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Chapter 12 · No. 2046–2145 · Page 1 of 2

Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)

  • حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، …

    “I was going with Abdullah bin Masud رضی اللہ عنہ at Mina where Uthman رضی اللہ عنہ met him and desired to have a talk with him in privacy”. When Abdullah (bin Masud رضی اللہ عنہ ) thought there was no need of privacy, he said to me …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيدُ بْنُ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying “Women may be married for four reasons: for her property, her ranks, her beauty and her religiosity. So get the one who is religious and prosper (lit. may your hands cleave to the dust). ”

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، أَخْبَرَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي …

    “The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said to me “Did you marry?” I said “Yes”. He again said “Virgin or Non Virgin (woman previously married)?” I said “Non Virgin”. He said “Why (did you) not (marry) a virgin with whom you could …

  • قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد: كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ حُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ …

    A man came to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم, and said: My wife does not prevent the hand of a man who touches her. He said: Divorce her. He then said: I am afraid my inner self may covet her. He said: Then enjoy her.

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُسْتَلِمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ابْنَ …

    A man came to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and said: I have found a woman of rank and beauty, but she does not give birth to children. Should I marry her? He said: No. He came again to him, but he prohibited him. He came to him third …

  • حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّيْمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَخْنَسِ، عَنْ …

    Marthad Ibn Abu Marthad al-Ghanawi رضی اللہ عنہ used to take prisoners (of war) from Makkah (to Madina). At Makkah there was a prostitute called Inaq who had illicit relations with him. (Marthad رضی اللہ عنہ said: ) I came to the Prophet …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، وَأَبُو مَعْمَرٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، عَنْ حَبِيبٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: The adulterer who has been flogged shall not marry save the one like him. Abu Mamar said: Habib al-Mu'allim narrated (this tradition) to us on the authority of Amr Ibn Shuayb.

  • حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْثَرٌ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying “Anyone who sets his slave girl free and then marries her, will have a double reward. ”

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، وَعَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ صُهَيْبٍ، عَنْ …

    “The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم manumitted Safiyyah رضی اللہ عنہا and made her manumission her dower. ”

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: What is unlawful by reason of consanguinity is unlawful by reason of fosterage.

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ …

    Umm Habibah رضی اللہ عنہا said: “Are you interested in my sister, Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم?” He said “What should I do?” She said “You marry her” He said “Your sister?” She said “Yes”. He said “Do you like that?” she said …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ …

    Aflah Ibn Abul Qu'ays entered upon me. I hid myself from him. He said: You are hiding yourself from me while I am your paternal uncle. She said: I said: From where? He said: The wife of my brother suckled you. She said: The woman suckled …

  • حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ. ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم visited her when a man was with her. The narrator Hafs said “this grieved him and he frowned”. The agreed version then goes, She said “He is my foster brother Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ …

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    حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ مُطَهَّرٍ، أَنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَهُمْ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، عَنْ …

    “Fosterage is not valid except by what strengthens love and grows flesh. ” Abu Musa رضی اللہ عنہ said “Do not ask us so long as this learned man is among us”

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    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَنْبَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، عَنْ …

    The aforesaid tradition has also been narrated by Ibn Masud through a different chain of narrators and to the same effect from the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. This version has the words anshaz al-‘azma meaning which nourishes bones and …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَنْ بَسَةُ، حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ …

    “Abu Hudaifah bin ‘Utbah bin Rabiah bin Abd Shams adopted Salim as his son and married him to his niece Hind, daughter of Al Walid bin ‘Utbah bin Rabiah. He (Salim) was the freed slave of a woman from the Ansar (the Helpers) as the …

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ …

    “In what was sent down in the Quran ten suckling’s made marriage unlawful, but they were abrogated by five known ones and when the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم dies, these words were among what was recited in the Quran. ”

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ …

    “The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying One or two sucks does not make marriage unlawful”.

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    حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ. ح وحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، …

    I asked: Messenger of Allah, what will remove from me the obligation due for fostering a child? He said: A slave or a slave-woman.

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ أَبِي هِنْدٍ، …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying “ A woman should not be married to one who had married her paternal aunt or a paternal aunt to one who had married her brother’s daughter or a woman to one who had married her maternal …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَنْ بَسَةُ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي …

    “The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم forbade that a woman and her maternal aunt and a woman and her paternal aunt are joined in marriage. ”

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    حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا خَطَّابُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ خُصَيْفٍ، عَنْ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم abominated the combination of paternal and maternal aunts and the combination of two maternal aunts and two paternal aunts in marriage.

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ الْمِصْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنْ ابْنِ …

    “Urwah bin Al Zubair asked Aishah رضی اللہ عنہا , wife of the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم about the Quranic verse “And if ye fear that ye will not deal fairly by the orphans, marry of the women, who seem good to you. ” She said “O my …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ …

    When they returned to Madeenah from Yazid bin Muawiyah the place of massacre of Al Hussain bin Ali ( رضی اللہ عنہ) Al Miswar bin Makhramah رضی اللہ عنہ met them and said “tell me if you have any need for me. I said to him “No”. He then …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، …

    He said “Ali ( رضی اللہ عنہ) then kept silence about the marriage (i.e., marrying Abi Jahl’s daughter)

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْمَعْنَى، قَالَ أَحْمَدُ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، …

    He heard the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم say on the pulpit Banu Hashim bin Al Mughirah sought permission from me to marry their daughter to Ali bin Abi Talib. But I do not permit, again, I do not permit, again, I do not permit …

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    حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ، عَنْ …

    “We were with Umar bin Abd Al Aziz, there we discussed temporary marriage. A man called Rabi bin Saburah said “I bear witness that my father told me that the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم had prohibited it at the Farewell …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، …

    The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) prohibited temporary marriage with women.

  • حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ. ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ …

    “The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم prohibited shighar marriage. Musaddad added in his version “I said to Nafi “What is shighar?” (It means that) a man marries the daughter of another man and gives his own daughter to him in …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ ابْنِ …

    Al-Abbas Ibn Abdullah Ibn al-Abbas married his daughter to Abdur Rahman ibn al-Hakam, and Abdur Rahman married his daughter to him. And they made this (exchange) their dower. Muawiyah wrote to Marwan commanding him to separate them. He …

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    حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: Curse be upon the one who marries a divorced woman with the intention of making her lawful for her former husband and upon the one for whom she is made lawful.

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    حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنْ عَامِرٍ، عَنْ الْحَارِثِ الْأَعْوَرِ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ …

    The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Ali رضی اللہ عنہ through a different chain of narrators from the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم to the same effect.

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَهَذَا لَفْظُ إِسْنَادِهِ، وَكِلاهُمَا عَنْ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: If any slave marries without the permission of his masters, he is a fornicator.

  • حَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قُتَيْبَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying “If a slave marries without the permission of his master, his marriage is null and void. Abu Dawud said “This tradition is weak. This is mauquf (does not go back to the Prophet). This is the …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying “ A man should not seek the hand of a woman in marriage when his brother has already sought her hand. ”

  • حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: One of you must not ask a woman in marriage when his brother has done so already, and one of you must not sell (his own goods) when his brother has already sold (his goods) except with his permission.

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: When one of you asked a woman in marriage, if he is able to look at what will induce him to marry her, he should do so. He (Jabir) said: I asked a girl in marriage, I used to look at her secretly …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى، …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: The marriage of a woman who marries without the consent of her guardians is void. (He said these words) three times. If there is cohabitation, she gets her dower for the intercourse her …

  • حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ رَبِيعَةَ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ …

    This tradition has also been transmitted by Aishah through a different chain of narrators from the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم to the same effect. Abu Dawud said “Jafar did not hear any tradition from Al Zuhri. Al Zuhri gave him his …

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    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ قُدَامَةَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ الْحَدَّادُ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: There is no marriage without the permission of a guardian. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Yunus also transmitted on the authority of Abu Burdah, and Isra'il narrated from Abu Ishaq on the authority of …

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    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ ، عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، …

    She was the wife of Ibn Jahsh, but he died, He was among those who migrated to Abyssinia. Negus then married her to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَامِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ، عَنْ الْحَسَنِ، …

    “I had a sister and I was asked to give her in marriage. My cousin came to me and I married to him. He then divorced her one revocable divorce. He abandoned her till her waiting period passed. When I was asked to give her in marriage, he …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ. ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ. …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: Any woman who is married by two guardians (to two different men) belongs to the first woman who is married by two guardians (to two different men) belongs to the first of them and anything sold by a …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْبَانِيُّ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، …

    About the Quranic verse: It is not lawful for you forcibly to inherit the woman (of your deceased kinsmen), nor (that) ye should put constraint upon them. When a man died, his relatives had more right to his wife then her own guardian. If …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ، عَنْ …

    The Quranic verse It is not lawful for you forcibly to inherit the woman (of your deceased kinsmen) nor (that) ye should put constraint upon them that ye may take away a part of that which ye have given them, unless they be guilty of …

  • 2091Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ شَبُّوَيْهِ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ …

    The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Al Dahhak to the same effect through a different chain of narrators. This version has Allah prohibited that (practice).

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying “ A woman who has been previously married should not be married until her permission is asked nor should a virgin be married without her permission. “They (the people) asked “What is her …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ. ح وحَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: An orphan virgin girl should be consulted about herself; if she says nothing that indicates her permission, but if she refuses, the authority of the guardian cannot be exercised against her will. The …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ إِدْرِيسَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ …

    The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted through a different chain of narrators by Muhammad bin Amr. This version adds “If she weeps or keeps silence”. The narrator added the word “weeps”. Abu Dawud said: The word weeps is not …

  • 2095Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: Consult women about (the marriage of) their daughters.

  • حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، عَنْ …

    A virgin came to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and mentioned that her father had married her against her will, so the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم allowed her to exercise her choice.

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ …

    The above tradition has been transmitted by Ikrimah from the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. Abu Dawud said “He (Muhammad bin Ubaid) did not mention the name of Ibn Abbas in the chain of this tradition. The people have also narrated it …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، قَالَا: أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying “A woman without a husband has more right to her person than her guardian and a virgin’s permission must be asked, her permission being her silence. These are the words of Al Qanabi.

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ زِيَادِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ، …

    The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “A woman without a husband has more right to her person than her guardian and the father of a virgin should ask her permission about herself. ” Abu Dawud said “ The word “her father” is not guarded.

  • حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: A guardian has no concern with a woman previously married and has no husband, and an orphan girl (i. e. virgin) must be consulted, her silence being her acceptance.

  • حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ …

    When her father married her when she had previously been married and she disapproved of that she went to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and mentioned it to him. He (the Prophet) revoked her marriage.

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، …

    Abu Hind cupped the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم in the middle of his head. The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: Banu Bayadah, marry Abu Hind (to your daughter), and ask him to marry (his daughter) to you. He said: The best thing by …

  • 2103Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى الْمَعْنَى، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، …

    I went out along with my father during the hajj performed by the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. I saw the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. My father came near him; he was riding his she-camel. He stopped there and …

  • 2104Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ …

    From his maternal aunt who reported on the authority of a woman called Mussaddaqah (a truthful woman). She said “In pre Islamic days, when my father participated in a battle the feet of the people burnt due to intense heat. Thereupon a man …

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا …

    “I asked Aishah رضی اللہ عنہا about the dower given by the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. She said “It was twelve Uqiyahs and a nashsh”. I asked “What is nashsh?” She said it is half an uqiyah.

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي …

    Umar ( رضی اللہ عنہ) delivered a speech to us and said: Do not go to extremes in giving women their dower, for if it represented honour in this world and piety in Allah's sight, the one of you most entitled to do so would have been the …

  • 2107Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَبِي يَعْقُوبَ الثَّقَفِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ …

    She was married to Abdullah Ibn Jahsh who died in Abyssinia, so the Negus married her to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم giving her on his behalf a dower of four thousand (dirhams). He sent her to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ …

  • 2108Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ ابْنِ …

    The Negus married Umm Habibah daughter of Abu Sufyan رضی اللہ عنہما to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم for a dower of four thousand dirhams. He wrote it to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم who accepted it.

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ، وَحُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنّ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم saw the trace of yellow on Abdur-Rahman bin Awf رضی اللہ عنہ . The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: What is this ? He replied: Messenger of Allah, I have married a woman. He asked: How much …

  • 2110Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ جِبْرَائِيلَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: If anyone gives as a dower to his wife two handfuls of flour or dates he has made her lawful for him. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been narrated by Abdur Rahman ibn Mahdi, from Salih ibn Ruman …

  • حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ، أَنّ …

    A woman came to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and said: Messenger of Allah, I have offered myself to you. When she stood for a long time, a man got up and said: Messenger of Allah, marry her to me if you have no need for …

  • 2112Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَفْصُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي …

    But he does not mention the lower garment and iron ring. He (the Prophet) said: How much do you memorize from Quran? He said: Surat al-Baqarah or the one that follows it. He said: Stand up and teach her twenty verses: she is your wife.

  • 2113Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَبِي الزَّرْقَاءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي،حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ، عَنْ …

    Makhul has also transmitted a tradition like the one narrated by Sahl (bin Saad al-Saeedi). Makhul used to say: This is not lawful for anyone after the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم.

  • حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ فِرَاسٍ، …

    Abdullah (Ibn Masud رضی اللہ عنہ ) was asked about a man who had married a woman without cohabiting with her or fixing any dower for her till he died. Ibn Masud said: She should receive the full dower (as given to women of her class) …

  • حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، وَابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ،عَنْ …

    The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by Alqamah on the authority of Abdullah. Uthman (bin Abi Shaibah) narrated a similar tradition.

  • حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، …

    Abdullah Ibn Masud رضی اللہ عنہ was informed of this story of a man. The people continued to visit him for a month or visited him many times (the narrator was not sure). He said: In this matter I hold the opinion that she should receive …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحمَّدُ بنُ يَحْيَى بنِ فارِسٍ الذُّهْلِيُّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَعُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said to a man: Would you like me to marry you to so-and-so? He said: Yes. He also said to the woman: Would you like me to marry you to so-and-so? She said: Yes. He then married one to the other. The man …

  • 2118Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم taught us the address in case of some need: Praise be to Allah from Whom we ask help and pardon, and in Whom we take refuge from the evils within ourselves. He whom Allah guides has no one who …

  • 2119Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عِمْرَانُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ …

    When the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم recited the tashahhud. . . . He then narrated the same tradition. In this version after the word and His Messenger he added the words: He has sent him in truth as a bearer of glad tidings …

  • 2120Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا بَدَلُ بْنُ الْمُحَبَّرِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ الْعَلَاءِ ابْنَ …

    On the authority of a man from Banu Sulaim: I asked the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم to marry Umamah daughter of Abdul-Muttalib to me. So he married her to me without reciting the tashahhud (i.e. the sermon for marriage).

  • حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم married me when I was seven years old. The narrator Sulaiman said: or Six years. He had intercourse with me when I was nine years old.

  • حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، …

    When the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم married Umm Salamah, he stayed with her three night, and said: Your people (i.e. clan) are not being humbled for you in my estimation. If you wish I shall stay with you seven nights ; and …

  • حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ …

    When the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم married Safiyyah رضی اللہ عنہا , he stayed with her three nights. The narrator Uthman added: She was non virgin (previously married). He said: This tradition has been narrated to me by …

  • حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ …

    When a man who has a wife married a virgin he should stay with her seven nights ; if he marries to a woman who has been previously married he should stay with her three nights. (The narrator said: ) If I say that he (Anas رضی اللہ عنہ ) …

  • حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الطَّالَقَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ …

    When Ali رضی اللہ عنہ married Fatimah رضی اللہ عنہا , the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said to him: Give her something. He said: I have nothing with me. He said: Where is your Hutamiyyah (coat of mail).

  • 2126Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ الْحِمْصِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيْوَةَ، عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، …

    A man from the Companions of the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم : When Ali رضی اللہ عنہ married Fatimah رضی اللہ عنہا , daughter of the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم, he intended to have intercourse with her. The Messenger of …

  • 2127Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا كَثِيرٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَيْوَةَ، عَنْ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ غَيْلَانَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، …

    A similar tradition has also been transmitted by Ibn Abbas رضی اللہ عنہما through a different chain of narrators.

  • 2128Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْبَزَّازُ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ، …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم commanded me to send a woman to her husband before he gave something to her. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Khaithamah did not hear (any tradition) from Aishah رضی اللہ عنہا .

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْمَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ الْبُرْسَانِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: A woman who marries on a dower or a reward or a promise before the solemnisation of marriage is entitled to it; and whatever is fixed for her after solemnisation of marriage belongs to …

  • حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، …

    When the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم congratulated a man on his marriage, he said: May Allah bless for you, and may He bless on you, and combine both of you in good (works).

  • 2131Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ الْمَعْنَى، قَالُوا …

    A man from the Ansar called Basrah said: I married a virgin woman in her veil. When I entered upon her, I found her pregnant. (I mentioned this to the Prophet). The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: She will get the dower, for you made …

  • 2132Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيٌّ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ، …

    A man called Basrah bin Akhtam married a woman. The narrator then reported the rest of the tradition to the same effect. This version added: And he separated them. The tradition narrated by Ibn Juraij is perfect.

  • 2133Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنْ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: When a man has two wives and he is inclined to one of them, he will come on the Day of resurrection with a side hanging down.

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم used to divide his time equally and said: O Allah, this is my division concerning what I control, so do not blame me concerning what You control and I do not. Abu Dawud said: By it meant the …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ …

    Aishah رضی اللہ عنہا said: O my nephew, the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم did not prefer one of us to the other in respect of his division of the time of his staying with us. It was very rare that he did not visit us any day …

  • حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى الْمَعْنَى، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ، عَنْ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم used to aske our permission on the day he had to stay with one of his wives (by turns) after the following Quranic verse was revealed: You may distance those whom you like, and draw close to …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَرْحُومُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَطَّارُ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيُّ، …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم sent for his wives during his illness. When they got together, he صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said “I am unable to visit all of you. If you think to permit me to stay with Aishah رضی اللہ عنہا you may …

  • حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ …

    “When the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم intended to go on a journey he cast lots amongst his wives and the one who was chosen by lot went on it with him. He divided his time, day and night (equally) for each of his wives except …

  • حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ، عَنْ …

    The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying “The condition worthier to be fulfilled by you is the one by which you made the private parts (of your wife) lawful (for you).

  • حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ شَرِيكٍ، عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ، …

    I went to al-Hirah and saw them (the people) prostrating themselves before a satrap of theirs, so I said: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم has most right to have prostration made before him. When I came to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ …

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الرَّازِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي …

    The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying “When a man calls his wife to come to his bed and she refuses and does not come to him and he spends the night angry, the angels curse her till the morning. ”

  • حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو قَزَعَةَ الْبَاهِلِيُّ، عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ …

    He asked: "O Messenger of Allah, what is the right of the wife of one of us over him? He replied: That you should give her food when you eat, clothe her when you clothe yourself, do not strike her on the face, do not revile her or separate …

  • حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ …

    I said: Messenger of Allah, how should we approach our wives and how should we leave them? He replied: Approach your tilth when or how you will, give her (your wife) food when you take food, clothe when you clothe yourself, do not revile …

  • 2144Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْمُهَلَّبِيُّ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ …

    I went to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and asked him: What do you say (command) about our wives? He replied: Give them food what you have for yourself, and clothe them by which you clothe yourself, and do not beat them, and …

  • 2145Sunan Abi DawudDaʿif

    حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي حُرَّةَ الرَّقَاشِيِّ، …

    ”The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said “If you fear the recalcitrance abandon them in their beds. ” The narrator Hammad said “By abandonment he meant abandonment of intercourse. ”