11. The Book on Marriage

Abu Ayyub narrated that :

The Messenger of Allah said: "Four are from the Sunan of the Messengers: Al-Hayat, using Atar, the Siwak, and marriage."

Abdullah bin Mas'ud narrated:

"We went with Allah's Messenger, while we were young men who had nothing. He said: 'O young men! You should marry, for indeed it helps in lowering the gaze and protecting the private parts. Whoever among you is not able to marry, then let him fast, for indeed fasting will diminish his sexual desire.…

Qatadah narrated from Al-Hasan, from Samurah that:

The Prophet prohibited celibacy.

Sa'eed bin Al-Musayyab narrated from Sa'b bin Abi Waqqas:

"The Messenger of Allah refused Uthman bin Ma'zun (when he asked) regarding celibacy, and if he had permitted it for him, then we would have castrated ourselves."

Abu Hurairah narrated that:

The Messenger of Allah said: "When someone whose religion and character you are pleased with proposes to (someone under the care) of one of you, then marry to him. If you do not do so, then there will be turmoil (Fitnah) in the land and abounding discord (Fasad)."

Abu Hatim Al-Muzani narrated that:

The Messenger of Allah said: "When someone whose religion and character you are pleased with comes to you then marry (her to) him. If you do not do so, then there will be turmoil (Fitnah) in the land and discord (Fasad). If you do not do so, then there will be turmoil (Fitnah) in the land and discor…

Jabir narrated that:

The Prophet said: "Indeed the woman is married for her religion, her wealth, and her beauty, so take the one with religion, and may your hands be dusty."

Bakr bin Abdullah Al-Muzani narrated that :

Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah proposed to a woman, so the Prophet said: "Look at her, for indeed that is more likely to make things better between the two of you."

Abu Al-Balj narrated from Muhammad bin Hatib Al-Jumahi who said that:

The Messenger of Allah said: "The distinction between the lawful and the unlawful is the Duff and the voice."

Aishah narrated that:

The Messenger of Allah said: "Publicize this marriage, and hold it in the Masjid, and beat the Duff for it."

Ar-Rubai bint Muawwidh said:

"The morning after the consummation of my marriage, the Prophet came and sat on my bed as far from me as you are sitting now, and our little girls started beating the Duff and reciting verses mourning my father who had been killed in the battle of Badr. One of them said: 'Among us is a Prophet who k…

Abu Hurairah narrated that:

When supplicating for the newlywed, the Prophet would say: (Barak Allahu laka wa baraka alaik, wa jama'a bainakuma fi khair.) "May Allah bless you and send blessings upon you, and bring goodness between you."

Ibn Abbas narrated that:

The Messenger of Allah said: "If anyone of you, when having sexual intercourse with his wife, says: (Bismillah, Allahumma jannibnash-Shaitana wa jannibish-Shaitana ma razaqtana) 'In the Name of Allah, O Allah! Protect me from Shaitan and protect what you bestow upon us from Shaitan' - then if Allah decrees that they should have a child, Shaitan will not be able to harm him.'"

Aishah narrated:

"The Messenger of Allah married me in Shawwal, and he took up residence with me in Shawwal."

Anas bin Malik narrated:

The Messenger of Allah saw some traces of saffron on `Abdur-Rahman bin `Awf so he said: 'What is this?' He said: 'I married a woman for the amount of gold equal to a date stone.' So he said: 'May Allah bless you. Have a banquet, even if with only one sheep.'"

Anas bin Malik narrated:

"The Prophet had a banquet for Safiyyah bint Huyayy with Sawiq and dates."

(Another chain similar to the narration as no. 1095) :

Others have reported this Hadith from Ibn Uyainah, from Az-Zuhri, from Anas, and they did not mention "from Wa'il, from his son Nawf" in it.

Ibn Mas'ud narrated that :

The Messenger of Allah said: "Having food on the first day is was is obligatory, and having food on the second day is Sunnah, and having food on the third day is to be heard of, and whoever wants to be heard of, Allah will make him heard of."

Ibn Umar narrated that:

The Messenger of Allah said: "Accept the invitation when you are offered."

Abu Mas'ud narrated:

"A man named Abu Shu'aib came to a slave of his, who was a butcher, and said: 'Prepare some food for me that will be sufficient for five, for I have seen hunger in the face of the Messenger of Allah.' So he prepared some food. Then he sent a message to the Prophet inviting him and those who were sit…

Jabir bin Abdullah narrated:

"I married a woman and went to the Prophet, he said: 'O Jabir! Have you married?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'A virgin or a matron?' I said: 'A matron.' He said: 'Why didn't you marry a young girl, so that you may play with her and she with you?' I said: 'O Messenger of Allah! Abdullah (his father) die…

Abu Musa narrated that :

the Messenger of Allah said: "There is no marriage except with a Wali."

Aishah narrated that:

The Messenger of Allah said: "Whichever woman married without the permission of her Wali her marriage is invalid, her marriage is invalid, her marriage is invalid. If he entered into her, then the Mahr is for her in lieu of what he enjoyed from her private part. If they disagree, then the Sultan is …

Ibn Abbas narrated that :

the Prophet said: "The adulteresses are the ones who marry themselves without Bayyinah (proof)."

(Another chain) from Sa'eed bin Abi Arubah, with similar (narration), :

And he did not narrate it in Marfu form, and this is more correct.

Abdullah bin Mas'ud narrated:

"The Messenger of Allah taught us the Tashah-hud for Salat and the Tashah-hud for Al-Hajjah." He said: "The Tashah-hud for Salat is: (At-Tahiyyatulilah, was-walawtu wat-tayyibatu. As-Salamu alaika ayyuhan-Nabiyyu wa rahmatullilahi wa barakatuhu, As-Salamu alina wa ala ibadillahis-salihin. Ashahadu a…

Abu Hurairah narrated that:

The Messenger of Allah said: "Every Khutbah that does not have the Tashah-hud in it, then it is like a severed hand."

Abu Hurairah narrated that:

The Prophet said: "A matron should not be given in marriage until she is consulted, and a virgin should not be given in marriage until her permission is sought, and her silence is her permission."

Ibn Abbas narrated that:

The Messenger of Allah said: "The matron has more right to herself than her Wali, and the virgin is to give permission for herself, and her silence is her permission."

Abu Hurairah narrated that:

The Messenger of Allah said: "An orphan is to be consulted about herself, then if she is silent that is her permission, and if she refuses, then do not authorize it (the marriage) for her" (meaning: when she attains the age of puberty and refuses it.)

Samurah bin Jundab narrated that:

The Messenger of Allah said: "Whichever woman is given in marriage by two Wali, then her case is in accordance with the first of them, and whoever sells something to two men, then it is for the first of them."

Jabir bin Abdullah narrated that:

The Prophet said: "Whichever slave gets married without the permission of his owner, then he is a fornicator."

(Another chain) Jabir bin Abdullah narrated that:

Abdullah narrated that the Prophet said: "Whichever slave gets married without the permission of his owner, then he is a fornicator."

Abdullah bin Amr bin Rabi'ah narrated from his father:

"A woman from Banu Fazarah was married for (the dowry of) two sandals. So the Messenger of Allah said to her: 'Do you approve of (exchanging) yourself and your wealth for two sandals?' She said: 'Yes.'" He said: "So he permitted it."

Sahl bin Sa'd As-Sa'idi narrated that:

A woman came to the Messenger of Allah and said: "I present myself to you (for marriage)." So she stood for a long time. Then a man said: "O Messenger of Allah! Marry her to me if you have no need of her." So he said: "Do you have anything to give her as a dowry?" He said: "I have nothing except th…

Abu Al-Ajfa (As-Salami) said:

"Umar bin Al-Khattab said: 'Do not exaggerate in the dowries of women. If doing so was honorable in the world or Taqwa before Allah then Allah's Prophet would have been the first of you to do it. I do not know of the Messenger of Allah marrying any of his women, nor giving any of his daughters in ma…

Anas bin Malik narrated:

"The Messenger of Allah emancipated Safiyyah and he made her emancipation her dowry."

Abu Burdah bin Abi Musa narrated from his father that the Messenger of Allah said:

"Three will receive their reward twice: A slave who fulfills the rights of Allah and the rights of his owners, then he will be given his reward twice. And a man who has a beautiful slave girl, so he teaches her good manners, then he frees her, then he married her seeking the Face of Allah by that; t…

Amr bin Shu'aib narrated from his father, from his grandfather that:

The Prophet said: "Whichever man married a woman and entered into her, then it is not lawful for him to marry her daughter. If he did not enter into her then he may marry her daughter. And whichever man married a woman and he entered into her, or he did not enter into her, then it is not lawful for…

Aishah narrated:

"The wife of Rifa'ah Al-Qurzi came to the Messenger of Allah and said: 'I was with Rifa'ah and he divorced me irrevocably. Then I married Abdur-Rahman bin Az-Zubair, but he only has the likes of the fringe of a garment.' So he said: 'Perhaps you want me to return to Rifa'ah? No, not until you taste …

Jabir bin Abdullah and Ali narrated:

"The Messenger of Allah cursed the Muhill and the one the Muhallal was done for."

Abdullah bin Mas'ud narrated:

"The Messenger of Allah cursed the Muhill and the one the Muhallal was done for."

Ali bin Abi Talib narrated:

"The Prophet prohibited the Mut'ah with women, and the meat of domestic donkeys during (the campaign of) Khaibar."

Muhammad bin Ka'b narrated that:

Ibn Abbas said: "Mut'ah was only during the beginning of Islam. A man would arrive in a land that he was not familiar with so he would marry a woman for the extent of time that he thought he would remain there. So his Mut'ah was upheld and his case was fine until the (following) Ayah was revealed: E…

Imran bin Husain narrated that :

The Prophet said: "There is no Jalab, no Janab, and no Shighar in Islam. And whoever takes some property by force, then he is not from us."

Ibn Umar narrated:

"The Prophet prohibited Shighar."

Ibn Abbas narrated:

"The Prophet prohibited marrying a woman along with her paternal aunt or along with her maternal aunt."

Abu Hurairah narrated:

"The Messenger of Allah prohibited that a woman be married along with her paternal aunt, or the paternal aunt along with her brother's daughter, or a woman with her maternal aunt, or the maternal aunt along with her sister's daughter, and the younger is not to be married with the older, nor the olde…

Uqbah bin Amir Al-Juhani narrated that:

The Messenger of Allah said: "Indeed the conditions most deserving to be fulfilled are those that make the private parts lawful among you."

Ibn Umar narrated:

"Ghilan bin Salamah Ath-Thaqafi accepted Islam and he had ten wives in Jahiliyyah who accepted Islam along with him. So the Prophet ordered (him) to chose four (of them)."