Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Book 62:
Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah), Hadiths
1 to 50
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 1:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
A group of three men came to the houses of the wives of the
Prophet asking how the Prophet worshipped (Allah), and when they
were informed about that, they considered their worship insufficient
and said, "Where are we from the Prophet as his past and
future sins have been forgiven." Then one of them said,
"I will offer the prayer throughout the night forever."
The other said, "I will fast throughout the year and will
not break my fast." The third said, "I will keep away
from the women and will not marry forever." Allah's Apostle
came to them and said, "Are you the same people who said
so-and-so? By Allah, I am more submissive to Allah and more afraid
of Him than you; yet I fast and break my fast, I do sleep and
I also marry women. So he who does not follow my tradition in
religion, is not from me (not one of my followers)."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 2:
Narrated 'Ursa:
that he asked 'Aisha about the Statement of Allah: 'If you
fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan
girls, then marry (other) women of your choice, two or three
or four; but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly
(with them), then only one, or (the captives) that your right
hands possess. That will be nearer to prevent you from doing
injustice.' (4.3) 'Aisha said, "O my nephew! (This Verse
has been revealed in connection with) an orphan girl under the
guardianship of her guardian who is attracted by her wealth and
beauty and intends to marry her with a Mahr less than what other
women of her standard deserve. So they (such guardians) have
been forbidden to marry them unless they do justice to them and
give them their full Mahr, and they are ordered to marry other
women instead of them."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 3:
Narrated 'Alqama:
While I was with Abdullah, 'Uthman met him at Mina and said,
"O Abu 'Abdur-Rahman ! I have something to say to you."
So both of them went aside and 'Uthman said, "O Abu 'Abdur-Rah.
man! Shall we marry you to a virgin who will make you remember
your past days?" When 'Abdullah felt that he was not in
need of that, he beckoned me (to join him) saying, "O 'Alqama!"
Then I heard him saying (in reply to 'Uthman), "As you have
said that, (I tell you that) the Prophet once said to us, 'O
young people! Whoever among you is able to marry, should marry,
and whoever is not able to marry, is recommended to fast, as
fasting diminishes his sexual power.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 4:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
We were with the Prophet while we were young and had no wealth
whatever. So Allah's Apostle said, "O young people! Whoever
among you can marry, should marry, because it helps him lower
his gaze and guard his modesty (i.e. his private parts from committing
illegal sexual intercourse etc.), and whoever is not able to
marry, should fast, as fasting diminishes his sexual power."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 5:
Narrated 'Ata:
We presented ourselves along with Ibn 'Abbas at the funeral
procession of Maimuna at a place called Sarif. Ibn 'Abbas said,
"This is the wife of the Prophet so when you lift her bier,
do not Jerk it or shake it much, but walk smoothly because the
Prophet had nine wives and he used to observe the night turns
with eight of them, and for one of them there was no night turn."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 6:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet I used to go round (have sexual relations with)
all his wives in one night, and he had nine wives.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 7:
Narrated Said bin Jubair:
Ibn 'Abbas asked me, "Are you married?" I replied,
"No." He said, "Marry, for the best person of
this (Muslim) nation (i.e., Muhammad) of all other Muslims, had
the largest number of wives."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 8:
Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab:
The Prophet said, "The rewards (of deeds) are according
to the intention, and everybody will get the reward for what
he has intended. So whoever emigrated for Allah's and His Apostle's
sake, his emigration was for Allah and His Apostle; and whoever
emigrated for worldly benefits, or to marry a woman, then his
emigration was for the thing for what he emigrated for."
(1)
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 9:
Narrated Ibn Masud:
We used to fight in the holy battles in the company of the
Prophet and we had no wives with us. So we said, "O Allah's
Apostle! Shall we get castrated?" The Prophet forbade us
to do so.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 10:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf came (from Mecca to Medina) and the
Prophet made a bond of brotherhood between him and Sad bin Ar-Rabi'
Al-Ansari. Al-Ansari had two wives, so he suggested that 'Abdur-Rahman
take half, his wives and property. 'Abdur-Rahman replied, "May
Allah bless you with your wives and property. Kindly show me
the market." So 'Abdur-Rahman went to the market and gained
(in bargains) some dried yoghurt and some butter. After a few
days the Prophet saw Abdur-Rahman with some yellow stains on
his clothes and asked him, "What is that, O 'Abdur-Rahman?"
He replied, "I had married an Ansari woman." The Prophet
asked, "How much Mahr did you give her?" He replied,
"The weight of one (date) stone of gold." The Prophet
said, "Offer a banquet, even with one sheep."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 11:
Narrated Sad bin Abi Waqqas:
Allah's Apostle forbade 'Uthman bin Maz'un to abstain from
marrying (and other pleasures) and if he had allowed him, we
would have gotten ourselves castrated.(1)
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 12:
Narrated Sad bin Abi Waqqas:
The Prophet prevented 'Uthman bin Mazun from that (not marrying),
and had he allowed him, we would have got ourselves castrated.(1)
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 13o:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
We used to participate in the holy battles led by Allah's
Apostle and we had nothing (no wives) with us. So we said, "Shall
we get ourselves castrated?" He forbade us that and then
allowed us to marry women with a temporary contract (2) and recited
to us: -- 'O you who believe ! Make not unlawful the good things
which Allah has made lawful for you, but commit no transgression.'
(5.87)
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 13h:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I am a young man and I am
afraid that I may commit illegal sexual intercourse and I cannot
afford to marry." He kept silent, and then repeated my question
once again, but he kept silent. I said the same (for the third
time) and he remained silent. Then repeated my question (for
the fourth time), and only then the Prophet said, "O Abu
Huraira! The pen has dried after writing what you are going to
confront. So (it does not matter whether you) get yourself castrated
or not."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 14:
Narrated 'Aisha :
I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Suppose you landed in a valley
where there is a tree of which something has been eaten and then
you found trees of which nothing has been eaten, of which tree
would you let your camel graze?" He said, "(I will
let my camel graze) of the one of which nothing has been eaten
before." (The sub-narrator added: 'Aisha meant that Allah's
Apostle had not married a virgin besides herself .)
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 15:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle said (to me), "You have been shown to
me twice in (my) dreams. A man was carrying you in a silken cloth
and said to me, 'This is your wife.' I uncovered it; and behold,
it was you. I said to myself, 'If this dream is from Allah, He
will cause it to come true.' "
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 16:
Narrated Jabir bin Abdullah:
While we were returning from a Ghazwa (Holy Battle) with the
Prophet, I started driving my camel fast, as it was a lazy camel
A rider came behind me and pricked my camel with a spear he had
with him, and then my camel started running as fast as the best
camel you may see. Behold! The rider was the Prophet himself.
He said, 'What makes you in such a hurry?" I replied, I
am newly married " He said, "Did you marry a virgin
or a matron? I replied, "A matron." He said, "Why
didn't you marry a young girl so that you may play with her and
she with you?" When we were about to enter (Medina), the
Prophet said, "Wait so that you may enter (Medina) at night
so that the lady of unkempt hair may comb her hair and the one
whose husband has been absent may shave her pubic region.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 17:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
When I got married, Allah's Apostle said to me, "What
type of lady have you married?" I replied, "I have
married a matron' He said, "Why, don't you have a liking
for the virgins and for fondling them?" Jabir also said:
Allah's Apostle said, "Why didn't you marry a young girl
so that you might play with her and she with you?'
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 18:
Narrated 'Ursa:
The Prophet asked Abu Bakr for 'Aisha's hand in marriage.
Abu Bakr said "But I am your brother." The Prophet
said, "You are my brother in Allah's religion and His Book,
but she (Aisha) is lawful for me to marry."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 19:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "The best women are the riders of the
camels and the righteous among the women of Quraish. They are
the kindest women to their children in their childhood and the
more careful women of the property of their husbands."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 20:
Narrated Abu Burda's father:
Allah's Apostle said, any man who has a slave girl whom he
educates properly, teaches good manners, manumits and marries
her, will get a double reward And if any man of the people of
the Scriptures believes in his own prophet and then believes
in me too, he will (also) get a double reward And any slave who
fulfills his duty to his master and to his Lord, will (also)
get a double reward."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 21:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said: Abraham did not tell lies except three.
(One of them was) when Abraham passed by a tyrant and (his wife)
Sara was accompanying him (Abu Huraira then mentioned the whole
narration and said:) (The tyrant) gave her Hajar. Sara said,
"Allah saved me from the hands of the Kafir (i.e. infidel)
and gave me Hajar to serve me." (Abu Huraira added:) That
(Hajar) is your mother, O Banu Ma'-As-Sama' (i.e., the Arabs).
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 22:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet stayed for three days between Khaibar and Medina,
and there he consummated his marriage to Safiyya bint Huyai.
I invited the Muslims to the wedding banquet in which neither
meat nor bread was offered. He ordered for leather dining-sheets
to be spread, and dates, dried yoghurt and butter were laid on
it, and that was the Prophet's wedding banquet. The Muslims wondered,
"Is she (Saffiyya) considered as his wife or his slave girl?"
Then they said, "If he orders her to veil herself, she will
be one of the mothers of the Believers; but if he does not order
her to veil herself, she will be a slave girl. So when the Prophet
proceeded from there, he spared her a space behind him (on his
she-camel) and put a screening veil between her and the people.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 23:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle manumitted Safiyya and regarded her manumission
as her Mahr.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 24:
Narrated Sahl bin Sad As-Sa'idi:
A woman came to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's
Apostle! I have come to give you myself in marriage (without
Mahr)." Allah's Apostle looked at her. He looked at her
carefully and fixed his glance on her and then lowered his head.
When the lady saw that he did not say anything, she sat down.
A man from his companions got up and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
If you are not in need of her, then marry her to me." The
Prophet said, "Have you got anything to offer?" The
man said, "No, by Allah, O Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet
said (to him), "Go to your family and see if you have something."
The man went and returned, saying, "No, by Allah, I have
not found anything." Allah's Apostle said, "(Go again)
and look for something, even if it is an iron ring." He
went again and returned, saying, "No, by Allah, O Allah's
Apostle! I could not find even an iron ring, but this is my Izar
(waist sheet)." He had no rida. He added, "I give half
of it to her." Allah's Apostle said, "What will she
do with your Izar? If you wear it, she will be naked, and if
she wears it, you will be naked." So that man sat down for
a long while and then got up (to depart). When Allah's Apostle
saw him going, he ordered that he be called back. When he came,
the Prophet said, "How much of the Quran do you know?"
He said, "I know such Sura and such Sura," counting
them. The Prophet said, "Do you know them by heart?"
He replied, "Yes." The Prophet said, "Go, I marry
her to you for that much of the Quran which you have."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 25:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Abu Hudhaifa bin 'Utba bin Rabi'a bin Abdi Shams who had witnessed
the battle of Badr along with the Prophet adopted Salim as his
son, to whom he married his niece, Hind bint Al-Walid bin 'Utba
bin Rabi'a; and Salim was the freed slave of an Ansar woman,
just as the Prophet had adopted Zaid as his son. It was the custom
in the Pre-lslamic Period that if somebody adopted a boy, the
people would call him the son of the adoptive father and he would
be the latter's heir. But when Allah revealed the Divine Verses:
'Call them by (the names of) their fathers . . . your freed-slaves,'
(33.5) the adopted persons were called by their fathers' names.
The one whose father was not known, would be regarded as a Maula
and your brother in religion. Later on Sahla bint Suhail bin
'Amr Al-Quraishi Al-'Amiri--and she was the wife of Abu- Hudhaifa
bin 'Utba--came to the Prophet and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
We used to consider Salim as our (adopted) son, and now Allah
has revealed what you know (regarding adopted sons)." The
sub-narrator then mentioned the rest of the narration.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 26:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Allah's Apostle entered upon Dubaa bint Az-Zubair and said
to her, "Do you have a desire to perform the Hajj?"
She replied, "By Allah, I feel sick." He said to her,
"Intend to perform Hajj and stipulate something by saying,
'O Allah, I will finish my Ihram at any place where You stop
me (i.e. I am unable to go further)." She was the wife of
Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 27:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "A woman is married for four things,
i.e., her wealth, her family status, her beauty and her religion.
So you should marry the religious woman (otherwise) you will
be a losers.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 28:
Narrated Sahl:
A man passed by Allah's Apostle and Allah s Apostle asked
(his companions) "What do you say about this (man)?"
They replied "If he asks for a lady's hand, he ought to
be given her in marriage; and if he intercedes (for someone)
his intercessor should be accepted; and if he speaks, he should
be listened to." Allah's Apostle kept silent, and then a
man from among the poor Muslims passed by, an Allah's Apostle
asked (them) "What do you say about this man?" They
replied, "If he asks for a lady's hand in marriage he does
not deserve to be married, and he intercedes (for someone), his
intercession should not be accepted; And if he speaks, he should
not be listened to.' Allah's Apostle said, "This poor man
is better than so many of the first as filling the earth.'
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 29:
Narrated 'Ursa:
that he asked 'Aisha regarding the Verse: 'If you fear that
you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans (4.3) She
said, "O my nephew! This Verse refers to the orphan girl
who is under the guardianship of her guardian who likes her beauty
and wealth and wishes to (marry her and) curtails her Mahr. Such
guardians have been forbidden to marry them unless they do justice
by giving them their full Mahr, and they have been ordered to
marry other than them. The people asked for the verdict of Allah's
Apostle after that, so Allah revealed: 'They ask your instruction
concerning the women . . . whom you desire to marry.' (4.127)
So Allah revealed to them that if the orphan girl had beauty
and wealth, they desired to marry her and for her family status.
They can only marry them if they give them their full Mahr. And
if they had no desire to marry them because of their lack of
wealth and beauty, they would leave them and marry other women.
So, as they used to leave them, when they had no interest, in
them, they were forbidden to marry them when they had such interest,
unless they treated them justly and gave them their full Mahr
Apostle said, 'If at all there is evil omen, it is in the horse,
the woman and the house." a lady is to be warded off. And
the Statement of Allah: 'Truly, among your wives and your children,
there are enemies for you (i.e may stop you from the obedience
of Allah)' (64.14)
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 30:
Narrated Abdullah bin 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle said, "Evil omen is in the women, the
house and the horse.'
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 31:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
Evil omen was mentioned before the Prophet: The Prophet said,
"If there is evil omen in anything, it is in the house,
the woman and the horse."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 32:
Narrated Sahl bin Sad:
Allah's Apostle said, "If at all there is bad omen, it
is in the horse, the woman, and the house."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 33:
Narrated Usama bin Zaid:
The Prophet said, "After me I have not left any affliction
more harmful to men than women."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 34:
Narrated 'Aisha :
Three principles were established because of Barira: (i) When
Banra was manumitted she was given the option (to remain with
her slave husband or not). (ii) Allah's Apostle said "The
Wala of the slave) is for the one who manumits (the slave). (iii)
When Allah's Apostle entered (the house), he saw a cooking pot
on the fire but he was given bread and meat soup from the soup
of the home. The Prophet said, "Didn't I see the cooking
pot (on the fire)?" It was said, "That is the meat
given in charity to Barira, and you do not eat the (things given
in) charity." The Prophet said, "It is an object of
charity for Barira, and it is a present for us."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 35:
Narrated Aisha"
(regarding) the Verse: 'And if you fear that you shall not
be able to deal justly with the orphans...' (4.3) It is about
the orphan girl who is in the custody of a man who is her guardian,
and he intends to marry her because of her wealth, but he treats
her badly and does not manage her property fairly and honestly.
Such a man should marry women of his liking other than her, two
or three or four. 'Prohibited to you (for marriage) are: ...your
foster-mothers (who suckled you).' (4.23) Marriage is prohibited
between persons having a foster suckling relationship corresponding
to a blood relationship which renders marriage unlawful.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 36:
Narrated 'Aisha:
(the wife of the Prophet) that while Allah's Apostle was with
her, she heard a voice of a man asking permission to enter the
house of Hafsa. 'Aisha added: I said, "O Allah's Apostle!
This man is asking permission to enter your house." The
Prophet said, "I think he is so-and-so," naming the
foster-uncle of Hafsa. 'Aisha said, "If so-and-so,"
naming her foster uncle, "were living, could he enter upon
me?" The Prophet said, "Yes, for foster suckling relations
make all those things unlawful which are unlawful through corresponding
birth (blood) relations."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 37:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
It was said to the Prophet, "Won't you marry the daughter
of Hamza?" He said, "She is my foster niece (brother's
daughter). "
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 38:
Narrated Um Habiba:
(daughter of Abu Sufyan) I said, "O Allah's Apostle!
Marry my sister. the daughter of Abu Sufyan." The Prophet
said, "Do you like that?" I replied, "Yes, for
even now I am not your only wife and I like that my sister should
share the good with me." The Prophet said, "But that
is not lawful for me." I said, We have heard that you want
to marry the daughter of Abu Salama." He said, "(You
mean) the daughter of Um Salama?" I said, "Yes."
He said, "Even if she were not my step-daughter, she would
be unlawful for me to marry as she is my foster niece. I and
Abu Salama were suckled by Thuwaiba. So you should not present
to me your daughters or your sisters (in marriage)." Narrated
'Ursa; Thuwaiba was the freed slave girl of Abu Lahb whom he
had manumitted, and then she suckled the Prophet. When Abu Lahb
died, one of his relatives saw him in a dream in a very bad state
and asked him, "What have you encountered?" Abu Lahb
said, "I have not found any rest since I left you, except
that I have been given water to drink in this (the space between
his thumb and other fingers) and that is because of my manumitting
Thuwaiba."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 39:
Narrated 'Aisha:
that the Prophet entered upon her while a man was sitting
with her. Signs of answer seemed to appear on his face as if
he disliked that. She said, "Here is my (foster) brother."
He said, "Be sure as to who is your foster brother, for
foster suckling relationship is established only when milk is
the only food of the child."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 40:
Narrated Aisha:
that Allah the brother of Abu Al-Qu'ais, her foster uncle,
came, asking permission to enter upon her after the Verse of
Al-Hijab (the use of veils by women) was revealed. 'Aisha added:
I did not allow him to enter, but when Allah's Apostle came,
I told him what I had done, and he ordered me to give him permission.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 41:
Narrated 'Uqba bin Al-Harith:
I married a woman and then a black lady came to us and said,
"I have suckled you both (you and your wife)." So I
came to the Prophet and said, "I married so-and-so and then
a black lady came to us and said to me, 'I have suckled both
of you.' But I think she is a liar." The Prophet turned
his face away from me and I moved to face his face, and said,
"She is a liar." The Prophet said, "How (can you
keep her as your wife) when that lady has said that she has suckled
both of you? So abandon (i.e., divorce) her (your wife)."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 42:
Narrated Um Habiba:
I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Do you like to have (my sister)
the daughter of Abu Sufyan?" The Prophet said, "What
shall I do (with her)?" I said, "Marry her." He
said, "Do you like that?" I said, "(Yes), for
even now I am not your only wife, so I like that my sister should
share you with me." He said, "She is not lawful for
me (to marry)." I said, "We have heard that you want
to marry." He said, "The daughter of Um Salama?"
I said, "Yes." He said, "Even if she were not
my stepdaughter, she should be unlawful for me to marry, for
Thuwaiba suckled me and her father (Abu Salama). So you should
neither present your daughters, nor your sisters, to me."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 43:
Narrated Um Habiba:
I said, "O Allah's Apostle! Marry my sister, the daughter
of Abu Sufyan." He said, "Do you like that?" I
said, "Yes, for even now I am not your only wife; and the
most beloved person to share the good with me is my sister."
The Prophet said, "But that is not lawful for me (i.e.,
to be married to two sisters at a time.)" I said, "O
Allah's Apostle! By Allah, we have heard that you want to marry
Durra, the daughter of Abu Salama." He said, "You mean
the daughter of Um Salama?" I said, "Yes." He
said, "By Allah ! Even if she were not my stepdaughter,
she would not be lawful for me to marry, for she is my foster
niece, for Thuwaiba has suckled me and Abu Salama; so you should
neither present your daughters, nor your sisters to me."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 44:
Narrated Jabir:
Allah's Apostle forbade that a woman should be married to
man along with her paternal or maternal aunt.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 45:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "A woman and her paternal aunt
should not be married to the same man; and similarly, a woman
and her maternal aunt should not be married to the same man."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 46:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet forbade that a woman should be married to a man
along with her paternal aunt or with her maternal aunt (at the
same time). Az-Zuhri (the sub-narrator) said: There is a similar
order for the paternal aunt of the father of one's wife, for
'Ursa told me that 'Aisha said, "What is unlawful because
of blood relations, is also unlawful because of the corresponding
foster suckling relations."
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 47:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar :
Allah's Apostle forbade Ash-Shighar, which means that somebody
marries his daughter to somebody else, and the latter marries
his daughter to the former without paying Mahr.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 48:
Narrated Hisham's father:
Khaula bint Hakim was one of those ladies who presented themselves
to the Prophet for marriage. 'Aisha said, "Doesn't a lady
feel ashamed for presenting herself to a man?" But when
the Verse: "(O Muhammad) You may postpone (the turn of)
any of them (your wives) that you please,' (33.51) was revealed,
" 'Aisha said, 'O Allah's Apostle! I do not see, but, that
your Lord hurries in pleasing you.' "
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 49:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet got married while he was in the state of Ihram.
Volume 7, Book 62, Number 50:
Narrated 'Ali:
I said to Ibn 'Abbas, "During the battle of Khaibar the
Prophet forbade (Nikah) Al-Mut'a and the eating of donkey's meat."
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