The Book of Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)
Translation of Sahih Muslim, Book 8:
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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