Marriage (Kitab Al-Nikah)

Bk 8 Marriage (Kitab Al−Nikah)

INTRODUCTION

Marriage is a social institution as old as the human race

itself. It may be defined as a relation between a man and a

woman which is recognised by custom or law and involves

certain rights and duties, both in the case of the parties

entering the Union, and in case of the children born of it.

Marriage has thus two main functions to perform: it is the

means adopted by human society for regulating relations

between the sexes; and it furnishes the mechanism by means of

which the relations of a child to the community is determined.

The rites and ceremonies of marriage have been different with

different peoples and in different ages. but these two

functions mentioned above are common even where in marriage.

It always implies the right of sexual intercourse as allowed

and recognised by society and the duties of the parents in

bringing up children. Islam recognises this institution and

accepts it as the basis of human society after purging it of

all those evils which had penetrated it. Firstly, Islam does

not regard it as a union only for the gratification of sexual

lost, but a social contract with wide and varied

responsibilities and duties. The reason behind it is that,

according to the Divine Faith, a woman is not a plaything in

the hand of man. but a spiritual and moral being who is

entrusted to him on the sacred pledge to which Allah is made a

witness. The wife is, therefore, not meant. to provide

sensuous pleasure only to the male, but to fully co−operate

with him in making the life of the family and ultimately of

the whole humanity significantly meaningful. The Holy Qur'an

has in so many verses pointed out the different purposes of

marriage. It states:" And of His signs is that He has created

wives for you from yourselves that you might find quiet of

wind in them, and He put between you love and affection" (xxx.

21). In this verse it has been said that the female is not

inferior to the male in the sense that the former is created

out of a superior stuff while the latter comes of a base

origin. Both man and woman are the progeny of Adam and thus

both have the same soul. The purpose of marriage, according to

the Holy Qur'an, is therefore, the union of the two souls

which are one in essence. Their separate existence is an

unnatural state of their being which changes Into the natural

state when they are united by marriage and thus are brought

close to each other physically, mentally and emotionally. Both

man and woman are the joint heirs of the grace of life, and

unless there is a very close and intimate form of

companionship in them, they cannot enjoy the true grace of

life." He it is Who created you from a single soul, and of the

same did He make his spouse, that he might find comfort in

her" (vii. 189)." Comfort" implies much more than a mere

sexual gratification. It is not too much to say that the whole

conception of the marriage relation in Islam is charged with

spiritual and moral ideas, and must of necessity elevate the

status of matrimonial alliance in the individual and social

life. In Islam the union of the sexes has been purified and

the joy of the married relation secured by the absolute

prohibition of every kind of extra−matzimonial connection. The

Holy Qur'an stresses upon the people to marry as it is the

most effective means whereby one can lead a virtuous life free

from immorality and emotional inhibition. The Holy Qur'an

says:" They (your wives) are as a garment to you, and you are

as a garment to them" (ii. 187). The mutual relation of

husband and wife is here described in words which could not be

surpassed in beauty. Herein is the correct description of the

relationship between the two. The husband and the wife are for

mutual support, mutual comfort and mutual protection, fitting

into each other as garments fit into each other. Then the Holy

Qur'an also makes it clear that this union is not a temporary

relationship between two individuals of opposite sexes: It is

a permanent and enduring relationship in the sense that both

the parties should put in their earnest endeavours to lead

their lives in perfect harmony and acquitting themselves

creditably of the responsibilities saddled upon them by

entering into this sacred contract. The Holy Qur'an farther

points out that sexual gratification in the married life is

not meant only for the satisfaction of the physical lust, but

it mustbe directed to some higher ends." Your women are tilth

for you, so go into your tilth as ye like, and provide

beforehand for your souls, and fear Allah and know that you

are going to meet Him" (iii. 223). Here the wives are likened

to the cultivable land which are ploughed for sowing and

reaping the produce (in the form of offspring) and not merely

for carnal indulgence. The concluding part of the verse refers

to still higher and sublimer ends which tell that even in the

height of carnal pleasures the moral and spiritual

responsibilities should not in any way be lost sight of;

rather one should be more conscious to them when one is

enjoying physical pleasures as these are the moments when the

fear of the Lord and the accountability in the Hereafter is

likely to be blurred or effaced from one's mind.

Chapter 1: ONE WHO CAN SUPPORT A WIFE SHOULD MARRY

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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."

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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."

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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."

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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."

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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)

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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."

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, Number 3288:

A hadith like this has been reported on the authority of Nafi'

with the same chain of transmitters.

Bk 8, 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."

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, Number 3293:

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira

(Allah be pleased with him) through another chain of

transmitters.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, Number 3297:

Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) reported that Allah's

Messenger (may peace be upon him) prohibited Shighar.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, Number 3304:

This hadith has been narrated through another chain of

transmitters.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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."

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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)

Bk 8, 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."

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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)

Bk 8, 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."

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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".

Bk 8, Number 3347:

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Abd

Zubair with the same chain of transmitters.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, Number 3351:

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira

(Allah be pleased with him) through another chain of

transmitters.

Bk 8, Number 3352:

A hadith like this has been narrated by Abu Huraira (Allah be

pleased with him) through another chain of transmitters.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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)?

Bk 8, 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)?

Bk 8, 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.)

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, Number 3358:

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of

Hisham with the same chain of transmitters.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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)

Bk 8, 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."

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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."

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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."

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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)

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, Number 3382:

A hadith like this has been transmitted by Abu Sa'id from

Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him).

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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?

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.)

Bk 8, 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."

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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)."

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, Number 3408:

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of

A'mash with the same chain of transmitters.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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)

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, Number 3423:

Ahadith like this is transmitted by 'A'isha through another

chain of narrators.

Chapter 28: SUCKLING OF A YOUNG (BOY)

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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)

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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."

Bk 8, 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."

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, Number 3438:

A hadith like this is narrated on the authority of Abu

Huraira.

Chapter 31: TRACING OF RELATIONSHIP FROM PHYSICAL FEATURES

Bk 8, 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?

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, Number 3446:

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Ibn

Humaid.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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."

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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?

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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).

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, Number 3470:

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Abu

Huraira (Allah be pleased with him).

Bk 8, 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.

Bk 8, 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.