(as regards the Verse): 'And about what is recited unto you in the Book, concerning orphan girls to
whom you give not the prescribed portions and yet, whom you desire to marry.' (4.127) This Verse is
about the female orphan who is under the guardianship of a man with whom she shares her property
and he has more right over her (than anybody else) but does not like to marry her, so he prevents her,
from marrying somebody else, lest he should share the property with him.
When Hafsa, `Umar's daughter became a widow because of the death of her (husband) Ibn Hudhafa
As-Sahmi who was one of the companion of the Prophet (ﷺ) and the one of the Badr warriors and died at
Medina, `Umar said, "I met `Uthman bin `Affan and gave him an offer, saying, 'If you wish, I will
marry Hafsa to you.' He said. 'I will think it over' I waited for a few days, then he met me and said, 'I
have made up my mind not to marry at present' "`Umar added, "Then I met Abu Bakr and said to him,
'If you wish, I will marry Hafsa to you.' "
concerning the Verse: 'Do not prevent them' (2.232) Ma'qil bin Yasar told me that it was revealed in
his connection. He said, "I married my sister to a man and he divorced her, and when her days of 'Idda
(three menstrual periods) were over, the man came again and asked for her hand, but I said to him, 'I
married her to you and made her your bed (your wife) and favored you with her, but you divorced her.
Now you come to ask for her hand again? No, by Allah, she will never go back to you (again)!' That
man was not a bad man and his wife wanted to go back to him. So Allah revealed this Verse: 'Do not
prevent them.' (2.232) So I said, 'Now I will do it (let her go back to him), O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)."So he
married her to him again.
(regarding His Statement): 'They ask your instruction concerning the women. Say: Allah instructs you
about them ...' (4.127) It is about the female orphan who is under the guardianship of a man with
whom she shares her property and he does not want to marry her and dislikes that someone else
should marry her, lest he should share the property with him, so he prevents her from marrying. So
Allah forbade such a guardian to do so (i.e. to prevent her from marrying).
While we were sitting in the company of the Prophet (ﷺ) a woman came to him and presented herself (for
marriage) to him. The Prophet (ﷺ) looked at her, lowering his eyes and raising them, but did not give a
reply. One of his companions said, "Marry her to me O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!" The Prophet (ﷺ) asked (him),
"Have you got anything?" He said, "I have got nothing." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Not even an iron ring?"
He Sa`d, "Not even an iron ring, but I will tear my garment into two halves and give her one half and
keep the other half." The Prophet; said, "No. Do you know some of the Qur'an (by heart)?" He said,
"Yes." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Go, I have agreed to marry her to you with what you know of the Qur'an (as
her Mahr)."
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Hadith 5133
Chapter 39: Giving one's young children in marriage - كتاب النكاح
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَزَوَّجَهَا وَهْىَ بِنْتُ سِتِّ سِنِينَ، وَأُدْخِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ وَهْىَ بِنْتُ تِسْعٍ، وَمَكَثَتْ عِنْدَهُ تِسْعًا.
that the Prophet (ﷺ) married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she
was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death).
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Chapter 40: The marrying of a daughter by her father to a ruler - كتاب النكاح
Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا مُعَلَّى بْنُ أَسَدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَزَوَّجَهَا وَهْىَ بِنْتُ سِتِّ سِنِينَ، وَبَنَى بِهَا وَهْىَ بِنْتُ تِسْعِ سِنِينَ. قَالَ هِشَامٌ وَأُنْبِئْتُ أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ عِنْدَهُ تِسْعَ سِنِينَ.
that the Prophet (ﷺ) married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she
was nine years old. Hisham said: I have been informed that `Aisha remained with the Prophet (ﷺ) for nine
years (i.e. till his death).
A woman came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "I present myself (to you) (for marriage). She stayed for a
long while, then a man said, "If you are not in need of her then marry her to me." The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
"Have you got anything m order to pay her Mahr?" He said, "I have nothing with me except my Izar
(waist sheet)." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If you give her your Izar, you will have no Izar to wear, (so go) and
search for something. He said, "I could not find anything." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Try (to find something),
even if it were an iron ring But he was not able to find (even that) The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to him). "Do you
memorize something of the Qur'an?" "Yes. ' he said, "such Sura and such Sura," naming those Suras
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "We have married her to you for what you know of the Qur'an (by heart).
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "A matron should not be given in marriage except after consulting her; and a virgin
should not be given in marriage except after her permission." The people asked, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)!
How can we know her permission?" He said, "Her silence (indicates her permission).
that her father gave her in marriage when she was a matron and she disliked that marriage. So she
went to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he declared that marriage invalid.
The same ,Hadith above: A man called Khidam married a daughter of his (to somebody) against her
consent. 'If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan girls then marry (other)
women of your choice.' (4.3) And if somebody says to the guardian (of a woman), "Marry me to soand-
so," and the guardian remained silent or said to him, "What have you got?" And the other said, "I
have so much and so much (Mahr)," or kept quiet, and then the guardian said, "I have married her to
you," then the marriage is valid (legal). This narration was told by Sahl on the authority of the
Prophet.
that he asked `Aisha, saying to her, "O Mother! (In what connection was this Verse revealed):
'If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with orphan girls (to the end of the verse) that your
right hands possess?" (4.3) Aisha said, "O my nephew! It was about the female orphan under the
protection of her guardian who was interested in her beauty and wealth and wanted to marry her with
a little or reduced Mahr. So such guardians were forbidden to marry female orphans unless they deal
with them justly and give their full Mahr; and they were ordered to marry women other than
them."`Aisha added, "(Later) the people asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), for instructions, and then Allah
revealed: 'They ask your instruction concerning the women . . . And yet whom you desire to marry.'
(4.127) So Allah revealed to them in this Verse that-if a female orphan had wealth and beauty, they
desired to marry her and were interested in her noble descent and the reduction of her Mahr; but if she
was not desired by them because of her lack in fortune and beauty they left her and married some
other woman. So, as they used to leave her when they had no interest in her, they had no right to
marry her if they had the desire to do so, unless they deal justly with her and gave her a full amount of
Mahr."
A woman came to the Prophet,, and presented herself to him (for marriage). He said, "I am not in need
of women these days." Then a man said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Marry her to me." The Prophet (ﷺ) asked
him, "What have you got?" He said, "I have got nothing." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Give her something,
even an iron ring." He said, "I have got nothing." The Prophet (ﷺ) asked (him), "How much of the Qur'an
do you know (by heart)?" He said, "So much and so much." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I have married her to
you for what you know of the Qur'an."
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Hadith 5142
Chapter 46: None should ask for the hand of a lady who is already engaged to his brother (Muslim) - كتاب النكاح
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا مَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ نَافِعًا، يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ كَانَ يَقُولُ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يَبِيعَ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ بَعْضٍ، وَلاَ يَخْطُبَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ، حَتَّى يَتْرُكَ الْخَاطِبُ قَبْلَهُ، أَوْ يَأْذَنَ لَهُ الْخَاطِبُ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) decreed that one should not try to cancel a bargain already agreed upon between some
other persons (by offering a bigger price). And a man should not ask for the hand of a girl who is
already engaged to his Muslim brother, unless the first suitor gives her up, or allows him to ask for her
hand.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Beware of suspicion (about others), as suspicion is the falsest talk, and do not spy
upon each other, and do not listen to the evil talk of the people about others' affairs, and do not have
enmity with one another, but be brothers. And none should ask for the hand of a girl who is already
engaged to his (Muslim) brother, but one should wait till the first suitor marries her or leaves her."
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Hadith 5145
Chapter 47: The meaning of the cancelling of the engagement. - كتاب النكاح
Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ حِينَ تَأَيَّمَتْ حَفْصَةُ قَالَ عُمَرُ لَقِيتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فَقُلْتُ إِنْ شِئْتَ أَنْكَحْتُكَ حَفْصَةَ بِنْتَ عُمَرَ. فَلَبِثْتُ لَيَالِيَ ثُمَّ خَطَبَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَقِيَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْنِي أَنْ أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ فِيمَا عَرَضْتَ إِلاَّ أَنِّي قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ ذَكَرَهَا فَلَمْ أَكُنْ لأُفْشِيَ سِرَّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَلَوْ تَرَكَهَا لَقَبِلْتُهَا. تَابَعَهُ يُونُسُ وَمُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ وَابْنُ أَبِي عَتِيقٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ.
"When Hafsa became a widow," `Umar said, "I met Abu Bakr and said to him, 'If you wish I will
marry Hafsa bint `Umar to you.' I waited for a few days then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked for her hand. Later
Abu Bakr met me and said, 'Nothing stopped me from returning to you concerning your offer except
that I knew that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had mentioned (his wish to marry) her, and I could never let out the
secret of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) . If he had left her, I would have accepted her.' "
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Hadith 5146
Chapter 48: Al-Khutba (for Nikah) - كتاب النكاح
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ جَاءَ رَجُلاَنِ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ فَخَطَبَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم
" إِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ لَسِحْرً".
Two men came from the east and delivered speeches, and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Some eloquent speech has the influence of magic." (e.g., some people refuse to do something and then a good eloquent speaker addresses them and then they agree to do that very thing after his speech)
(the daughter of Muawwidh bin Afra) After the consummation of my marriage, the Prophet (ﷺ) came and
sat on my bed as far from me as you are sitting now, and our little girls started beating the
tambourines and reciting elegiac verses mourning my father who had been killed in the battle of Badr.
One of them said, "Among us is a Prophet who knows what will happen tomorrow." On that the
Prophet said, "Leave this (saying) and keep on saying the verses which you had been saying before."
`Abdur Rahman bin `Auf married a woman and gave her gold equal to the weight of a date stone (as
Mahr). When the Prophet (ﷺ) noticed the signs of cheerfulness of the marriage (on his face) and asked
him about it, he said, "I have married a woman and gave (her) gold equal to a date stone in weight (as
Mahr).
While I was (sitting) among the people in the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) a woman stood up and said,
"O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! She has given herself in marriage to you; please give your opinion of her." The
Prophet did not give her any reply. She again stood up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! She has given
herself (in marriage) to you; so please give your opinion of her. The Prophet (ﷺ) did not give her any
reply. She again stood up for the third time and said, "She has given herself in marriage to you: so
give your opinion of her." So a man stood up and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Marry her to me." The
Prophet asked him, "Have you got anything?" He said, "No." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Go and search for
something, even if it were an iron ring." The man went and searched and then returned saying, "I
could not find anything, not even an iron ring." Then the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do you know something of
the Qur'an (by heart)?" He replied, "I know (by heart) such Sura and such Sura." The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
"Go! I have married her to you for what you know of the Qur'an (by heart).
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The stipulations most entitled to be abided by are those with which you are given
the right to enjoy the (women's) private parts (i.e. the stipulations of the marriage contract).
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Hadith 5152
Chapter 54: Conditions not lawful in the marriage contract - كتاب النكاح
Narrated Abu Huraira:
حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ زَكَرِيَّاءَ ـ هُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ ـ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" لاَ يَحِلُّ لاِمْرَأَةٍ تَسْأَلُ طَلاَقَ أُخْتِهَا لِتَسْتَفْرِغَ صَحْفَتَهَا، فَإِنَّمَا لَهَا مَا قُدِّرَ لَهَا ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It is not lawful for a woman (at the time of wedding) to ask for the divorce of her
sister (i.e. the other wife of her would-be husband) in order to have everything for herself, for she will
take only what has been written for her."
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Hadith 5153
Chapter 55: Yellow coloured perfume for a bridegroom - كتاب النكاح
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، رضى الله عنه أَنَّ عَبْدَ، الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَبِهِ أَثَرُ صُفْرَةٍ فَسَأَلَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ قَالَ " كَمْ سُقْتَ إِلَيْهَا ". قَالَ زِنَةَ نَوَاةٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ. قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَوْلِمْ وَلَوْ بِشَاةٍ ".
`Abdur-Rahman bin `Auf came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he had marks of Sufra (yellow perfume).
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked him (about those marks). `AbdurRahman bin `Auf told him that he had married
a woman from the Ansar. The Prophet (ﷺ) asked, "How much Mahr did you pay her?" He said, "I paid
gold equal to the weight of a date stone." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him, "Give a wedding banquet, even
if with one sheep."