklings make the marriage unlawful, then it was
abrogated (and substituted) by five sucklings and Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) died and it was before
that time (found) in the Holy Qur'an (and recited by the
Muslims).
Book 008, Number 3422:
'Amra reported that she beard 'A'isha (Allah he pleased
with her) discussing fosterage which (makes marriage)
unlawful; and she ('A'isha) said: There was revealed in
the Holy Qur'an ten clear sucklings, and then five clear
(sucklings).
Book 008, Number 3423:
Ahadith like this is transmitted by 'A'isha through
another chain of narrators.
Chapter 28: SUCKLING OF A YOUNG (BOY)
Book 008, Number 3424:
' A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that
Sahla bint Suhail came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be
eupon him) and said: Messengerof Allah, I see on the face
of Abu Hudhaifa (signs of disgust) on entering of Salim
(who is an ally) into (our house), whereupon Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) said: Suckle him. She
said: How can I suckle him as he is a grown-up man?
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) smiled and said:
I already know that he is a young man 'Amr has made this
addition in his narration that he participated in the
Battle of Badr and in the narration of Ibn 'Umar (the
words are): Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
laughed.
Book 008, Number 3425:
'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 (purbety) 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.
Book 008, Number 3426:
Ibn Abu Mulaika reported that al-Qasim b. Muhammad b.
Abu Bakr had narrated to him that 'A'isha (Allah be
pleased with her) reported that Sahla bint Suhail b. 'Amr
came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and said:
Messenger of Allah, Salim (the freed slave of Abu
Hudhaifa) is living with us in our house, and he has
attained (puberty) as men attain it and has acquired
knowledge (of the sex problems) as men acquire, whereupon
he said: Suckle him so that he may become unlawful (in
regard to marriage) for you He (Ibn Abu Mulaika) said: I
refrained from (narrating this hadith) for a year or so on
account of fear. I then met al-Qasim and said to him: You
narrated to me a hadith which I did not narrate (to
anyone) afterwards. He said: What is that? I informed him,
whereupon he said: Narrate it on my authority that 'A'isha
(Allah be pleased with her) had narrated that to me.
Book 008, Number 3427:
Umm Salama said to 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her):
A young boy who is at the threshold of puberty comes to
you. I, however, do not like that he should come to me,
whereupon 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) said: Don't
you see in Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) a
model for you? She also said: The wife of Abu Hudhaifa
said: Messenger of Allah, Salim comes to me and now he is
a (grown-up) person, and there is something that (rankles)
in the mind of Abu Hudhaifa about him, whereupon Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: Suckle him (so
that he may become your foster-child), and thus he may be
able to come to you (freely).
Book 008, Number 3428:
Zainab daughter of Abu Salama reported: I heard Umm
Salama, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon
himy, saying to 'A'isha: By Allah, I do not like to be
seen by a young boy who has passed the period of
fosterage, whereupon she ('A'isha) said: Why is it so?
Sahla daughter of Suhail came to Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) and said: Allah's Messenger, I swear by
Allah that I see in the face of Abu Hudhaifa (the signs of
disgust) on account of entering of Salim (in the house),
whereupon Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said:
Suckle him. She (Sahla bint Suhail) said: He has a heard.
But he (again) said: Suckle him, and it would remove what
is there (expression of disgust) on the face of Abu
Hudhaifa. She said: (I did that) and, by Allah, I did not
see (any sign of disgust) on the face of Abu Hadhaifa.
Book 008, Number 3429:
Umm Salama, the wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be
upon him), used to say that all wives of Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) disclaimed the idea that one with
this type of fosterage (having been suckled after the
proper period) should come to them. and said to 'A'isha:
By Allah, we do not find this but a sort of concession
given by Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) only
for Salim, and no one was ging to be allowed to enter (our
houses) with this type of fosterage and we do not
subscribe to this view.
Book 008, Number 3430:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) visited me when a man
was sitting near me, and he seemed to disapprove of that.
And I saw signs of anger on his face and I said: Messenger
of Allah, he is my brother by forsterage, whereupon he
said: Consider who your brothers are because of fosterage
since fosterage is through hunger (i. e. in infancy).
Book 008, Number 3431:
This hadith is narrated on the authority of Abd
al-Ahwas with another chain of transmitters and a slight
variation of words.
Chapter 29: IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO HAVE SEXUAL
INTERCOURSE WITH A CAPTIVE WOMAN AFTER SHE IS PURIFIED (OF
MENSES OR DELIVERY) IN CASE SHE HAS A HUSBAND, HER MARRIAGE
IS ABROGATED AFTER SHE BECOMES CAPTIVE
Book 008, Number 3432:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah her pleased with him)
reported that at the Battle of Hanain Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) sent an army to Autas and
encountered the enemy and fought with them. Having
overcome them and taken them captives, the Companions of
Allah's Messenger (may peace te upon him) seemed to
refrain from having intercourse with captive women because
of their husbands being polytheists. Then Allah, Most
High, sent down regarding that:" And women already
married, except those whom your right hands possess (iv.
24)" (i. e. they were lawful for them when their 'Idda
period came to an end).
Book 008, Number 3433:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah be pleased with him)
reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) sent
a small army. The rest of the hadith is the same except
this that he said: Except what your right hands possessout
of them are lawful for you; and he did not mention" when
their 'idda period comes to an end". This hadith has been
reported on the authority of AbuSa'id (al-Khudri) (Allah
be pleased with him) through another chain of transmitters
and the words are: They took captives (women) on the day
of Autas who had their husbands. They were afraid (to have
sexual intercourse with them) when this verse was
revealed:" And women already married except those whom you
right hands posses" (iv. 24)
Book 008, Number 3434:
Qatada reported a hadith like this with the same chain
of transmitters.
Chapter 30: THE CHILD IS TO BE ATTRIBUTED TO ONE
ON WHOSE BED IT IS BORN AND ONE MUST AVOID SUSPICION
Book 008, Number 3435:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Sa'd b.
Abu Waqqas and Abd b. Zam'a (Allah be pleased with them)
disputed with each other over a young boy. Sa'd said:
Messenger of Allah, he is the son of my brother 'Utba b.
Abu Waqqas as he made it explicit that he was his son.
Look at his resemblance. Abd b. Zam'a said Messenger of
Allah, he is my brother as he was born on the bed of my
father from his slave-girl. Allah's Messenger (way peace
he upon him) looked at his resembl-. ance and found a
clear resemblance with 'Utba. (But) he said: He is yours 0
'Abd (b. Zam'a), for the child is to be attributed to one
on whose bed it is born, and stoning for a fornicator.
Sauda bint Zam'a, O you should observe veil from him. So
he did not see Sauda at all. Muhammad b. Rumh did not make
a mention (of the words):" O Abd."
Book 008, Number 3436:
A hadith like this is narrated on the authority of Ibn
'Uyaiyna and Ma'mar (and the words are): The child is
attributed to him on whose bed he is born; but they did
not mention this:" For a fornicator there is stoning."
Book 008, Number 3437:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The
child is to be attributed to one on whose bed he is born,
and for a fornicator there is stoning.
Book 008, Number 3438:
A hadith like this is narrated on the authority of Abu
Huraira.
Chapter 31: TRACING OF RELATIONSHIP FROM PHYSICAL
FEATURES
Book 008, Number 3439:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) visited me looking
pleased as if his face was glistening and said: Did you
see that Mujazziz cast a glance at Zaid b. Haritha and
Usama b. Zaid, and (then) said: Some (of the features) of
their feet are found in the others?
Book 008, Number 3440:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: One day
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) visited me looking
pleased and he said: 'A'isha, don't you see Mujazziz
al-Mudliji? (He) entered (my house) and saw Usama and Zaid
with a rug over them covering their heads, but their feet
appeared, and (he) said: These feet are related to one
another.
Book 008, Number 3441:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: A
physiognomist visited (our house) and Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) was present, and Usama b. Zaid and
Zaid b. Haritha were both lying asleep, and he (the
physiognomist), said: These feet are related to one
another. Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) was
pleased to hear this, and he was happy and informed
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) about it.
Book 008, Number 3442:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority
of Zuhri and Yunus said: Mujazziz was a physiognomist.
Chapter 32: HOW LONG AFTER MARRYING ONE SHOULD
STAY WITH A VIRGIN OR A WOMAN PREVIOUSLY MARRIED
Book 008, Number 3443:
'Abd al-Malik b. Abu Bakr b. Abd al-Rahman b. al-Harith
b. Hisham reported on the authority of his father from Umm
Salama (Allah be pleased with her) that when Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) married Umm Salama, he
stayed with her for three nights, and said: There is no
lack of estimation on the part of your husband for you. If
you wish I can stay with you for a week, but in case I
stay with you for a week, then I shall have to stay for a
week with all my wives.
Book 008, Number 3444:
Ibn Abu Bakr b. Abd al-Rahman reported that when
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) married Umm
Salama and she stayed with him (during the night), and it
was dawn, he (the Holy Prophet) said to her: There is no
lack of estimation for you on the part of your husband. So
if you desire I can spend a week with you, and if you like
I may spend three (nights). and then I will visit you in
turn. She said: Spend three (nights).
Book 008, Number 3445:
Abu Bakr b. 'Abd al-Rahman reported that when Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) married Umm Salama and
he visited her, and when he intended to come out, she
caught hold of his cloth. whereupon Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) said: If you so desire, I can extend
the time (of my stay) with you, but then I shall have to
calculate the time (that I stay with you and shall have to
spend the same time with other wives). For the virgin
woman, (her husband has to stay with her) for a week, and
for the woman previously married it is three days.
Book 008, Number 3446:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority
of Ibn Humaid.
Book 008, Number 3447:
Umm Salama (Allah be pleased with her) reported that
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) married her, and
he (the narrator) made mention of so many things in this
connection (and one of them was this) that he said: If you
desire that I spend a week with you, I shall have to spend
a week with my (other) wives, and if spend a week with
you, I shall have to spend a week with my (other) wives.
Book 008, Number 3448:
Anas b. Malik reported: When anyone who has already a
wife marries virgin, he should stay with her for seven
nights (and then turn to his other wife), but when anyone
having a virgin with him (as his wife) marries a woman who
has been previously married he should stay with her for
three nights. Khalid (one of the narrators) said. If I
were to say that it could be directly traced to the Holy
Prophet (may peace be upon him). I would have told the
truth, but he (Hadrat Anas) said: Such is the tradition.
Book 008, Number 3449:
Abu Qilaba reported on the authority of Anas: It is the
Sunnph to stay with a virgin (after having married her)
for a week. Khalid (one of the narrators) said: If wish I
can say that it can be traced up to the Holy Prophet (may
peace be upon him).
Chapter 33: SHARING VISITS TO ONE'S WIVES EQUALLY
Book 008, Number 3450:
Anas (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's
Apostle (may peace be upon him) had ninewives. So when he
divided (his stay) with them, the turn of the first wife
did not come but on the ninth (day). They (all the wives)
used to gather every night in the house of one where he
had to come (and stay that night). It was (the night when
he had to stay) in the house of 'A'isha (Allah be pleased
with her), when Zainab came there. He (the Holy Prophet)
stretched his hand towards her (Zainab), whereupon she
('A'isha) said: It is Zainab. Allah's Apostle (may peace
be upon him) withdrew his hand. There was an altercation
between the two until their voices became loud (and it was
at that time) when Iqama was pronounced for prayer. There
happened to come Abu Bakr and he heard their voices and
said: Messenger of Allah, (kindly) come for prayer, and
throw dust in their moths. So the Prophet (may peace be
upon him) went out. 'A'isha said: When Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) would finish his prayer there
would also come Abu Bakr and he would do as he does (on
such occasions, i. e. reprimanding). When Allah's Apostle
(may peace be upon him) had finished his prayer, there
came to her Abu Bakr. and spoke to her ('A'isha) in stern
words and said: Do you behave like this?
Chapter 34: PERMISSIBILITY OF BESTOWING THE TURN
ON ONE'S FELLOW-WIFE
Book 008, Number 3451:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Never did
I find any woman more loving to me than Sauda bint Zam'a.
I wished I could be exactly like her who was passionate.
As she became old, she had made over her day (which she
had to spend) with Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) to 'A'isha. She said: I have made over my day with
you to 'A'isha. So Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) allotted two days to 'A'isha, her own day (when it
was her turn) and that of Sauda.
Book 008, Number 3452:
A hadith like this has been transmitted on the
authority of Hisham with the same chain of narrators (and
the words are): When Sauda became old (the rest of the
hadith is the same) and in the narration of Sharik there
is an addition (of these words:" She was the first woman
whom he (Allah's Apostle) married after me."
Book 008, Number 3453:
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I felt
jealous of the women who offered themselves to Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) and said: Then when
Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, revealed this:" You may
defer any one of them you wish, and take to yourself any
you wish; and if you desire any you have set aside (no sin
is chargeable to you)" (xxxiii. 51), I ('A'isha.) said: It
seems to me that your Lord hastens to satisfy your desire.
Book 008, Number 3454:
Hisham reported on the authority of his father that
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) used to say: Does the
woman not feel shy of offering herself to a man? Then
Allah the Exalted and Glorious revealed this verse:" You
may defer any of them you wish and take to yourself any
you wish." I ('A'isha said): It seems to me that your Lord
hastens to satisfy your desire.
Book 008, Number 3455:
'Ata related that when they were with Ibn 'Abbas (Allah
be pleased with them) at the funeral of Maimuna In Sarif,
Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) said: This is the
wife of Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) ; so when
you lift her bier, do not shake her or disturb her, but be
gentle, for Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) had
nine wives, with eight of whom he shared his time, but to
one of them, he did not allot a share. 'Ati said: The one
to whom he did not allot a share of time was Safiyya,
daughter of Huyayy b. Akhtab.
Book 008, Number 3456:
Ibn Juraij narrated a hadith with the same chain of
transmitters, and she (Hadrat Maimuna) was the last of
them to die at Medina.
Chapter 35: EXCELLENCE OF CONTRACTING MARRIAGE
WITH A PIOUS LADY
Book 008, Number 3457:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A
woman may be married for four reasons: for her property,
her status. her beauty and her religion, so try to get one
who is religious, may your hand be besmeared with dust.
Chapter 36: EXCELLENCE OF MARRYING A VIRGIN
Book 008, Number 3458:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them)
reported: I married a woman during the lifetime of Allah's
Messenger (may peace be. upon him). I met the Apostle of
Allah (may peace be upon him), whereupon he said: Jabir,
have you married? I said: Yes. He said: A virgin or one
previously marrried? I said: With due previously married,
whereupon he said: Why did you not marry a virgin with
whom you could sport? I said: Allah's Messenger, I have
sisters; I was afraid that she might intervene between me
and them, whereupon he said: Well and good, if it is so. A
woman is married for four reasons, for her religion, her
property, her status, her beauty, so you should choose one
with religion. May your hands cleave to dust.
Book 008, Number 3459:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them)
reported: I married a woman, whereupon Allah's Messenger
(may peace be upon him) said to me: Have you married? I
said: Yes. He said: Is it a virgin or a previously married
one (widow or divorced)? I said: With a previously married
one, whereupon he said: Where had you been (away) from the
amusements of virgins? Shu'ba said: I made a mention of it
to 'Amr b. Dinar and he said: I too heard from Jabir
making mention of that (that Allah's Apostle) said: Why
didn't you marry a girl, so that you might sport with her
and she might sport with you?
Book 008, Number 3460:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them)
reported: 'Abdullah died and he left (behind him) nine or
seven daughters. I married a woman who had been previously
married. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to
me: Jabir, have you married? I said: Yes. He (again) said:
A virgin or one previously married? I said: Messenger of
Allah, with one who was previously married, whereupon he
said: Why didn't you marry a young girl so that you could
sport with her and she could sport with you, or you could
amuse with her and she could amuse with you? I said to
him: 'Abdullah died (he fell as martyr in Uhud) and left
nine or seven daughters behind him; I, therefore, did not
approve of the idea that I should bring a (girl) like
them, but I preferred to bring a woman who should look
after them and teach them good manners, whereupon he
(Allah's Messenger) said: May Allah bless you, or he
supplicated (for the) good (to be) conferred on me (by
Allah).
Book 008, Number 3461:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them)
reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said to
me: Jabir, have you married? The rest of the hadith is the
same up to (the words):" The woman would look after them
and comb them." He (Allah's Messenger), said: You did
well. But no mention is made of the subsequent portion.
Book 008, Number 3462:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them)
reported: We were with Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) in an expedition. When we returned I urged my
camel to move quickly as it was slow. There met me a rider
from behind me and he goaded it with an iron-tipped stick
which he had with him. My camel moved forward like the
best that you have ever seen. As I turned (my face) I
found him to be Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him)
He said: Jabir, what hastens you? I said: Messenger of
Allah, I am newly wedded. whereupon he said: Is it a
virgin that you have married or one previously married? I
said: With one previously married. He said: Why not a
young girl so that you could play with her and she could
play with you? Then when we arrived at and were about to
enter Medina he said: Wait, so that we may enter by night
(i. e. in the evening) in order that the woman with
dishevelled hair may comb it, and the woman whose husband
had been away may get herself clean; and when you enter
(then you have the) enjoyment (of tho wife's company).
Book 008, Number 3463:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with him)
reported: I went out with Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) on an expedition, but my camel delayed me.
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) came to me and
said to me: Jabir, I said: Yes. Allah's Messenger, (here I
am at your beck and call) He said: What is the matter with
you? I said: My camel has delayed me and is tired, so I
have lagged behind. He (the Holy Prophet) got down and
goaded it with a crooked stick and then said: Mount it. So
I mounted and (to my great surprise) I saw it (moving so
quickly that) I had to restrain it (from going ahead of)
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him). He (the Holy
Prophet) (in the course of journey said to me): Have you
married? I said: Yes. He (again) said: Is it with a virgin
or one previously married? I said. With one previously
married, whereupon he (again) said: Why not with a young
girl with whom you could sport and she could have sported
with you? I said: I have sisters, so I preferred to marry
a woman who could keep them together (as one family). who
could comb them and look after them. He said: You are
about to go (to your house), and there you have the
enjoyment (of the wife's company). He again said: Do you
want to sell your camel? I said: Yes. So he bought it from
me for one u'qiya (of silver), Then Allah's Messenger (may
peace be upon him) arrived (at Medina) and I arrived in
the evening. I went to the mosque and found him at the
door of the mosque, and said: Is it now that you have
arrived? I said: Yes, He said: Leave your camel, and enter
(the mosque) and offer two rak'ahs. So I entered and
offered two rak'ahs of prayer, and then returned. He (the
Holy Prophet) then commanded Bilal to weigh out one 'uqiya
(of silver) tor me. Bilal weighed that out for me
(lowering the scale of) balance. So I proceeded and as I
turned my back he said: Call for me, Jabir. So I was
called back, and I said (to myself): He would return me
the camel, and nothing was more displeasing to me than
this (that after having received the price I should also
get the camel). He said: Take your camel and keep its
price with you, (also).
Book 008, Number 3464:
Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with them)
reported: We were with Allah's Messenger (may peace be
upon him) in a journey, and I was riding a camel meant for
carrying water and it lagged behind all persons. Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) hit it or goaded it (I
think) with something he had with him. And after it (it
moved so quickly) that it went ahead of all persons and it
struggled with me (to move faster than I permitted It) and
I had to restrain it. Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Do you sell it at such and such (price)? May
Allah grant you pardon. I said: Allah's Apostle, it is
yours. He (again) said: Do you sell it at such and such
(price)? May Allah grant you pardon. ' I said: Allah's
Apostle, it is yours. He said to me: Have you married
after the death of your father? I said: Yes. He (again)
said: With one previously married or a virgin? I said:
With one previously married. He said: Why didn't you marry
a virgin who might amuse you and you might amuse her, and
she might sport with you and you might sport with her? Abu
Nadra said: That was the common phrase which the Muslims
spoke:" You do such and such (thing) and Allah may grant
you pardon."
Chapter 37: THE GOOD OF THIS WORLD IS THE PIOUS
WOMAN
Book 008, Number 3465:
'Abdullah b. Amr reported Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) as saying: The whole world is a provision,
and the best object of benefit of the world is the pious
woman.
Chapter 38: ADVICE IN REGARD TO WOMEN
Book 008, Number 3466:
AbuHuraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Woman is like
a rib. When you attempt to straighten it, you would break
it. And if you leave her alone you would benefit by her,
and crookedness will remain in her. A hadith like this is
reported by another chain of narrators
Book 008, Number 3467:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported: Woman
has been created from a rib and will in no way be
straightened for you; so if you wish to benefit by her,
benefit by her while crookedness remains in her. And if
you attempt to straighten her, you will break her, and
breaking her is divorcing her.
Book 008, Number 3468:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported
Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) as saying: He who
believes in Allah and the Hereafter, if he witnesses any
matter he should talk in good terms about it or keep
quiet. Act kindly towards woman, for woman is created from
a rib, and the most crooked part of the rib is its top. If
you attempt to straighten it, you will break it, and if
you leave it, its crookedness will remain there. So act
kindly towards women.
Book 008, Number 3469:
Ab Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's
Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A believing
man should not hate a believing woman; if he dislikes one
of her characteristics, he will be pleased with another.
Book 008, Number 3470:
A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority
of Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him).
Book 008, Number 3471:
Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported
Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: Had
it not been for Eve, woman would have never acted
unfaithfully towards her husband.
Book 008, Number 3472:
Hammam b. Munabbih said: These are some of the ahadith
which Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) narrated to
us from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), and one
of these (this one): Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon
him) said: Had it not been for Bani Isra'il, food would
not have become stale, and meal would not have gone bad;
and had it not been for Eve, a woman would never have
acted unfaithfully toward her husband
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