[The Book of Marriage] - Libri i Martesës - [كِتَابُ النِّكَاحِ]

7297 - On the authority of Abu Dharr, who said: A man named 'Akkaf ibn Bishr al-Tamimi entered upon the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to him: "O 'Akkaf, do you have a wife?" He said: "No." He said: "Nor a female slave?" He said: "No." He said: "And are you prosperous and well-off?" He said: "I am prosperous and well-off." He said: "Then you are of the brothers of the devils. If you were among the Christians, you would have been of their monks. Verily, our Sunnah is marriage. The worst among you are your bachelors, and the most vile of your dead are your bachelors. Do you toy with the devils? The devils have no weapon more effective against the righteous than women, except for those who are married; those are the purified ones, exonerated from obscenity. Woe to you, O 'Akkaf! Indeed, they were the companions of Job, David, Joseph, and Kursuf." Bishr ibn 'Atiyyah said to him: "Who is Kursuf, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "A man who worshipped Allah on one of the seashores for three hundred years; fasting the day and standing in prayer at night. Then he disbelieved in Allah the Magnificent because of a woman he fell in love with, and he abandoned the worship of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) that he was upon. Then Allah (Mighty and Majestic) reached him due to some of his previous [good deeds], so He accepted his repentance. Woe to you, O 'Akkaf! Get married, otherwise you are among the wavering." He said: "Marry me, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "I have married you to Karimah bint Kulthum al-Himyari."

7298 - And on the authority of Atiyyah bin Busr al-Mazini, who said: Akkaf bin Wada'ah al-Hilali came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to him: "O Akkaf, do you have a wife?" He replied: "No." He asked: "Nor a female slave?" He replied: "No." He asked: "And you are healthy and well-off?" He replied: "Yes, and all praise is due to Allah." He (pbuh) said: "Then you are indeed among the brothers of the devils. Either you are of the monks of the Christians, in which case you are one of them, or you are of us. So do as we do, for indeed marriage is part of our Sunnah. The worst of you are your bachelors, and the lowest of your dead are your bachelors. Do they play with the devils? They [the devils] have no weapon more effective against the righteous among men and women than [the avoidance of marriage]; except for the married ones, for those are the purified ones who are free from obscenity." Then he mentioned the Hadith in a similar manner to the Hadith of Abu Dharr, except that he said: "Woe to you, O Akkaf, get married! For you are of the vacillating ones." He said: Then Akkaf said: "O Messenger of Allah, I will not marry until you marry me to whomever you wish." He said: So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I have married you, in the name of Allah and with His blessing, to Karimah bint Kulthum al-Himyari."

7299 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: "If there were but one day remaining of my lifespan, I would meet Allah with a wife. I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'The worst among you are your bachelors.'"

7300 - And on the authority of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, who said: If I knew that there did not remain of my lifespan except ten nights, I would have loved that a woman should not part from me during them.

7301 - And on the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) cursed the effeminate among men who imitate women, and the masculine among women who imitate men; and the celibate among men who say, 'We shall not marry,' and the celibate among women who say the same; and the one who travels across the wilderness alone." This weighed heavily upon the companions of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) until it became apparent in their faces. And he said: "And the one who stays the night alone."

7302 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Four types of people Allah has cursed from above His Throne, and the angels have said 'Amen' to it: the one who keeps himself away from women and neither marries nor takes a concubine so that no [child] may be born to him; the man who imitates women though Allah has created him male; the woman who imitates men though Allah has created her female; and the one who misleads the poor." Khalid ibn al-Zibriqan said: "Meaning, he mocks them—he says to a poor person, 'Come, I will give to you,' and when the [man] comes to him, he says, 'I have nothing with me.' And he says to a blind person, 'Beware of the well! Beware of the beast!' while there is nothing in front of him. And a man asks about the home of a group of people, and he directs him to somewhere else." It was narrated by al-Tabarani by way of Hammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Akki, on the authority of Khalid ibn al-Zibriqan, and both of them are weak.

7303 - And on the authority of Abu Najih, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever possesses the means to marry and yet does not marry is not of me."

7304 - On the authority of Anas that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) came out to some young men of the youth of Quraysh and said: "O assembly of youth, whoever among you possesses the means, let him marry, or let him wed; and whoever does not, then he should fast, for it is indeed a protection for him."

7305 - And from 'Ubayd ibn Sa'd, reaching with it to the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Whoever loves my natural disposition, let him follow my Sunnah, and part of my Sunnah is marriage."

7306 - And on the authority of Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "O assembly of youth, whoever among you possesses the means should marry, and whoever does not, then let him fast—I believe he said—for it is indeed a shield for him." It was narrated by al-Bazzar and al-Tabarani in al-Awsat.

7307 - And from Anas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to command marriage and strictly forbid celibacy, saying: 'Marry the loving and the fertile, for indeed I shall outnumber the Prophets by you on the Day of Resurrection.'"

7308 - And from Sa'id bin al-As, that 'Uthman bin Maz'un said: O Messenger of Allah, permit me to undergo castration. Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to him: "Indeed, Allah has replaced monasticism for us with the easy, upright religion and the Takbir (proclaiming Allah's greatness) upon every height; so if you are of us, then do as we do."

7309 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Whoever marries has been given half of worship."

7310 - And from Anas that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Whoever marries has completed half of faith, so let him fear Allah regarding the remaining half."

7311 - And on the authority of Abu Najih, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Poor, poor, poor is a man who has no wife—even if he possesses much wealth—and poor, poor, poor is a woman who has no husband—even if she possesses much wealth."

7312 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'O youth of Quraysh, do not commit adultery; guard your private parts. Verily, whoever guards his private parts, for him is Paradise.'"

7313 - And in a narration: "Indeed, whoever guards his private parts shall enter Paradise."

7314 - And on the authority of Sahl ibn Hunayf, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Marry, for indeed I shall outnumber the nations through you."

And from Abu Talhah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "O youth of Quraysh, do not commit fornication; whoever's youth is kept sound for him, for him is Paradise."

7316 - And on the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whichever young man marries in the prime of his youth, his devil cries out: 'O woe! O woe! He has protected his religion from me.'"

7317 - And from Ibn ‘Umar, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'We have not obtained anything from your world except your women.'"

7318 - And on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas, he said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Five are from the traditions of the Messengers: modesty, forbearance, cupping, applying perfume, and marriage.'" It was narrated by at-Tabarani, and in its chain is Isma'il bin Shaybah; al-Dhahabi said: "He is feeble." And he mentioned this hadith and others regarding him.

7319. On the authority of Jabir bin Abdullah, who said: A young man came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, grant me permission for castration." He said: "Fast and ask Allah of His bounty."

7320 - And on the authority of Abdullah ibn 'Amr, who said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, permit me to castrate myself?" The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) replied: "The castration of my nation is fasting and standing [in prayer]."

And from 'Uthman bin Maz'un that he said: O Messenger of Allah, I am a man for whom this celibacy is difficult during military expeditions, so will you grant me permission for castration that I may castrate myself? He (pbuh) said: "No, but you must observe fasting, O son of Maz'un, for it is a means of suppression (of desire)."

7322 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: A man complained to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) about celibacy and said: "Should I not castrate myself?" The Prophet (pbuh) said to him: "He is not of us who castrates or undergoes castration; rather, fast and let your body hair grow."

And on the authority of Samurah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to forbid a man from practicing celibacy and from being denied entry into the houses of the believers.

7324 - On the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: I heard the Prophet (pbuh) saying: "Whoever marries a woman for her prestige, Allah will only increase him in humiliation; and whoever marries her for her wealth, Allah will only increase him in poverty; and whoever marries her for her beauty, Allah will only increase him in lowliness. But whoever marries a woman solely to lower his gaze, or to guard his private parts, or to maintain his ties of kinship, Allah will bless him in her and bless her in him."

7325 - On the authority of Jabir, who said: I married a woman during the time of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). He said: "O Jabir, have you married?" I said: Yes. He asked: "A virgin or a previously married woman?" I said: A previously married woman. He said: "Why not a virgin, so that you may play with her and she may play with you?" I said: O Messenger of Allah, I have sisters, so I feared that she might come between me and them. He said: "Indeed, a woman is married for her religion, her wealth, and her beauty; so you must choose the one with religious commitment, may your hands be rubbed with dust."

And on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A woman is married for one of several traits: for her beauty, her wealth, her character, and her religion. So you must choose the one possessing religion and character; may your right hand be rubbed with dust."

7327 - And on the authority of Awf bin Malik al-Ashja'i, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Visit the sick and follow the funeral procession. There is no harm upon you if you do not attend a wedding feast. And there is no harm upon you if you do not marry a woman for the sake of her beauty, for it may be that she does not bring any good. And there is no harm upon you if you do not marry a woman for the abundance of her wealth, for it may be that her wealth does not bring any good. Rather, you should seek those possessing religious commitment and trustworthiness; follow them.'"

7328 On the authority of Ali, that he was with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and he said: "What thing is best for a woman?" They remained silent. When I returned, I said to Fatimah: "What thing is best for women?" She said: "That men do not see them." I mentioned that to the Prophet (pbuh), and he said: "Indeed, Fatimah is a part of me."

7329 - On the authority of Umm Mubashshir, that the Prophet (pbuh) proposed marriage to the wife of al-Bara' bin Ma'rur, and she said: "I have made a condition with my husband that I would not marry after him." So the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Indeed, that is not valid."

7330 - On the authority of Aisha, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Marry women; they will bring wealth to you."

7331 - On the authority of Aisha, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Indeed, among the blessings of a woman is the ease of her proposal, the ease of her dowry, and the ease of her womb."

7332 - And on the authority of 'Aisha that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The most blessed of women are those whose maintenance is the easiest."

7333 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: "A man came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I have given my daughter in marriage, and I would like you to assist me with something.' He said: 'I have nothing with me, but when it is tomorrow, bring me a wide-necked flask and a wooden stick.'" He said: and the hadith is mentioned in al-Nawadir.

7334 - And on the authority of Rabi'ah al-Aslami, who said: I used to serve the Prophet (pbuh), and he said to me: "O Rabi'ah, will you not marry?" I said: "No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah, I do not wish to marry, for I have nothing to maintain a wife, and I do not wish for anything to distract me from you." So he turned away from me [and I served him for as long as I served him]. Then he said to me a second time: "O Rabi'ah, will you not marry?" So I said: "I do not wish to marry; I have nothing to maintain a wife, and I do not wish for anything to distract me from you." So he turned away from me. Then I returned to my senses and said: "By Allah, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) knows better than I what is good for me in this world and the hereafter. By Allah, if he says to me 'marry,' I shall certainly say: 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah, command me as you wish.'" He then said to me: "O Rabi'ah, will you not marry?" So I said: "Yes, command me as you wish." He said: "Go to the family of so-and-so—a clan of the Ansar among whom there was some distance from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)—and say to them: 'Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) has sent me to you, commanding you to marry me to so-and-so'"—referring to a woman among them. So I went to them and said: "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) has sent me to you, commanding you to marry me to so-and-so." They said: "Welcome to the Messenger of Allah and the messenger of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). By Allah, the messenger of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) shall not return except with his need fulfilled." So they married me to her and treated me with kindness, and they did not ask me for proof, yet I had no dowry. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "O Buraydah al-Aslami, collect for him the weight of a date stone of gold." He said: So they collected for me the weight of a date stone of gold, and I took what they collected for me and brought it to the Prophet (pbuh). He said: "Go with this to them and say to them: 'This is her dowry.'" So I came to them and said: "This is her dowry." They accepted it and were pleased with it, and they said: "It is much and good." He said: Then I returned to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saddened, and he said: "O Rabi'ah, why are you sad?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have never seen a people more noble than them; they were pleased with what I gave them, acted excellently, and said: 'It is much and good,' yet I have nothing with which to hold a wedding feast." He said: "O Buraydah, collect for him a sheep." He said: So they collected for me a large, fat ram. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to me: "Go to Aisha and say to her: 'Send the basket that contains the food.'" He said: So I came to her and told her what the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) had commanded me. She said: "This is the basket; in it are seven sa' of barley. No, by Allah, we have no other food this morning; take it." He said: So I took it and brought it to the Prophet (pbuh) and informed him of what Aisha had said. He said: "Go with this to them and say to them: 'Let this be bread for you in the morning' [so I went to them, and I went with the ram, and with me were people from Aslam, and he said: 'Let this be bread for you in the morning'], and let this [the ram] be cooked." They said: "As for the bread, we shall take care of it for you, but as for the ram, you take care of it for us." So I and some people from Aslam took the ram, slaughtered it, skinned it, and cooked it. Thus we had bread and meat in the morning, and I held the wedding feast and invited the Prophet (pbuh). Then he said: Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) gave me a piece of land after that, and he gave Abu Bakr a piece of land. When the world [wealth] increased, we differed over a branch of a palm tree. I said: "It is within my boundary," and Abu Bakr said: "It is within my boundary." There was some talk between me and Abu Bakr, and Abu Bakr said a word to me that I disliked, then he regretted it and said to me: "O Rabi'ah, say the same back to me so that it may be retaliation (Qisas)." I said: "I will not do it." Abu Bakr said: "You shall say it, or I will certainly seek aid against you from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)?" I said: "I am not going to do it." He said: And he abandoned the land, and Abu Bakr went to the Prophet (pbuh), and I followed him. People from Aslam came and said [to me]: "May Allah have mercy on Abu Bakr; for what reason is he seeking aid from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) against you, when he was the one who said to you what he said?" I said: "Do you know who this is? This is Abu Bakr al-Siddiq; he is the second of the two; he is the elder of the Muslims. Beware, let him not turn around and see you supporting me against him and become angry, then he comes to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and he becomes angry for his anger, then Allah—Mighty and Majestic—becomes angry for their anger, and Rabi'ah would be destroyed." They said: "What do you command us?" He said: "Go back." Abu Bakr—may Allah's mercy be upon him—went to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and I followed him alone until he reached the Prophet (pbuh) and told him the story as it happened. He raised his head toward me and said: "O Rabi'ah, what is the matter between you and the Truthful One (al-Siddiq)?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah, it was such and such. He said a word to me that I disliked, then he told me: 'Say as I said so it may be retaliation,' but I refused." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, do not return it to him, but say: 'May Allah forgive you, O Abu Bakr' [so I said: 'May Allah forgive you, O Abu Bakr']." Al-Hasan said: "Then Abu Bakr—may Allah be pleased with him—turned away weeping."

7335 - On the authority of Jabir bin Abdullah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Three things, whoever does them out of trust in Allah and seeking reward from Him, it is a right upon Allah to help him and to bless him: whoever strives for the emancipation of a slave out of trust in Allah and seeking reward, it is a right upon Allah to help him and to bless him; and whoever marries out of trust in Allah and seeking reward, it is a right upon Allah to help him and to bless him; and whoever revives dead land out of trust in Allah and seeking reward, it is a right upon Allah to help him and to bless him.'"

7336 - On the authority of Ma'qil ibn Yasar, who said: "Nothing was more beloved to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) than horses." Then he said: "[O Allah], the foundation [of wealth is] camels and women."

7337 - And on the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "We have not obtained from this world of yours except your women."

7338 - On the authority of Abdullah bin Amr that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Marry the mothers of children, for indeed I shall boast of them before the nations on the Day of Resurrection."

7339 - And from Anas, he said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to enjoin marriage and strictly forbid celibacy, saying: 'Marry the loving and the prolific, for indeed, I shall outnumber the other prophets through you on the Day of Resurrection.'"

7340 - And on the authority of 'Iyad ibn Ghanm, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to me: "O 'Iyad, do not marry an old woman, nor a barren one, for I shall outnumber the nations through you."

7341 - And on the authority of Mu'awiya bin Haydah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'A dark-skinned woman who is prolific in childbearing is better than a beautiful woman who is barren. Indeed, I shall outnumber the nations by you on the Day of Resurrection, even to the extent that the miscarried fetus will be brought, standing defiantly at the gate of Paradise. It will be said to him: "Enter Paradise," and he will say: "O Lord, and my parents?" It will then be said to him: "Enter Paradise, both you and your parents."'"

7342 - And on the authority of Hafsa that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "None of you should abandon seeking children, for indeed, when a man dies and has no child, his name is cut off."

7343 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "For one of you to raise a puppy after reaching fifty-four years of age is better for him than raising a child from his own loins."

7344 - On the authority of Abu al-Darda, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'You should take concubines, for indeed they have blessed wombs.'"

7345 - On the authority of Jabir, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'You should marry virgins, for they are more prolific in their wombs, sweeter in their mouths, less prone to guile, and more content with little.'"

7346 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Mas'ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Marry virgins, for they have sweeter mouths, more prolific wombs, and are more content with little."

7347 - And on the authority of Ka‘b bin ‘Ujrah, who said: "We were with the Prophet (pbuh) and he said: 'O so-and-so, have you married?' He said: 'No.' He said to me: 'Have you married?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'A virgin or a previously married woman?' I said: 'No, rather a previously married woman.' He said: 'Why not a virgin whom you may bite and who may bite you?'"

7348 - And on the authority of Sahlah bint 'Asim ibn 'Adi, who said: I was born on the day of Hunayn, the day the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) conquered Hunayn. He named me "Sahlah" and said: "May Allah make your matter easy." He allotted a share for me and married me to 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf on the day I was born.

7349 - On the authority of Kardam bin Sufyan al-Thaqafi that a man said: O Messenger of Allah (pbuh). He listened to him, and the man said: Which army was Ithran? The Prophet (pbuh) recognized that army, and Tariq bin al-Muraqqa' said: Who will give me a spear for its reward? I said: And what is its reward? He said: The first daughter born to me, I will marry her to him. So I gave him my spear and I was distracted from the matter for years. Then I received word that a daughter had been born to him and had reached maturity, so I said: Hand over my wife to me. He said: No, except with a dowry. The Prophet (pbuh) said: Do you know what kind of woman she is? I said: She has already seen gray hair. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: It is better for you not to sin and not to cause sin. Leave her alone.

7350 - On the authority of Ibn Mas'ud, who said: The likeness of the one who manumits his female slave-concubine and then marries her is as the likeness of the one who offers a sacrificial camel and then rides it.

7351 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Four are given their reward twice: the wives of the Prophet (pbuh), whoever embraces Islam from among the People of the Book, a man who possessed a slave-girl and was pleased with her, so he emancipated her and then married her, and a slave who fulfills the right of Allah and the right of his masters.'"

On the authority of Al-Mustawrid bin al-Ahnaf, who said: A man came to Ibn Mas'ud and said: "Indeed, my uncle married me to his female slave, and she has borne children for me, and now he intends to enslave them?" He replied: "He does not have the right to do that."

7353 - On the authority of Abu Umama, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The Hour will not be established until you return to being plunderers, and until a man intentionally seeks out a Nabataean woman and marries her for a livelihood, and leaves his cousin, not looking at her."

7354 - And on the authority of Talhah, who said: I heard the Prophet (pbuh) saying: "One who marries within his own people is like one who grows herbage in his own home."

7355 - On the authority of Sahlah bint Suhayl, she said: "O Messenger of Allah, Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah, enters upon me while he is a bearded man." So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Suckle him." She said: "How can I suckle him when he is a bearded man?" So she suckled him, and he used to enter upon her.

And on the authority of 'A'ishah, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "What is prohibited through breastfeeding is what is prohibited through lineage, such as a maternal uncle, a paternal uncle, or a nephew."

7357 - And from Thawban, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "What is prohibited by breastfeeding is that which is prohibited by lineage."

7358 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "What is prohibited by breastfeeding is what is prohibited by lineage."

7359 - And on the authority of Anas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'What is forbidden through suckling is what is forbidden through lineage.'"

And on the authority of Abu Ja'far, who said: It was said to Ka'b ibn 'Ujrah: "Narrate what you heard from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)." So he said: I heard him saying: "The brother’s daughter and the sister’s daughter through breastfeeding are not permissible."

7361 - And from al-Nakha'i that 'Ali and Ibn Mas'ud both said: "Whatever is made unlawful through breastfeeding includes both a small amount and a large amount of it."

7362 - And on the authority of Amr ibn Dinar, who said: "A man came to Ibn Umar and said: 'Indeed, Ibn al-Zubayr claims that one or two sucks from breastfeeding do not establish prohibition?' So Ibn Umar said: 'The decree of Allah and His Messenger (pbuh) is better than the decree of Ibn al-Zubayr. A small amount of breastfeeding and a large amount are the same.'"

7363 - And from Az-Zubayr, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "One or two sucks, and one or two nursings, do not make marriage unlawful."

7364 - And from Al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'The 'Anqah does not establish prohibition.' We asked: 'And what is the 'Anqah?' He replied: 'A woman gives birth and milk is present in her breast, and then she breastfeeds [the child of] her neighbor once or twice.'"

7365 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "One or two suctions do not make marriage unlawful through suckling, and nothing makes it unlawful except that which reaches the intestines."

7366 - And on the authority of Hafsah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) would not prohibit [due to] breastfeeding except for ten feedings or ten and some."

7367 - And on the authority of Ali bin Abi Talib, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There is no nursing after weaning, no orphanhood after puberty, no observing silence for a whole day until the night, and no divorce except after marriage."

7368 - And from Abu 'Atiyyah, that a man came to Abu Musa and said: "A woman's breast became swollen, so he began to suck it and spit it out, but some of it entered his stomach." He said: "I do not see her as permissible for him." Then he went to Ibn Mas'ud and asked him about that, and he said: "She has not become forbidden to you; breastfeeding only results in prohibition when it causes the flesh to grow and the bone to harden, and there is no breastfeeding after weaning." This was mentioned to Abu Musa, and he said: "Do not ask me about anything as long as this man is among us from the companions of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)."

7369 - And from Abu Qays that he came to Aisha and sought permission to enter upon her, but she disliked giving him permission. When the Prophet (pbuh) came, she said: "O Messenger of Allah, Abu Qays came to me and I refused to permit him?" The Prophet (pbuh) said: "Let him enter upon you, for he is your uncle." Abu Qays was the brother of Aisha's foster-father.

7370 - And on the authority of Aisha that a man asked the Prophet (pbuh): "What removes from me the obligation of suckling?" He said: "A Ghurrah: a male or female slave."

7371 - And on the authority of 'Ubadah—meaning Ibn al-Samit—that he said: "O Messenger of Allah, what removes from me the liability of breastfeeding?" He (pbuh) said: "The provision of a noble male or female slave."

7372 - And on the authority of Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Do not seek wet-nursing from the foolish woman (al-warha')."

7373 - And on the authority of Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbade the breastfeeding of a child by a foolish woman.

7374 - On the authority of Ali (as), who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'A woman is not to be married alongside her paternal aunt, nor alongside her maternal aunt.'"

7375 - And from 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A woman is not to be married alongside her paternal aunt, nor alongside her maternal aunt."

7376 - And from him, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) leaned against a house, exhorted the people and reminded them. He said: "No one should pray after the 'Asr prayer until nightfall, nor after the Subh prayer until the sun rises. A woman should not travel except with an unmarriageable relative for a journey of three [days], and a woman should not be joined in marriage [to a man who is already married to] her paternal aunt or her maternal aunt."

7377 - And from 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud—Ahmad bin Ishaq raised it to the Prophet—who said: "A woman is not to be married along with her paternal aunt, nor along with her maternal aunt, and a woman shall not ask for the divorce of her sister to empty what is in her bowl."

7378 - And from Ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbade that a woman be married alongside her paternal aunt or her maternal aunt. And [he forbade] two ways of dressing: al-Samma’, and that a man should sit in Ihtiba’ in a single garment while no part of it covers his private parts. [And [he forbade] fasting on the day of al-Adha and the day of al-Fitr, and [he forbade] prayer after the Subh prayer until the sun rises, and after the Asr prayer until the sun sets].

7379 - And on the authority of Samurah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbade that a woman be married in addition to her paternal aunt or her maternal aunt."

7380 - And from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, he said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbade that a woman be married alongside her paternal aunt or her maternal aunt."

7381 - And on the authority of 'Attab bin Asid, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "A woman is not to be taken in marriage along with her paternal aunt nor along with her maternal aunt."

7382 - And on the authority of Abu al-Darda', who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'A woman and her paternal aunt shall not be combined [in marriage], nor a woman and her maternal aunt.'"

7383 - On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: "We used to practice Mut'ah during the time of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) for a garment."

7384 - And on the authority of Sabrah al-Juhani, who said: We went out with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) in the year of the Conquest [of Mecca], and we stayed for fifteen—thirty counting both nights and days. He said: Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) permitted us to engage in temporary marriage (Mut'ah). He said: So I and a cousin of mine went out to the lower part of Mecca—or he said: the upper part of Mecca—and we were met by a young woman who appeared to be from the Banu 'Amir ibn Sa'sa'ah, looking like a tall, graceful young she-camel. He said: I was close to being plain in appearance, and I was wearing a new, fresh cloak, while my cousin was wearing a worn-out cloak. He said: So we said to her, "Would you like one of us to contract a temporary marriage with you?" She said, "Is that permissible?" We said, "Yes." He said: She began looking at my cousin, so I said to her, "This cloak of mine is new and fresh, while the cloak of my cousin is old and tattered." She said, "This cloak of your cousin's is quite alright." He said: So he contracted the temporary marriage with her, and we did not leave Mecca until the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) prohibited it.

7385 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: We went out with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) during the Battle of Tabuk, and we alighted at Thaniyyat al-Wada'. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saw lamps and saw women weeping, so he asked, "What is this?" It was said, "These are women weeping for having been contracted in temporary marriage (Mut'ah)." Thereupon, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, "It has been forbidden," or he said, "Marriage, divorce, the waiting period (Iddah), and inheritance have abolished temporary marriage (Mut'ah)."

7386 - And from Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansari, who said: "We went out, and with us were the women with whom we had contracted temporary marriage, until we reached Thaniyyat al-Rikab. So we said: 'O Messenger of Allah, these are the women with whom we had contracted temporary marriage.' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'They are forbidden until the Day of Resurrection.' So they bid us farewell there, and for that reason it was named Thaniyyat al-Wada' (The Pass of Farewell). Prior to that, it was only known as Thaniyyat al-Rikab."

7387 - And from Tha'labah ibn al-Hakam, that the Prophet (pbuh) prohibited temporary marriage on the day of Khaybar.

7388 - And on the authority of Salim bin Abdullah, who said: Abdullah bin Umar was approached and it was said to him: "Indeed, Ibn Abbas commands temporary marriage (nikah al-mut'ah)?" Thereupon Ibn Umar said: "Glory be to Allah! I do not think that Ibn Abbas would do this!" They said: "Nay, indeed he does command it." He said: "And was Ibn Abbas anything but a young boy during the time of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)?" Then Ibn Umar said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbade us from it, and we were not fornicators."

7389 - And on the authority of Ibn 'Umar, that he was asked regarding temporary marriage (Mut'ah), and he said: "It is forbidden." It was said to him: "Indeed, Ibn 'Abbas sees no objection to it?" He replied: "By Allah, Ibn 'Abbas certainly knew that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) prohibited it on the day of Khaybar, and we were not fornicators."

7390 - And on the authority of 'Ali bin Abi Talib: "It was only for those who could not find [the means], but when the verses of marriage, divorce, the waiting period, and inheritance were revealed, it was forbidden."

7391 - And on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah, who said: "Ali and Ibn Abbas spoke regarding the temporary marriage of women, and Ali said to him: 'Indeed, you are a man who is lost. Verily, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) prohibited the temporary marriage of women during the Farewell Pilgrimage.'"

7392 - And on the authority of Sa'id ibn Jubayr, who said: I said to Ibn Abbas: "Do you know what you have done and what ruling you have issued? The travelers have journeyed with your ruling, and the poets have spoken about it." He asked: "And what did they say?" I said: "They said: 'It was said to the old man when his sitting was prolonged: O companion, do you have any interest in the ruling of Ibn Abbas? Do you have an interest in the license of the extremities, a friendly companion, who will be your abode until the departure of the people?'" Thereupon he said: "Indeed, to Allah we belong, and indeed to Him we shall return. By Allah, I did not issue a ruling with this, nor did I intend this, and I did not permit of it except what Allah has permitted of carrion, blood, and the flesh of swine."

7393 - And on the authority of Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani, who said: I and a companion of mine were haggling with a woman regarding the term, and she was haggling with us, when a visitor came to us and informed us that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) prohibited the marriage of Mut'ah, and prohibited the consumption of every fanged beast of prey and domestic donkeys.

7394 - And on the authority of al-Harith bin Ghazziyah, who said: I heard the Prophet (pbuh) on the day of the Conquest of Makkah saying: "Temporary marriage (mut'ah) with women is forbidden," three times.

7395 - And on the authority of Sahl bin Sa'd al-Sa'idi, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) only granted [us] permission for temporary marriage (mut'ah) due to a severe need that the people had, then he forbade it thereafter.

7396 - On the authority of Ka'b ibn Malik, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbade the temporary marriage of women.

7397 - On the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) decreed: There is no Shighar in Islam.

7398 - And on the authority of Samurah ibn Jundab, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to forbid al-shighar (exchange marriage) between women.

7399 - And on the authority of Wa’il ibn Hujr that the Prophet (pbuh) forbade ash-shighar.

7400 - And on the authority of Ubayy ibn Ka'b, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'There is no Shighar in Islam.' They said: 'And what is Shighar?' He said: 'The marriage of one woman in exchange for another woman with no dower between them.'"

7401 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to say: 'He is not of us who plunders,' and he said: 'There is no shighar in Islam, and shighar is when two women are married one to the other without a dowry.'"

7402 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) cursed the legalizer (al-muhallil) and the one for whom the legalization is performed (al-muhallal lahu)."

7403 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who narrated a similar report and added: Then she came to him (pbuh) afterwards and informed him that he had touched her, but he forbade her from returning to her first husband and said: "O Allah, if his faith in Him is [intended] to make her lawful for Rifa'ah, then do not complete for him a marriage another time." Then she came to Abu Bakr and Umar during their caliphates, and they both forbade her.

7404 - And from Nafi', the freed slave of Ibn 'Umar, that a man asked Ibn 'Umar, saying: "Indeed, my maternal uncle separated from his wife, and he was overcome by distress and anxiety because of that, and it has become very difficult for him. So I intended to marry her—though he did not command me to do that, nor was he aware of it." Ibn 'Umar replied: "No, except for a marriage of genuine desire; if she suits you, you retain her, and if you find her disagreeable, you separate from her. Otherwise, we used to consider this, during the time of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), as fornication."

7405 - On the authority of Aisha: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) married while he was in a state of Ihram, and he was cupped while he was in a state of Ihram."

7406 - And al-Tabarani narrated for her in al-Awsat: "That the Prophet (pbuh) married Maymunah while he was in a state of Ihram."

7407 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) married Maymunah while he was in a state of ritual consecration (Ihram).

7408 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) married Maymuna while they were both in the state of ritual consecration (ihram).

7409 - And on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) married Maymunah while he was in a state of Halal (not in Ihram).

7410 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas regarding His saying: {There is no blame upon you that you seek bounty from your Lord} [Al-Baqarah: 198], he said: It means there is no sin upon you in buying and selling before the state of Ihram and after it. As for the state of Ihram, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbade that one should marry, give in marriage, or sacrifice until he finishes his state of Ihram.

7411 - And on the authority of 'Ikrimah bin Khalid, who said: I asked Ibn 'Umar about a woman whom a man intended to marry while he was departing from Makkah, intending to perform 'Umrah or Hajj. He said: "Do not marry her while you are in the state of Ihram; the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbade it."

7412 - And from Ibn ‘Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The person in the state of Ihram shall not marry, nor shall he propose marriage, nor shall a proposal be made on his behalf."

7413 - And on the authority of Uthman ibn Affan, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'A person in the state of Ihram shall not marry, nor shall he be given in marriage, nor shall he propose marriage, nor shall a proposal be made on his behalf.'"

7414 - And on the authority of Maymun bin Mihran, who said: I came to Safiyyah bint Shaybah while she was an elderly woman, and I said to her: "Did the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) marry Maymunah while he was in a state of Ihram?" She said: "No, and he indeed married her while they were both in a state of Halal."

7415 - On the authority of Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was asked about a man who pursues a woman unlawfully: may he marry her mother? Or if he pursues the mother unlawfully: may he marry her daughter? The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The unlawful does not make the lawful prohibited; rather, prohibition is only established by what occurs through a lawful marriage."

7416 - And on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud and 'A'ishah, they both said: They remain as two fornicators as long as they stay together.

7417 - And from Ibn Sirin, who said: Ibn Mas'ud was asked about a man who commits adultery with a woman and then marries her. He said: "They are both fornicators as long as they are together." Then it was said to Ibn Mas'ud: "What if they both repent and mend their ways?" He replied: "And it is He who accepts repentance from His servants and pardons misdeeds, and He knows what you do" [Ash-Shura: 25]. Ibn Mas'ud continued to repeat it until we thought that he saw no objection to it.

7418 - On the authority of Abu Salih, who said: 'Ali said: "Ask me, for you shall not ask anyone like me, and you shall not ask anyone like me!" Then Ibn al-Kawwa' said: "Inform us regarding two sisters who are owned as slaves, and regarding the daughter of a brother through breastfeeding." He ('Ali) said: "Ask about what concerns you, for you are wandering in confusion." He replied: "I am only asking about what we do not know; as for what we know, we do not ask about it." He said: "As for the two sisters who are owned as slaves, one verse made them lawful and another verse made them prohibited, and I do not command it, nor do I forbid it, nor do I do it myself, nor do the people of my household." Then he mentioned the rest of it.

7419 - And on the authority of Qatadah, who said: A man disputed with Ibn Mas'ud regarding the combining of two sisters [as concubines], saying, "Allah has made lawful for me what my right hand possesses." He replied, "Your camel is among what your right hand possesses."

7420 - And from Qatadah, that Ibn Mas'ud said: Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, has forbidden twelve [categories of] women, and I dislike twelve [categories of] women: the female slave and her mother, the two sisters joined together [in marriage], the female slave if your father has had intercourse with her, the female slave if your son has had intercourse with her, the female slave if she has committed adultery, the female slave who is in the waiting period ('iddah) of another, the female slave who has a husband, your female slave if she is a polytheist, and your paternal aunt and maternal aunt through suckling.

7421 - Narrated by Jabir bin Abdullah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Allah has permitted three [types of relationships] with women: marriage with inheritance, marriage without inheritance, and what the right hand possesses."

7422 - On the authority of Abu 'Amr al-Shaybani, that a man asked Ibn Mas'ud about a man who divorced his wife before he had consummated the marriage with her: "May he marry her daughter?" He replied: "Yes." So he married her, and she bore him children. Then he came before 'Umar and asked him, and he said: "Separate between the two of them." The man said: "But she has given birth." He replied: "Even if she had born him ten, separate between them."

7423 - And in a narration: 'Abdullah used to grant a concession regarding currency exchange, and regarding a man who marries a woman and she dies before he has consummated the marriage with her, whereby he then marries her mother. And he mentioned something similar to it.

7424 - On the authority of Atiyyah bin Qais al-Kila'i, who said: Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan proposed marriage to Umm al-Darda' after the death of Abu al-Darda'. Umm al-Darda' said: I heard Abu al-Darda' saying: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Any woman whose husband dies and she marries after him, she will belong to the last of her husbands." She [Umm al-Darda'] said: "And I would not choose anyone over Abu al-Darda'." So Mu'awiyah wrote to her: "Then you must observe fasting, for it is a means of suppressing [desire]."

On the authority of Ibn Abbas: The Prophet (pbuh) proposed to a woman from his people named Sawdah. She was a woman with many children, having five or six children from a husband who had died. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to her: "What prevents you from [marrying] me?" She said: "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, nothing prevents me from you—for you are the most beloved of all creation to me—but I hold you in too high a regard for these children to cry near your head morning and evening." He said: "Has anything else besides that prevented you from [marrying] me?" She replied: "No, by Allah." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "May Allah have mercy on you. Indeed, the best of women to have ridden the backs of camels are the righteous women of Quraysh; they are the most affectionate toward a child in his youth and the most protective of a husband's possessions."

7426 - And on the authority of Abu Huraira, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "The best women who have ridden camels are the women of Quraysh; they are the most compassionate toward a child in his infancy and the most caring for a husband regarding his meager means." Then Abu Huraira said: "And the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) knew that the daughter of 'Imran did not ride camels."

7427 - And on the authority of Talhah bin Ubaidullah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying on the road to Makkah: "The best women who have ridden camels are the women of Quraysh; they are the most compassionate toward a child and the most attentive to a husband."

7428 - And on the authority of Umm Hani' bint Abi Talib, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) proposed to me, and I said: "I have no lack of desire for you, O Messenger of Allah, but I do not wish to marry while my children are young." So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "[Why?] The best of women who have ridden camels are the women of Quraysh; they are the most affectionate toward a child in his youth and the most mindful of a husband regarding his property."

7429 - And on the authority of Zayd bin Abi al-Attab, who said: Mu‘awiya stood upon the pulpit and said: And I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "The best women who have ridden camels are the women of Quraysh; the most compassionate toward a child in his youth, and the most mindful of a husband regarding what his hand possesses."

7430 - On the authority of Aslam, the freed slave of Umar, who said: Umar ibn al-Khattab called Ali ibn Abi Talib and spoke privately with him. Then Ali stood up and went to the Suffah, where he found al-Abbas, Aqil, and al-Husayn, and he consulted them regarding Umar marrying Umm Kulthum. Aqil became angry and said: "O Ali, the days, months, and years only increase your blindness in your affair. By Allah, if you do this, it will surely be such and such," listing several things. He then departed, dragging his garment. Ali said to al-Abbas: "By Allah, that was not advice from him, but rather the whip of Umar has distressed him to the point of what you see. By Allah, it was not out of a desire for you, O Aqil, but Umar ibn al-Khattab informed me, saying: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'Every bond and lineage will be severed on the Day of Resurrection except for my bond and my lineage.'" Umar laughed and said: "Woe to Aqil, he is foolish and senseless."

7431 - And according to al-Tabarani in al-Awsat: That Umar proposed to Ali for Umm Kulthum, and he said: "She is too young for that." - I said: Then he mentioned the hadith - Then Ali said to al-Hasan and al-Husayn: "Marry her to your uncle." They both said: "She is a woman among women; she chooses for herself." So Ali stood up while he was angry, and al-Hasan grabbed his garment and said: "There is no patience for your estrangement, O my father."

7432 - On the authority of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Three are among the happiness of the son of Adam, and three are among the misery of the son of Adam. Among the happiness of the son of Adam are: a righteous wife, a righteous dwelling, and a righteous mount. And among the misery of the son of Adam are: an evil wife, an evil dwelling, and an evil mount.'"

7433 - And on the authority of Ibn Umar, from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "Three are the back-breakers: an evil wife whom her companion trusts and who betrays him, and a leader who angers Allah and pleases the people; and indeed, the likeness of the deed of a believing woman is as the likeness of seventy truthful ones, and indeed the deed of a profligate woman is like the profligacy of a thousand profligate women."

7434 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Whomever Allah provides with a righteous woman, He has truly assisted him with half of his religion; so let him fear Allah regarding the second half.'"

7435 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "No servant has gained a benefit after Islam better for him than a believing wife who, when he looks at her, she gladdens him, and when he is absent from her, she guards herself for him and protects his wealth."

7436 - And on the authority of Samurah that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The most intense regrets of the children of Adam are three: A man who had land that was irrigated and he had a draft animal upon which he would irrigate his land, then when the thirst of his land became severe and it brought forth its fruit, his draft animal died; thus, he feels regret over his draft animal, knowing that he will not find another like it, and he feels regret over the fruit of his land which spoils before he can find any way to save it. And a man who had a swift horse and encountered a group of the disbelievers, so when they drew near to one another, the enemies of Allah were defeated and the man raced ahead on his horse; when he was almost about to catch them, the leg of his horse broke, so he dismounted by it, feeling regret over his horse that he would not find its like, and feeling regret over the victory that he missed which he was on the verge of achieving. And a man who had a wife with whose appearance and religious commitment he was pleased, and she gave birth to a boy and died in childbirth; he feels regret over his wife, thinking that he will never encounter the likes of her, and he feels regret over his child, fearing its loss before he can find someone to nurse it." He said: "These are the greatest of these regrets."

7437 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Four things, whoever is given them has been given the best of this world and the Hereafter: a grateful heart, a tongue that remembers [Allah], a body patient over affliction, and a wife who does not seek to betray him regarding herself or his wealth."

7438 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to Mu'adh ibn Jabal: 'O Mu'adh, a thankful heart, a remembering tongue, and a righteous wife who assists you in the affairs of your worldly life and your religion are the best of what people have acquired.'"

7439 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Salam that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "The best of women is she who pleases you when you look, obeys you when you command, and guards your absence regarding herself and your wealth."

And on the authority of Abu Umamah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The likeness of a righteous woman among women is like that of the white-footed crow." It was asked: "O Messenger of Allah, and what is the white-footed crow?" He said: "The one that has one white foot."

7441 - And on the authority of 'Umarah bin Khuzaymah bin 'Amr, who said: We were with 'Amr bin al-'As on a Hajj or 'Umrah pilgrimage. When we were at Mar al-Zahran, there was a woman in her litter, placing her hand on her litter. When he dismounted, he entered the mountain pass and we entered with him. He then said: We were with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) in this place, and suddenly there were many crows, and among them was a crow with a distinctive [al-A'sam] beak and leg. He (pbuh) said: "None among women shall enter Paradise except in the proportion of this crow among these crows."

7442 - And from 'Ubadah, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The likeness of the believing woman is like that of the white-winged crow among black crows; there is none like her, and none similar to her. And the likeness of the evil woman is like that of a house whose exterior is decorated but whose interior is in ruins, like a canopy with no light for her on the Day of Resurrection. By Allah, I fear that no woman arises from her husband's bed while shunning him, except that she is disobedient to Allah and His Messenger."

7443 - And on the authority of Abd al-Rahman bin Abza, who said: The Prophet David (pbuh) said: Be unto the orphan like a merciful father, and know that as you sow, so shall you reap. The likeness of a righteous woman to her husband is like a king crowned with gold-adorned ornaments; whenever he looks at her, his eyes are delighted. And the likeness of an evil woman to her husband is like a heavy burden upon an elderly man.

7444 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: This verse was revealed: "And do not marry polytheistic women until they believe" [Al-Baqarah: 221]. So, the people were restrained from [marrying] them until the verse that followed it was revealed: "This day [all] good things have been made lawful for you" [Al-Ma'idah: 5], and "the chaste women from among the believers and the chaste women from among those who were given the Scripture before you" [Al-Ma'idah: 5]. Thus, the people married the women of the People of the Book.

7445 - On the authority of Mu'adh bin Jabal, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'The Arabs are equals to one another, and the Mawali (enfranchised/non-Arabs) are equals to one another.'"

7446 - And on the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Women shall not be married except to their peers, and they shall not be given in marriage except by their guardians, and there is no dower less than ten dirhams."

7447 - And on the authority of Salman al-Farisi, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbade us from marrying the women of the Arabs."

7448 - And narrated by him in al-Kabir: "We are favored over you by the virtue of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) – meaning the Arabs – we do not marry your women."

7449 - And on the authority of Thabit al-Bunani that Abu al-Darda went with Salman al-Farisi to propose [on his behalf] to a woman from the tribe of Banu Layth. He entered and mentioned the virtue of Salman, his precedence, and his Islam, and mentioned that he was proposing to marry their young lady, so-and-so. They said: "As for Salman, we will not marry her to him, but we will marry her to you." So he [Abu al-Darda] married her, then he came out. He said: "Something has occurred, and I am ashamed to mention it." He [Salman] said: "And what is that?" So Abu al-Darda informed him of the news. Salman said: "I am more deserving of being ashamed before you for proposing to her, while Allah had already decreed her for you."

7450 - And on the authority of 'Urwah, that 'Ali ibn Abi Talib said: "O my sons, do not give your daughters in marriage except to those who are compatible." They said: "O our father, and who are the compatible ones?" He said: "The children of Al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam."

On the authority of Anas, who said: There was a man from among the companions of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) called Julaybib, who had an unseemliness in his face. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) offered marriage to him, and he replied: "In that case, you will find me to be unmarketable." He (pbuh) said: "However, in the sight of Allah, you are not unmarketable."

7452 - And on the authority of Mu'adh bin Anas that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Whoever restrains anger while he is capable of acting upon it, Allah will give him the choice among the wide-eyed houris on the Day of Resurrection. And whoever marries off a slave, Allah will place the crown of kingship upon his head on the Day of Resurrection."

7453 - On the authority of Samurah that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A man shall not propose marriage over the proposal of his brother, nor shall he sell over the sale of his brother."

7454 - On the authority of Anas that the Prophet (pbuh) sent Umm Sulaym to look at a young woman and said: "Smell the sides of her mouth, and look at her Achilles tendons."

7455 - On the authority of Abu Humayd, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When one of you proposes marriage to a woman, there is no sin upon him to look at her if he is looking at her only for the purpose of his proposal, even if she does not know."

7456 - And on the authority of Umm al-Fadl bint al-Harith that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saw Umm Habibah bint al-Abbas while she was past the age of weaning, and he said: "If this little daughter of al-Abbas reaches maturity while I am alive, I shall certainly marry her."

And on the authority of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas that he proposed to a woman in Mecca while he was with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and he said: "I wish I had someone who could see her and inform me about her." A man called Hit said: "I shall describe her for you; when she approaches, you would say she walks on six, and when she retreats, you would say she walks on four." Thereupon the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "I see this as reprehensible; I see that he knows the affairs of women." He used to enter upon Sawdah, so he [the Prophet] forbade him from entering upon her. When he arrived in Medina, he exiled him, and he remained so until Umar commanded [his exile] and he suffered hardship, so he [Umar] used to grant him permission to enter Medina on Fridays so that charity could be given to him.

7458 - And on the authority of Ali, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "O Ali, indeed you have a treasure in Paradise, and you are its Dhu Qarnayha (the one with its two horns). So do not follow a glance with another glance, for indeed the first is for you."

7459 - On the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: When Hafsa became a widow after the death of Khunays ibn Hudhafa, Umar met Uthman and offered her to him [in marriage]. Uthman said: "I have no need for women [at present], but I shall consider it." Then he met Abu Bakr and offered her to him, but he remained silent. Umar felt upset with Abu Bakr because of that. Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) proposed to her. Subsequently, Umar met Abu Bakr and said: "I had offered her to Uthman and he turned me down, and I offered her to you but you remained silent toward me; I was more angry with you than I was with Uthman, even though he turned me down." Abu Bakr said: "It was a secret, and I disliked revealing the secret."

7460 - And from Al-Fadl ibn Abbas, who said: I was riding behind the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) while a Bedouin was with him who had a beautiful daughter. The Bedouin began presenting her to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) in the hope that he would marry her. He (Al-Fadl) said: So I began to turn my gaze toward her, and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) began taking my head and turning it away. [And the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) continued reciting the Talbiyah until he threw the pebbles at Jamrat al-Aqaba].

7461 - On the authority of Aisha, who said: "Whenever the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) intended to marry off one of his daughters, he would sit by her curtain and say: 'Indeed, so-and-so mentions so-and-so'—naming her and naming the man who mentioned her. If she remained silent, he married her off, and if she disliked it, she would tap the curtain; and if she tapped it, he would not marry her off."

And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (pbuh), that whenever he intended to give one of his daughters in marriage, he would sit by her curtain and then say: "Indeed, so-and-so is proposing to so-and-so." If she remained silent, then that was her consent, or he said: "Her silence is her consent."

7463 - And on the authority of Anas bin Malik that whenever one of his daughters was proposed to, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) would sit by the curtain and say: "So-and-so is proposing to so-and-so." If she remained silent, her silence was her consent, and if she disliked it, she would strike the curtain, and that was an expression of dislike from her.

7464 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: "The Prophet (pbuh) used to, when a proposal was made to him regarding some of his daughters, come to the curtain and say: 'Indeed, so-and-so is proposing to so-and-so.' If she struck the curtain, he would not marry her off, and if she did not strike the curtain, he would marry her off."

7465 - And on the authority of 'Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) whenever he intended to marry off a woman from among his womenfolk, he would come to her from behind the curtain and say to her: "O daughter, so-and-so has proposed to you. If you dislike him, then say: 'No,' for no one should feel shy to say: 'No.' And if you approve, then your silence is your consent."

7466 - And on the authority of Mu'awiya bin Hudaij, who said: Mu'awiya bin Abi Sufyan sent me to al-Hasan bin Ali to propose on behalf of Yazid for either a daughter of his or a sister of his. I came to him and mentioned Yazid to him, and he said: "Indeed, we are a people who do not marry off our women until we seek their counsel." So I went to her and mentioned Yazid to her, and she said: "By Allah, that shall not be until your companion treats us as Pharaoh treated the Children of Israel, slaughtering their sons and sparing their women." I returned to al-Hasan and said: "You sent me to a most formidable woman who calls the Commander of the Faithful Pharaoh." He said: "O Mu'awiya, beware of hating us, for the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'No one hates us or envies us except that he shall be driven away on the Day of Resurrection from the Reservoir (al-Hawd) with whips of fire.'"

7467 - On the authority of Ibrahim ibn Salih—and the name he is known by is Nu'aym ibn al-Nahham, and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) had named him Salih—who reported that Abdullah ibn Umar said to Umar ibn al-Khattab: "Propose for me to the daughter of Salih." He [Umar] said: "He has orphans, and he would not favor us over them." So Abdullah went to his uncle Zayd ibn al-Khattab to propose for him, and Zayd went to Salih and said: "Indeed, Abdullah ibn Umar has sent me to you to propose to your daughter." He [Salih] said: "I have orphans, and I was not going to leave my flesh in the dust while elevating yours. I call you to witness that I have married her to so-and-so." The mother’s desire was for Abdullah ibn Umar, so she went to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: "O Prophet of Allah, Abdullah ibn Umar proposed to my daughter, but her father married her to an orphan under his care, and he did not consult her." So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) sent for Salih and said: "Did you marry off your daughter and not consult her?" He said: "Yes!" He (pbuh) said: "Consult women regarding themselves, even if they are virgins." Salih said: "I only did this because of the dowry Ibn Umar would have given her, for he [the orphan] shall have from my wealth the equivalent of what he [Ibn Umar] would have given her."

7468 - And from Abu Musa, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "If a man intends to marry off his daughter, he should seek her permission."

7469 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "A virgin is not to be married until her permission is sought, and her permission is her silence. And a matron (previously married woman) decides regarding her own affair as long as she does not call for something that causes discontent; if she calls for something that causes discontent while her guardians call for something pleasing, the matter shall be referred to the authority (Sultan)."

7470 - And from Abu Musa, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The matter of women is in the hands of their fathers, and their permission is their silence."

7471-a - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) annulled the marriage of a previously married woman and a virgin whose father had married them off while they were unwilling.

7471-b - And on the authority of al-Urs, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Consult women; the previously married woman expresses her own consent, and the permission of the virgin is her silence."

And on the authority of Umm Salama, that a young woman was married off by her father, while she desired to be married to another man. She came to the Prophet (pbuh) and mentioned that to him, so he separated her from the one her father had married her to, and the Prophet (pbuh) married her to the one she desired.

And on the authority of 'Abd al-Rahman and Mujammi', the sons of Yazid ibn Jariya, they both said: Khidham gave his daughter in marriage—while she was unwilling—to a man, and she was a matron. So she came to the Prophet (pbuh) and mentioned that to him, and he nullified her marriage.

7474 - On the authority of Abu Musa, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The orphan girl's consent must be sought regarding herself; if she remains silent, then she has granted her permission, and if she refuses, she shall not be compelled."

7475 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) who said: "Uthman bin Mazh'un passed away and left a daughter of his from Khwaylah bint Hakim bin Umayyah bin Harithah bin al-Awqas. He said: And he had appointed his brother, Qudamah bin Mazh'un, as her guardian. Abdullah said: And they both were my maternal uncles. He said: So I proposed to Qudamah bin Mazh'un for the daughter of Uthman bin Mazh'un, and he married her to me. Then al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah approached—meaning her mother—and enticed her with wealth, so she inclined toward him, and the young girl inclined toward the desire of her mother. They both refused until their case was brought before the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). Qudamah bin Mazh'un said: 'O Messenger of Allah, she is my brother's daughter and he entrusted her to me, so I married her to her cousin, Abdullah bin Umar, and I did not fall short regarding her welfare or her compatibility, but she is a woman and she has merely inclined toward her mother.' He said: So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'She is an orphan, and she shall not be married except with her permission.' He said: 'By Allah, she was taken away from me after I had entered into marriage with her, and they married her to al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah.'"

7476 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Marry off the single women (three times) according to what the families agree upon, even if it be but a handful of Arak (miswak sticks).'"

7477 - And on the authority of Sahl ibn Sa'd that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Give them compensation, even if it be a whip" - meaning in marriage.

7478 - And on the authority of Sahl bin Sa'd, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) married a man to a woman for an iron ring whose gemstone was made of silver.

7479 - And it is narrated from Husayn ibn Abdullah ibn Dumayrah, from his father, from his grandfather, that a man came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, marry me to so-and-so." He asked: "What do you have to give her as a dowry—or to give her?" He replied: "I have nothing." He asked: "To whom does this ring belong?" He said: "To me." He said: "Then give it to her," and he married her to him. And he married another man based on Surat al-Baqarah, as he had nothing.

7480 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The best of them are those whose dowry is the easiest."

7481 - And on the authority of 'Aishah, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The women whose dowry is lightest are the greatest of them in blessing."

7482 - And on the authority of Aisha, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Indeed, among the blessings of a woman is the ease of her proposal, the ease of her dowry, and the ease of her womb.'" It was narrated by Ahmad, and narrated by al-Tabarani in al-Saghir and al-Awsat, and he stated in both: On the authority of Urwah: "So I say: Indeed, among the first of her ill-omens is that her dowry is expensive."

7483 - And on the authority of Yahya bin Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Labiba, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever makes [marriage] lawful by [providing] a dirham in marriage, then he has made it lawful."

7484 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (pbuh) used to distribute sheep among his companions from the charity; a sheep would be shared between two men, so one of them said: "Leave your share for me so that I may marry with it."

7485 - And on the authority of Anas, that Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf married a woman during the time of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) for the weight of a date-stone of gold, its value being three dirhams and a third.

7486 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, he said: "A man came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: 'I have married a woman from the Ansar.' He said: 'Have you looked at her? For indeed, there is something in the eyes of the Ansar.' He replied: 'Yes.' He asked: 'For how much (madr)?' He replied: 'For four awaq (ounces of silver).' The Prophet (pbuh) then said: 'For four awaq? It is as if you carve silver from the side of this mountain.'"

7487 - And on the authority of Abu Hadrad al-Aslami, that he came to the Prophet (pbuh) seeking his assistance regarding the dowry of a woman. He (the Prophet) asked, "How much dowry did you give her?" He replied, "Two hundred dirhams." He (the Prophet) said, "Even if you were scooping from [the valley of] Buthan, you would not have exceeded [this amount]."

7488 - And on the authority of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (pbuh) married Umm Salamah for household goods valued at ten dirhams.

7489 - And on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri that the Prophet (pbuh) married Umm Salama for household goods valued at ten dirhams.

7490 - And on the authority of Aisha, she said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) married me for household goods worth forty dirhams."

7491 - And from Sahl ibn Sa'd, who said: The Prophet (pbuh) used to receive a large bowl of food from Sa'd ibn 'Ubadah every night. The Prophet (pbuh) would propose to women and say: "You shall have such and such, and the bowl of Sa'd shall go around with me wherever I go."

7492 - And from Anas bin Malik: "The Negus married Umm Habiba to the Prophet (pbuh) and provided the dower from his own wealth, which was two hundred dinars."

7493 - And on the authority of Safiyyah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) manumitted me and made my manumission my dowry."

7494 - And from al-Sha'bi, who said: Juwayriyah was the possession of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), so he emancipated her and made her manumission her dowry, and every captive from Banu al-Mustaliq was emancipated.

7495 - And on the authority of Ali, who said: "I intended to propose to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) for his daughter, so I said: 'I have nothing, so how [could I]?!' Then I remembered his kinship and his kindness, so I proposed to her through him. He said: 'Do you have anything?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'Where is your Hutamiyah coat of mail that I gave you on such and such a day?' He said: 'It is with me.' He said: 'Then give it.' He said: 'So I gave it to him.'"

7496 - And on the authority of 'Ali, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) married his daughter Fatimah to me for a coat of armor made of iron, a Hutamiyyah, which he had previously armed me with. He said: "Send it to her so that you may make her lawful for you through it." So I sent it to her; and by Allah, its value was not such-and-such, nor [even] four hundred dirhams.

7497 - And on the authority of Ali, who said: "When I married Fatima, I said: 'O Messenger of Allah (pbuh), should I sell my horse or my armor?' He said: 'Sell your armor.' So I sold it for twelve uqiyyahs, and that was the dowry of Fatima."

And from Ibn 'Abbas, that the Prophet (pbuh) when he married Ali to Fatimah said: "O Ali, do not enter upon your wife until you give them something." He said: "I have nothing, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Give her your Hutamiyyah coat of mail." Ibn Abi Rawwad said: "The coat of mail was valued at four hundred and eighty dirhams."

7499 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas that Ali married Fatima from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) for a coat of mail made of iron.

7500 - And on the authority of Zayd bin Thabit that Ali entered upon Fatima before he had given her anything.

7501 - And from al-Mughira bin Shibl, he said: Umar bin Hurayth proposed to Adi bin Hatim, who said: "I will not marry [her] to you except upon my ruling." He replied: "You shall have your ruling." He said: "I am not better than the daughters of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)." So he married her to him upon the obligatory share.

And from Masruq, he said: Umar ibn al-Khattab ascended the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), then he said: "O people, why do you increase the dowries of women? Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and his companions—their dowries among them were four hundred dirhams or less. If increasing it were a form of piety before Allah or a noble deed, you would not have preceded them to it. So, let me not find any man who has increased beyond four hundred dirhams." He said: Then he descended, and a woman from Quraysh intercepted him and said: "O Commander of the Faithful, have you forbidden the people from increasing the dowries of women beyond four hundred dirhams?" He said: "Yes." She said: "Have you not heard what Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed in the Quran?" He said: "And where is that?" She said: "Have you not heard Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, saying: {And if you have given one of them a great amount [of gold], do not take [back] from it anything. Would you take it in injustice and manifest sin?} [An-Nisa: 20]." He then said: "O Allah, [I seek] forgiveness; everyone is more knowledgeable in jurisprudence than Umar." He said: Then he returned and ascended the pulpit and said: "O people, I had forbidden you from increasing the dowries of women beyond four hundred dirhams; so whoever wishes to give from his wealth whatever he likes—Abu Ya'la said: [the narrator] said: and I think he said—so whoever is content [to do so], let him do it."

7503 - And on the authority of Ibn Sirin, who said: Al-Hasan ibn Ali married a woman; he said: So he sent to her one hundred female servants, and with each female servant were one thousand dirhams.

7504 - And on the authority of Aisha and Makhul, they both said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whatever is used to make the woman's private parts lawful, whether dower or a promise, then it belongs to her; and whatever her father, her brother, or her guardian is honored with after the marriage contract, then it belongs to him; and the most deserving of what a man honors is his daughter or his sister."

On the authority of Suhayb bin Sinan, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whichever man assigns a woman a dowry while Allah knows that he does not intend to pay it to her, thereby deceiving her by Allah and making her private parts lawful for himself through falsehood, he shall meet Allah on the Day of Resurrection as an adulterer."

7506 - And from Abu Hurairah that he said: I have from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) two hadiths; one of them is that he said: "Whoever loves the Ansar, Allah loves him." And the other: "Whoever marries a woman upon a dowry while he does not intend to fulfill it for her, then he is a fornicator."

7507 - And on the authority of Maymun al-Kurdi, from his father, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "Any man who marries a woman for a dowry, whether small or large, while having no intention in himself to give her her right, having deceived her, and then dies without having given her her right, shall meet Allah on the Day of Resurrection as an adulterer."

7508 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, that the Prophet (pbuh) forbade secret marriage.

7509 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: Sunday is a day of wedding and building. Monday is a day of travel. Tuesday is a day of blood. Wednesday is a day of taking and no giving therein. Thursday is a day for entering upon the Sultan. Friday is a day of marriage and consummation.

7510 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Whoever performs the Friday prayer, fasts during its day, visits a sick person, attends a funeral, and attends a marriage ceremony, Paradise becomes guaranteed for him." It was narrated by al-Tabarani in al-Awsat, and its chain includes Muhammad bin Hasan al-Awsabi, and he is weak.

7511 - On the authority of Jabir, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Women shall not be married except to those of equal status, and they shall not be given in marriage except by guardians, and there is no dowry less than ten dirhams.'"

7512 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whichever woman marries without the permission of her guardian, her marriage is invalid, her marriage is invalid. If he has consummated the marriage with her, then she is entitled to the dower for what he has made lawful of her private parts. And the sovereign is the guardian of the one who has no guardian."

7513 - And from Abdullah bin 'Amr, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Any woman who is married without the permission of her guardian, her marriage is void. If he has consummated the marriage with her, she is entitled to her dower for what he has made permissible of her private parts, and they are to be separated. If he has not consummated the marriage with her, they are to be separated, and the sovereign is the guardian of the one who has no guardian."

7514 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "There is no marriage except with a guardian, and the ruler is the guardian of the one who has no guardian."

7515 - And from Abu Umamah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'There is no marriage except with a guardian.'"

7516 - And on the authority of Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There is no marriage except with a guardian; if they dispute, then the ruler is the guardian of the one who has no guardian."

7517 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'There is no marriage except with the permission of a guiding guardian or a sovereign authority.'"

7518 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'A woman is not to be married except with the permission of a guardian.'"

7519 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'There is no marriage except with a guardian, two witnesses, and a dowry, whether it be small or large.'"

7520 - And he narrated it in Al-Awsat, and he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The fornicatresses are those who marry themselves off; no marriage is valid except with a guardian, two witnesses, and a dower, whether it be small or large."

7521 - And from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (pbuh): "There is no marriage except with a guardian and two just witnesses."

7522 - Narrated from Jabir who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'There is no marriage except with a guardian and two just witnesses.'"

7523 - And from Aisha, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There is no marriage except with a guardian and two upright witnesses."

7524 - And on the authority of Abu Musa, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There is no marriage except with a guardian and two witnesses."

7525 - And from 'Imran bin Husayn, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "There is no marriage except with a guardian and two just witnesses." It was reported by at-Tabarani.

7526 - And from Ibn Abbas, who said: "Women have no part in the marriage contract; Maimunah entrusted her affair to Umm al-Fadl, then Umm al-Fadl entrusted it to al-Abbas, and he married her to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)."

7527 - On the authority of Kardam bin Qays, who said: I went out with a cousin of mine called Abu Tha’labah on a hot day. I was wearing shoes, while he had none. He said: "Give me your sandals." I said: "No, unless you marry your daughter to me!" He said: "Give them to me, for I have indeed married her to you." When we returned, he sent my sandals back to me and said: "You have no wife with me." This was mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and he said: "Leave her, for there is no good for you in her." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have vowed to slaughter a small herd of my camels at such and such a place." He said: "Fulfill your vow, but there is no vow in the severance of kinship ties, nor in what the son of Adam does not possess."

7528 - And narrated from 'Urwah bin Ruwaym al-Lakhmi from Abu Tha'labah—and I met him and spoke to him—who said: I came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and questioned him, and he said: "A little sprout." I asked: O Messenger of Allah, a sprout of good or a sprout of evil? He said: "Nay, a sprout of good." I said: O Messenger of Allah, I went out with an uncle of mine on a journey, and he was overcome by footsoreness, so he said: "Lend me your shoes." I said: "I will not lend them to you unless you marry your daughter to me." He said: "I have married her to you." When we reached our people, he sent my shoes back to me and said: "You have no wife with us." The Prophet of Allah (pbuh) said: "There is no good for you in her." Then he mentioned the Hadith, and it has already been presented in its entirety in the chapter on Lost Items.

7529 - On the authority of Abu al-Darda, who said: "A man in the pre-Islamic period of ignorance used to divorce, then take back his wife and say: 'I was joking.' And he would manumit a slave, then take back and say: 'I was joking.' So Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: {And take not the signs of Allah in jest} [Al-Baqarah: 231]. Then the Prophet (pbuh) said: 'Whoever divorces, or declares something forbidden, or marries, or gives in marriage, and then says: "I was joking," then he is considered serious.'"

7530 - And on the authority of Abd al-Karim, that Ibn Mas'ud said: "Whoever marries jokingly or divorces jokingly, it has indeed been validated."

7531 - On the authority of Abdullah—meaning ibn Mas'ud—who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to teach us the Sermon of Necessity (Khutbah al-Hajah), saying: 'Indeed, all praise is due to Allah; we praise Him and we seek His aid, and we seek refuge in Allah from the evils of our souls and from the wickedness of our deeds. Whomever Allah guides, none can lead astray, and whomever He leads astray, none can guide. I bear witness that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah alone, without partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His messenger.'"
Abu Ubaydah said: And I heard from Abu Musa saying: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to say: 'If you wish to proceed further, I shall provide you with verses from the Qur’an; you should say: "O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims" [Al-Imran: 102], "And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed, Allah is ever, over you, an Observer" [An-Nisa: 1], and "O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak a word of appropriate justice. He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment" [Al-Ahzab: 70-71]. To proceed (Amma Ba'du). Then, speak of your need.'"

7532 - On the authority of Ali al-Sulami: "That the Prophet (pbuh) said: 'Shall I not marry you to Umayma bint Rabi'ah bin al-Harith?' He said: 'Yes.' He (pbuh) said: 'I have married her to you.'"

7533 - On the authority of Abu Hasan, that the Prophet (pbuh) used to dislike secret marriage until the tambourine is beaten and it is said: "We have come to you, we have come to you, so greet us and we shall greet you." It was narrated by Ibn Ahmad.

7534 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin al-Zubayr, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Announce the marriage."

7535 - And on the authority of Jabir, he said: The Prophet (pbuh) said to Aisha: "Have you conducted the young lady to her [husband's] house?" She replied: "Yes." He said: "Why then did you not send with her someone to sing to them, saying: 'We have come to you, we have come to you, so greet us and we shall greet you,' for the Ansar are a people who possess a disposition for love poetry?"

7536 - And on the authority of the husband of the daughter of Abu Lahab, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) entered upon us when I married the daughter of Abu Lahab, and he said: "Is there any entertainment?"

7537 - And on the authority of Aisha, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "What has so-and-so done?" referring to an orphan girl who was under her care. I said: We have escorted her to her husband. He said: "Did you send a girl with her to beat the tambourine and sing?" She asked: What should she say? He said: "She should say: We have come to you, we have come to you, so greet us and we shall greet you. Were it not for the red gold, she would not have settled in your valley. Were it not for the brown wheat, your virgins would not have been named."

7538 - And from Anas bin Malik, who said: The Prophet (pbuh) passed by a bride accompanied by women upon his first arrival in Medina, and one of them was saying: "And he gifted her a ram that roamed in the enclosure. And your husband is in the desert and knows what is in tomorrow." So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Do not say such a thing, but rather say: 'We have come to you, we have come to you, so greet us and we shall greet you.'"

7539 - And on the authority of Aisha: "The Prophet (pbuh) passed by some women of the Ansar at a wedding of theirs while they were singing:
'And he gifted her a ram that settled comfortably in the enclosure.
And your husband is in the desert and knows what occurs tomorrow.'
So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'None knows what occurs tomorrow except Allah.'"

And from Al-Sa'ib bin Yazid, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) met some young girls who were singing, saying: "So greet us, and we shall greet you." So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) stopped for them, then called them and said: "Do not say this, but rather say: May He grant life to us and to you." A man said: "O Messenger of Allah, do you grant permission for the people in this?" He said: "Yes, it is a marriage, not fornication; proclaim the marriage publicly."

7541 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Habbar, from his father, who said: "Habbar married off his daughter, and the bellows and the sieve were struck at her wedding. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) heard that and said: 'What is this?' They said: 'Habbar married off his daughter, and the bellows and the sieve were struck at her wedding.' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) then said: 'Proclaim the marriage, proclaim the marriage; this is a marriage, not fornication.'"

7542 - And on the authority of Mu'adh bin Jabal that he witnessed the marriage contract of a man from the Ansar with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) delivered a sermon and married the Ansari man, saying: "Upon harmony, goodness, and auspicious fortune; beat the tambourines over the head of your companion." So they beat the tambourines over his head, and baskets containing fruit and sugar were brought and scattered over them. The people held back and did not scramble for them, so the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "How beautiful is forbearance! Why do you not scramble?" They replied: "O Messenger of Allah, you forbade us from looting on such and such a day!" He said: "I only forbade you from the looting of armies, and I did not forbid you from the scrambling of wedding feasts. Behold, partake in the scramble!" Mu'adh bin Jabal said: "By Allah, I saw the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) drawing him and drawing us toward that scramble."

7543 - On the authority of Jabir, that a woman had a dispute with her husband, so they both came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). The woman said: "This is my husband, and by Him Who sent you with the truth, there is nothing on earth more detestable to me than him." The other said: "This is my wife, and by Him Who sent you with the truth, there is nothing on earth more detestable to me than her." So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) commanded them to draw near to him, then he supplicated for them. They did not depart from his presence until the woman said: "By Him Who sent you with the truth, Allah has not created anything that is more beloved to me than him." And the husband said: "By Him Who sent you with the truth, Allah has not created anything that is more beloved to me than her."

On the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: "Salman arrived from an absence of his, and ‘Umar met him and said: 'May Allah be pleased with you as a servant.' He said: Then he married into the tribe of Kinda, and when it was the night in which he was to enter upon his wife, he found the house adorned with hangings, and there were women inside it. He said: 'Has the Ka‘bah been moved to Kinda, or is this redness? My close friend Abu al-Qasim (pbuh) commanded us not to take of worldly goods except furniture like the provision of a traveler, and not to take of women except those we marry.' Thus, the women exited, and he entered upon his wife and said: 'O you, will you obey me or disobey me?' She replied: 'Rather, I shall obey you in whatever you wish.' He said: 'Indeed, my close friend (pbuh) commanded us that when one of us enters upon his wife, he should stand and pray, and command her to pray behind him, and he should supplicate and she should say Amin.' So he did that and she did that. When he sat in the assembly of Kinda, a man from the people said to him: 'How have you reached the morning, O Abu ‘Abdullah? How did you find your wife?' He said: So he remained silent. The man repeated it a second time, so he said to him: 'What is the matter with one of you that he asks about that which the walls and doors have concealed? It is enough for one of you to ask about a thing and be answered or for it to be kept silent.'"

7545 - And al-Bazzar narrated it, saying: On the authority of Salman, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'When one of you marries and it is the night of the wedding consummation, let him pray two rak‘ahs and command her to pray behind him, for indeed Allah makes goodness in the house.'"

7546 - And on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "When the woman enters upon her husband, the man stands and she stands behind him, and they pray two rak'ahs, and he says: 'O Allah, bless me in my family and bless my family in me. O Allah, provide for them from me and provide for me from them. O Allah, unite us as long as You unite us in goodness, and separate us if You separate us toward goodness.'"

7547 - And from Abu Wa’il, who said: A man from the tribe of Bajilah came to ‘Abdullah—meaning Ibn Mas‘ud—and said: "I have married a young virgin woman, and I fear that she may loathe me." ‘Abdullah replied: "Indeed, affection is from Allah, and loathing is from Satan, who intends to make hateful to him that which Allah has made lawful. So, when you enter upon her, command her to pray two rak‘ahs behind you." Al-A‘mash said: I mentioned this to Ibrahim, who said: ‘Abdullah said: "And say: O Allah, bless me in my family and bless them in me. O Allah, provide for them through me and provide for me through them. O Allah, unite us as long as You unite us upon goodness, and separate us when You separate us toward goodness."

7548 - On the authority of Mu'awiyah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) commanded me not to approach my wife on the first night of the crescent moon, not to perform ablution from copper vessels, and to use the tooth-stick whenever I rise from my sleep.

7549 - And from Abu Kabshah al-Anmari, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was sitting among his companions when he entered [his home], then he came out having performed a ritual bath. He said: 'O Messenger of Allah, did something happen?' He said: 'Yes, a certain woman passed by me and the desire for women fell into my heart, so I went to one of my wives and had intercourse with her. Likewise, seeking that which is lawful is a protection for the best of your deeds.'"

7550 - And on the authority of Anas, who said: There was a woman in Medina who was a perfume-seller. He said: Then he mentioned the Hadith from the Prophet (pbuh) regarding the merit of a man having intercourse with his wife.

7551 - And on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, that the Prophet (pbuh) asked a man from among his companions, saying: "Did you visit a sick person today?" He said: "No." He asked: "Then did you give any charity?" He said: "No." He asked: "Then did you perform a funeral prayer?" He said: "No." He asked: "Then did you have intimacy with your wife?" He said: "No." He said: "Then have intimacy with them, for indeed it is a charity from you upon them." And that was on a Friday.

7552 - And on the authority of Abu Umama, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Let none of you fail, when he approaches his wife, to say: 'In the name of Allah. O Allah, keep me away and keep what You provide for me away from the accursed Shaytan.' For if it is decreed that a child should be born between them, a devil will never harm him."

And on the authority of Jabir, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was given al-Kafit." I said to al-Hasan: "And what is al-Kafit?" He replied: "Sexual intercourse."

7554 - And on the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: "I have indeed been given something of it such that I do not know of anyone who was given it except the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)," meaning sexual intercourse.

7555 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "I have been given the strength of forty in physical power and in intimacy, and there is no believer except that he has been given the strength of ten. Desire was made into ten parts; nine-tenths of it were placed in women and one part in men. Were it not for the modesty that has been cast upon them alongside their desires, every man would have nine women overtaken by intense sexual longing."

7556 - And on the authority of 'Abdullah bin 'Amr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The difference between the pleasure of a woman and the pleasure of a man is like the mark of a needle in clay, except that Allah veils them with modesty."

7557 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When one of you approaches his wife, let him cover himself; for indeed, if he does not cover himself, the angels feel bashful and depart, and if a child is conceived between them, Satan will have a share in him."

7558 - And on the authority of Abdullah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'When one of you approaches his wife, let him cover himself, and let them not strip themselves bare like the stripping of two wild donkeys.'"

7559 - And on the authority of Abu Umama, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'When one of you approaches his wife, let him cover himself and his wife, and they should not strip naked like the nakedness of donkeys.'" Narrated by Al-Tabarani.

7560 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, who said: While the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was sitting one day, and a woman was with him, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to her: "I think that you [women] inform others of what your husbands do with you." She said: "Yes, by Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah, we indeed do that." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Do not do so, for indeed Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, detests whoever does that." He then said: "I think that when one of you is approached by her husband, they both uncover the blanket from themselves and each looks at the private parts of the other as if they were two donkeys?" She said: "Yes, by Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed for you, we indeed do that." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Do not do that, for indeed Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, detests that."

7561 - And on the authority of Sa'd ibn Mas'ud al-Laythi, who said: Uthman ibn Maz'un came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, indeed I feel shy that my wife should see my private parts." He said: "And why, when Allah has made you a garment for them and made them a garment for you?" He said: "I dislike that." He said: "Indeed, they see it from me and I see it from them." He said: "You are the Messenger of Allah?" He said: "I am." He said: "You [are the Messenger], then who else after you?" He said: When Uthman turned to leave, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Ibn Maz'un is very bashful and modest."

7562 - On the authority of Asma bint Yazid, that she was with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) while men and women were sitting with him, and he said: "Perhaps a man says what he does with his wife, and perhaps a woman informs of what she did with her husband?" The people remained silent in embarrassment, so I said: "Yes, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah! Indeed, they do so, and indeed, they do so." He said: "Do not do so, for the likeness of that is like a male devil who meets a female devil and has intercourse with her while the people are looking."

7563 - And on the authority of Abu Sa'id, from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "Is it not likely that one of you may be alone with his wife, closing a door and drawing a curtain, then fulfilling his need, and when he goes out he speaks of that to his companions? Does not one of you women fear that she closes her door and draws her curtain, and when she fulfills her need she speaks of that to her female companions?" A woman with dark-spotted cheeks said: "By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, they certainly do that, and they (men) certainly do that." He said: "Do not do so, for the likeness of that is like a male devil who meets a female devil on the open road and fulfills his desire with her, then departs and leaves her."

7564 - And from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Al-Shiba' is forbidden."

7565 - On the authority of Wathilah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to say to the woman under his guardianship: "Upon you be tranquility and dignity."

7566 - And from Anas ibn Malik, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "When one of you has intercourse with his wife, let him be sincere with her; then if he fulfills his desire before she fulfills her desire, he should not rush her until she fulfills her desire."

7567 - On the authority of Umar, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "If one of you approaches his wife, then wishes to return [to the act], let him wash his private parts."

7568 - On the authority of Talq ibn Ali, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If one of you desires a need from his wife, then let him go to her, even if she is at an oven."

7569 - On the authority of Muhammad ibn Sirin, that a sharecropper belonging to Anas ibn Malik was working at a well-sweep, and his wife sought the aid of Anas against him, complaining that he would not leave her alone by night or by day. So, Anas mediated a reconciliation between them [by limiting the frequency] to six [times] for every day and night.

7570 - Narrated by Abu Hurayrah, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) cursed the procrastinator (al-musawwifah) and the fabricator (al-mufassilah). As for the procrastinator: she is the one who, when her husband desires her, says: 'Soon,' or 'Shortly.' As for the fabricator: she is the one who, when her husband desires her, says: 'I am menstruating,' though she is not menstruating."

And on the authority of Ibn Umar, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Allah has cursed the procrastinating women." It was asked: "And who are the procrastinating women, O Prophet of Allah?" He said: "The one whose husband calls her to his bed, and she says: 'Soon,' until his eyes are overcome [by sleep]."

7572 - And on the authority of Ibn Umar, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'There is no woman whose husband requests a need from her and she refuses, so he spends the night while being angry with her, except that the angels spend the night cursing her until morning.'"

7573 - On the authority of Anas ibn Malik, who said: A man came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) asking about coitus interruptus (al-azl), so the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If you were to pour the fluid from which a child is formed onto a rock, Allah would bring forth a child from it—or there would come forth from it—and Allah (Exalted and Glorified) will surely create any soul that He is the Creator of."

7574 - And from 'Ubada, who said: Indeed, the first who practiced coitus interruptus ('azl) were a group from the Ansar who came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: "Indeed, a group of the Ansar practice coitus interruptus." He was startled and said: "Indeed, the created soul shall come into being; so I neither command nor forbid."

7575 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, he said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'By the One in Whose hand is my soul, if the drop of fluid upon which Allah took the covenant were cast upon a rock, Allah would have created a human being from it.'"

7576 - On the authority of Hudhayfa bin al-Yaman, that they were talking about coitus interruptus, and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) heard them. So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) came out to them and said: "Do you truly do it?" They said: Yes. He said: "Do you not know that Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, did not create a soul of which He is the Creator except that it shall come into existence?"

7577 - And on the authority of Sirmah al-Udhri, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) raided Bani Sulaym, and we captured some of the noble women of the Arabs. We became interested in selling them, but celibacy had become difficult for us, so we desired to have pleasure with them and practice coitus interruptus (al-azl). Some of us said to others: "It is not appropriate for us to do this while the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) is among us until we ask him." So we asked him, and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whether you practice coitus interruptus or do not, there is no soul that Allah has decreed to exist until the Day of Resurrection except that it shall come into existence."

7578 - And on the authority of Wathilah ibn al-Asqa', who said: A group of people from the Banu Sulaym came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, we obtain female captives, and we practice coitus interruptus with them?" He said: "And do you truly do so?" They said: "Yes." He said: "There is no soul that Allah has intended to emerge from the loins of a man except that it shall emerge if He wills; and if He refuses, then it will not. So there is no blame upon you if you do not do it."

7579 - And on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud, who said: "If Allah had taken a covenant from a soul within the loins of a man, and then brought it forth onto a smooth rock, He would surely bring it out from that rock. So, if you wish, complete the act, and if you wish, do not practice coitus interruptus."

7580 - And from Za'idah ibn 'Umayr al-Ta'i, who said: I said to Ibn 'Abbas: "What is your view regarding coitus interruptus (al-'azl)?" He replied: "If the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said anything concerning it, then it is as he said. Otherwise, I say regarding it: {Your wives are a tilth for you, so come to your tilth however you wish} [Al-Baqarah: 223]. Whoever wishes may practice coitus interruptus, and whoever wishes may refrain."

7581 - And on the authority of Abu Hurairah that the Jews used to say: "Coitus interruptus is the minor infanticide." This reached the Prophet (pbuh), and he said: "The Jews have lied; if Allah willed to create a creation, nothing—I think he said—would prevent Him."

7582 - And on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri that he said to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh): "Indeed, the Jews say that coitus interruptus is the minor infanticide?" So he said: "The Jews have lied."

7583 - And on the authority of Ibn Mas'ud, who said regarding coitus interruptus: "It is the minor, hidden infanticide."

7584 - And on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: Umar and Ibn Umar used to dislike coitus interruptus ('azl), whereas Zayd and Ibn Mas'ud used to practice coitus interruptus.

And on the authority of Jarir, who said: A man came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: "I did not escape from the polytheists except with a slave-girl whom I intend to take to the market, and I practice coitus interruptus with her?" He said: "What has been decreed for her will come to her."

7586 - And from Ali bin al-Hasan, from his grandmother, that Al-Hasan bin Ali used to practice coitus interruptus with her, and she was his concubine.

7587 - On the authority of Salman, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Whoever takes female servants without providing for their marriage, and they then commit fornication, he shall bear the equivalent of their sins, without their own sins being diminished in the least."

7588 - On the authority of Habashi bin Junadah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Procrastination in paying a debt is a type of injustice."

7589 - And on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbade al-ightiyal, then he said: "If it were to harm anyone, it would have harmed the Persians and the Romans."

7590 - And on the authority of Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) forbade al-ghayl, then he said: "It has not harmed the Persians or the Romans," and that is for a man to have intercourse with his wife while she is breastfeeding.

7591 - On the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "It is the minor sodomy" - meaning: a man approaching his wife in her rectum.

7592 - And on the authority of 'Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Be modest, for indeed Allah is not ashamed of the truth, and do not approach women in their rectums."

7593 - And from Ali bin Abi Talib, who said: A Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, we reside in the desert, and one of us might pass a slight odor (wind)." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, Allah is not shy of the truth; if one of you does that, let him perform ablution, and do not approach women in their posteriors." And he said once: "in their rears."

7594 - On the authority of Jabir bin Abdullah: "That the Prophet (pbuh) forbade the anal intercourse with women."

7595 - And on the authority of Uqbah ibn Amir, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Allah has cursed those who approach women in their posteriors."

7596 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, he said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Whoever approaches women in their posteriors has indeed disbelieved.'"

7597 - On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Whoever has intercourse with a woman while she is menstruating, and a child is decreed between them who is then afflicted with leprosy, let him blame no one but himself."

7598 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: "A man came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I have had intercourse with my wife while she was menstruating.' So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) commanded him to set free a slave, and the value of a slave at that time was one dinar."

7599 - And from 'Ubadah, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was asked: "What is lawful for a man from his wife while she is menstruating?" He said: "What is above the waist-wrapper; and what is below the waist-wrapper from her is forbidden."

7600 - On the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "He is not of us who has intercourse with a pregnant woman."

7601 - And on the authority of Abu Huraira, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "No man should have intercourse with a woman while she is carrying a pregnancy from another."

7602 - And on the authority of Yahya ibn Sa'id ibn Dinar, the client of the family of al-Zubayr, who said: A reliable person informed me that the Prophet (pbuh) forbade on the day of Khaybar having intercourse with pregnant women, and he said: "Would you water the crop of another?"

7603 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, that the Prophet (pbuh) forbade on the day of Khaybar that pregnant women be had intercourse with until they give birth.

7604 - And from Ibn Umar, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Every slave girl who is pregnant is forbidden to her owner until she delivers what is in her womb."

7605 - And from Raja' bin Haiwah, from his father, from his grandfather, that a slave girl from Khaybar passed by the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) while she was heavily pregnant. The Prophet (pbuh) said: "To whom does she belong?" They said: "To so-and-so." He asked: "Does he have intercourse with her?" It was said: "Yes." He said: "What will he do with her child? Will he claim him as his own when he is not his child, or will he enslave him while he has nourished him through his hearing and sight? I have considered invoking a curse upon him that would enter with him into his grave."

7606 - On the authority of Jamil ibn Zayd, who said: I accompanied a man from the Ansar—who mentioned that he had companionship [with the Prophet]—called Ka’b ibn Zayd or Zayd ibn Ka’b. He narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) married a woman from the Banu Ghifar. When he entered upon her, removed his garment, and sat on the bed, he noticed a white mark on her flank. He then withdrew from the bed and said, "Put your clothes back on." And he did not take back anything from what he had given her.

7607 - And from Jamil ibn Zayd, who said: Abdullah ibn Umar narrated to us, saying: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) married a woman from the tribe of Banu Ghifar. When she entered upon him, he saw a white mark on her flank, so he returned her and said: 'You have deceived me.'"

7608 - And on the authority of Sahl bin Sa'd that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) married a woman from among the people of the desert, and he found whiteness upon her, so he separated from her before he had consummated the marriage with her.

7609 - On the authority of Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, who said: "The impotent man is granted a period of one year; if he reaches her within it, [it is well], otherwise they are to be separated, and she is entitled to the dowry."

7610 - On the authority of Aisha, the wife of the Prophet (pbuh), who said: I entered upon Khuwaylah bint Hakim ibn Umayyah ibn Harithah ibn al-Awqas al-Sulamiyyah, and she was [the wife] of Uthman ibn Maz'un. He [the Prophet (pbuh)] saw the disheveled state of her appearance and said to me: "O Aisha, how disheveled is the appearance of Khuwaylah!" She said: I replied: "O Messenger of Allah, [she is] a woman who effectively has no husband; she fasts the day and stands in prayer the night, so she is like one who has no husband, thus she has neglected herself and let her appearance go." She said: So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) sent for Uthman ibn Maz'un, and he came to him and he [the Prophet (pbuh)] said: "O Uthman, have you turned away from my Sunnah?" He said: "No, by Allah, O Messenger of Allah, but it is your Sunnah that I seek!" He said: "Indeed, I sleep and I pray, I fast and I break my fast, and I marry women. So fear Allah, O Uthman, for your family has a right over you, your guest has a right over you, and your own self has a right over you. So fast and break your fast, and pray and sleep."

7611-a: And in a narration from Ahmad: "Indeed, monasticism was not prescribed for us; indeed, the one among you who fears Allah the most and is the most mindful of His boundaries is I."

7611-b: And in a narration with Ahmad: On the authority of Aisha, she said: The wife of Uthman ibn Maz'un used to dye herself with henna and perfume herself, but she then abandoned that. She entered upon me, and I said to her: "Is your husband present or absent?" She replied: "A present one is like an absent one." I said to her: "What is the matter with you?" She replied: "Uthman does not desire the world, nor does he desire women." Aisha said: Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) entered upon me, and I informed him of that. He then met Uthman and said: "O Uthman, do you believe in what we believe in?" He replied: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "Then why do you not take us as an example?"

7612 - And from Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, who said: The wife of Uthman bin Mazh'un entered upon the wives of the Prophet (pbuh), and they saw her in a disheveled state. They said to her: "What is the matter with you? There is no man among the Quraysh wealthier than your husband." She said: "We receive nothing from him; as for his day, he is fasting, and as for his night, he is standing in prayer." Then the Prophet (pbuh) entered, and they mentioned that to him. He said: Then the Prophet (pbuh) met him and said: "O Uthman, do you not have an example in me?" He replied: "And what is that, O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be ransomed for you." He said: "As for you, you stand in prayer at night and fast during the day, but indeed your family has a right over you, and your body has a right over you; so pray and sleep, and fast and break your fast." He said: Then the woman came to them after that perfumed as if she were a bride. They said to her: "What is this?" She replied: "What befalls people has befallen us."

7613 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, who said: "The wife of Uthman ibn Maz'un was a beautiful and well-perfumed woman who loved fine dress and appearance for her husband. Then Aisha saw her in a disheveled and unadorned state and asked: 'What is this condition of yours?' She replied: 'A group of the companions of the Prophet (pbuh), among them Ali ibn Abi Talib, Abdullah ibn Rawahah, and Uthman ibn Maz'un, have devoted themselves exclusively to worship, abstained from women and eating meat, fasted by day, and stood in prayer by night. Therefore, I disliked showing him anything of my state that would invite him to what I possess, since he has secluded himself from it.' When the Prophet (pbuh) entered, Aisha informed him of this. The Prophet (pbuh) then took his sandal, carrying it by the index finger of his left hand, and went out to all of them until he entered upon them and asked them about their state. They said: 'We intended only good.' The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'I have only been sent with the tolerant Hanifiyyah (monotheism), and I was not sent with innovative monasticism. Indeed, there were people who innovated monasticism, and it was prescribed for them, yet they did not observe it as it should have been observed. So, eat meat, approach women, fast and break your fast, and pray and sleep, for indeed, that is what I have been commanded with.'"

7614 - And on the authority of Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) stood among the people, praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: "Indeed, Allah enjoins upon you to treat women well; indeed, Allah enjoins upon you to treat women well, for they are your mothers, your daughters, and your maternal aunts. Indeed, a man from the People of the Book marries a woman when her hands cannot even hold a thread, yet neither of them desires to part from their companion."

7615 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The most perfect of the believers in faith are those best in character, and the best of them are those who are best to their women."

And on the authority of Abu Kabshah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying: "The best of you are those who are best to their families."

7617 - And on the authority of Mu'awiyah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The best of you are those who are best to their families."

7618 - And on the authority of 'Abd al-Rahman bin 'Awf, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The best of you are those who are best to their families, and I am the best of you to my family."

7619 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The best of you are those who are best to their women."

7620 - And from Az-Zubayr, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, would one of you strike his wife like the striking of a slave-girl? Verily, the best of you is the one who is best to his family."

7621 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) permitted the striking of women. Then, during the night, he heard a loud sound and said: "Indeed, I hear a sound." They said: "O Messenger of Allah, you permitted the striking of women." So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The best of you is the one who is best to his family, and I am the best of you to my family."

7622 - And on the authority of Aisha, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The best of you is the best of you to his family."

7623 - And on the authority of Nu'aym ibn Qa'nab, who said: I went out to al-Rabadhah and found Abu Dharr arriving. He spoke to his wife regarding a matter, and it was as if she retorted to him. He spoke back to her, and she retorted again. He then said: "You are doing nothing more to me than what the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'The woman is like a rib; if you try to straighten her, she breaks, yet in her there is a means of enjoyment and crookedness.'"

7624 - And from Aisha, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The woman is like a rib; if you straighten her, you break her, and she is enjoyed while she has curvature." It was narrated by Ahmad, al-Tabarani in al-Awsat, and al-Bazzar.

7625 - And on the authority of a man who said: "I heard Samurah delivering a sermon on the pulpit of Basra, and he was saying: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: 'Indeed, woman was created from a rib, and if you desire to straighten the rib, you will break it; so be gentle with her and you shall live with her.'"

7626 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A woman will not remain straight for you upon a single trait; she is only like a rib: if you try to straighten her, you will break her, and if you leave her, you may enjoy her while there is crookedness in her." And in one narration: "And breaking her is her divorce."

7627 - And from a Sheikh, from his father, who said: Jarir ibn Abdullah came complaining to Umar about what he encountered from women. Umar said: "Verily, we experience that as well, to the extent that I intend to fulfill a need and she says: 'You are going to the young women of the tribe of so-and-so to look at them.'" At that, Abdullah ibn Mas'ud said to him: "Has it not reached you that Ibrahim (pbuh) complained to Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, about the ill-temper of Sarah's character? So it was said to him: 'She was only created from a rib, so accommodate her despite what is in her, as long as you do not see a disgrace in her religion.'" Umar then said: "Indeed, much knowledge has been packed between your ribs."

7628 - On the authority of Anas, who said: Women came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, the men have taken the merit through Jihad in the cause of Allah. Is there any deed for us by which we may attain the deed of the Mujahidin in the cause of Allah?" He said: "The household labor of one of you in her home attains the deed of the Mujahidin in the cause of Allah."

7629 - And on the authority of Anas, that Salamah, the nanny of Ibrahim the son of the Prophet (pbuh), said: "O Messenger of Allah, you give glad tidings to the men of every good thing, but do you not give glad tidings to the women?" He said: "Did your female companions prompt you for this?" She replied: "Yes, they commanded me." He said: "Is one of you not satisfied that when she is pregnant from her husband, while he is pleased with her, she has a reward like that of the one who fasts and stands in prayer in the cause of Allah? Then, when the labor pains seize her, the inhabitants of the heavens and the inhabitants of the earth do not know what has been concealed for her of the delight of the eyes. When she delivers, not a single drop of milk comes out from her, nor is a single suckling taken, except that she receives a good deed for every drop and every suckling. If the child keeps her awake for a night, she receives a reward equivalent to freeing seventy slaves for the sake of Allah." —meaning Salamah asked— "For whom?" He said: "I mean by this those righteous, obedient, and blessed women who do not show ingratitude toward their husbands."

7630 - And from Sa’id bin Jubayr, from Ibn ‘Umar—I think he attributed it to the Prophet (pbuh)—who said: “A woman, from her pregnancy until her delivery and until she completes her [weaning] period, is like the one stationed (Murabit) in the path of Allah. If she dies during that interval, she shall have the reward of a martyr.”

7631 - And on the authority of Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: “A woman came to the Prophet (pbuh) and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, I am the representative of women to you. This Jihad has been ordained by Allah upon men; if they succeed, they are rewarded, and if they are killed, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision. We, the community of women, attend to them, so what do we receive for that?’ Thereupon, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: ‘Convey to those women you meet that obedience to the husband and the acknowledgment of his right is equal to that, and few among you are those who do so.’”

7632 - And on the authority of Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If a woman performs her five daily prayers, fasts her month, guards her chastity, and obeys her husband, she will enter Paradise."

7633 - And from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: “A man came to the Prophet (pbuh) while he intended to go for Jihad and his mother was preventing him. So the Prophet (pbuh) said: ‘Stay with your mother, for indeed you have a reward with her similar to what you would have in Jihad.’ Then another man came to him and said: ‘I have vowed to sacrifice myself.’ The Prophet (pbuh) was preoccupied, so the man went away and was found attempting to sacrifice himself. The Prophet (pbuh) said: ‘Praise be to Allah, who has placed among my nation those who fulfill their vows and fear a day whose evil is widespread. Do you have any wealth?’ He said: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Offer one hundred camels as a sacrifice and distribute them over three years, for you will not find anyone to take them from you all at once.’ Then a woman came to him and said: ‘I am the messenger of the women to you, and there is no woman among them, whether she knows or does not know [of this], except that she supports my coming to you. Allah is the Lord of women and men and their God, and you are the Messenger of Allah to women and men. Allah has prescribed Jihad for men; if they achieve victory, they are enriched, and if they are martyred, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision. So what among their deeds of obedience equals that?’ He said: ‘Obedience to their husbands and the recognition of their rights, and few among you are those who do so.’”

7634 - On the authority of Abd al-Rahman bin Awf, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If a woman prays her five [daily prayers], fasts her month [of Ramadan], guards her private parts, and obeys her husband, it will be said to her: Enter Paradise from whichever of its gates you wish."

7635 - And from Abdurrahman bin Hasanah, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "If a woman fasts her month, prays her five [prayers], obeys her husband, and guards her private parts, let her enter from whichever of the gates of Paradise she wishes."

7636 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh): "Whichever woman fears her Lord, guards her private parts, and obeys her husband, the eight gates of Paradise will be opened for her, and it will be said to her: 'Enter from whichever you wish.'"

7637 - And on the authority of Husayn bin Mihsan, that an aunt of his came to the Prophet (pbuh), and he said to her: "Are you married?" She replied: "Yes." He asked: "How do you treat him?" She replied: "I do not fall short in serving him except in what I am incapable of doing." He said: "Then observe how you are with him, for he is your Paradise and your Hellfire."

7638 - And from Ibn Abbas that a woman from Khath'am came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, inform me what is the right of the husband over the wife, for I am a single woman; if I am able [to fulfill them, I will marry], and if not, I shall remain single?" He said: "Indeed, the right of the husband over his wife is that if he asks for her person while she is on the back of a camel, she should not deny him herself. And among the rights of the husband over the wife is that she does not observe voluntary fasting except with his permission; for if she does so, she has hungered and thirsted, and it is not accepted from her. And she does not leave her house except with his permission; for if she does so, the angels of heaven, the angels of mercy, and the angels of punishment curse her until she returns." She said: "I will certainly never marry."

7639 - And on the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: A man came with his daughter to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said, "This daughter of mine has refused to marry." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to her, "Obey your father." She said, "By the One who sent you with the truth, I will not marry until you inform me of what the right of a husband is over his wife." He said, "The right of the husband over his wife is such that if he had an ulcer and she licked it, or if his nostrils discharged pus or blood and she swallowed it, she would not have fulfilled his right." She said, "By the One who sent you with the truth, I will never marry." The Prophet (pbuh) then said, "Do not marry them off except with their permission."

7640 - And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I am so-and-so daughter of so-and-so." He said: "State your request." She said: "My request is that so-and-so has proposed to me, so inform me what is the right of the husband over his wife; for if it is something I can bear, I will marry him, and if I cannot bear it, I will not marry." He said: "Verily, among the rights of the husband over his wife is that if his nostrils were to flow with blood and pus and she were to lick it, she would not have fulfilled his right. And if it were fitting for a human being to prostrate to another human being, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband when he enters upon her." She said: "By the One Who sent you with the truth, I shall not marry as long as I remain in this world."

7641 - And on the authority of Abu Umamah, who said: "A man asked the Prophet (pbuh) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is the right of the husband over his wife?' He said: 'If a woman were to go out from her house, then return to it and find her husband's flesh falling apart with leprosy, with his nose oozing, and she were to lick it with her tongue, she would not have fulfilled his right. And it is not for a woman to leave her husband's house, nor to give anything from her husband's house except with his permission.'"

7642 - And on the authority of ‘Aidh Allah bin ‘Abd Allah Abu Idris al-Khawlani that Mu‘adh arrived in Yemen, and a woman from Khawlan met him, accompanied by twelve of her sons. She had left their father in her house, and the youngest of them was the one she was most devoted to. She stood and greeted Mu‘adh while two of her sons were holding her by her upper arms. She said: "Who sent you, O man?" Mu‘adh said to her: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) sent me." The woman said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) sent you, and you are the messenger of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)? Will you not then inform me, O messenger of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)?" [Mu‘adh said to her: "Ask me about whatever you wish." She said: "Tell me] what is the right of a man over his wife?" Mu‘adh said to her: "That she fears Allah as much as she is able, and that she hears and obeys." She said: "I adjure you by Allah that you must tell me what is the right of a man over his wife?" Mu‘adh said to her: "Are you not satisfied to hear, obey, and fear Allah?" She said: "Yes, but tell me what is the right of a man over his wife, for I have left the father of these boys as an elderly man in the house." Mu‘adh said to her: "By the One in Whose hand is the soul of Mu‘adh, if you were to return to him and find that leprosy had perforated his flesh and perforated his nostrils, such that you found his nostrils flowing with pus and blood, then you put them in your mouth so as to fulfill his right, you would never have fulfilled it fully."

7643 - And from Zaid bin Arqam, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A woman does not fulfill the right of Allah upon her until she fulfills the right of her husband, even if he were to ask for her while she is on the back of a camel saddle, she should not withhold herself from him."

7644 - And from Maymunah: "That the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) stood in the rank of men and women and said: 'O assembly of women, when you hear the Adhan of this Abyssinian and his Iqamah, say as he says; for indeed, for every letter you shall have one million degrees.' Umar then said: 'This is for the women, so what is for the men?' He replied: 'Double that, O Umar.' Then he turned towards the women and said: 'Indeed, there is no woman who obeys and fulfills the right of her husband, mentions his good traits, and does not betray him concerning herself or his wealth, except that there shall be between her and the martyrs only one degree in Paradise. If her husband was a believer of good character, she shall be his wife in Paradise; otherwise, Allah will marry her to the martyrs.'"

7645 - And on the authority of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (pbuh): "Which of the people has the greatest right over a woman?" He said: "Her husband." I said: "Then which of the people has the greatest right over a man?" He said: "His mother."

7646 - And from Ali, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), he said: "O assembly of women, fear Allah and seek the pleasure of your husbands, for indeed, if a woman knew what the right of her husband is, she would not cease to remain standing as long as his lunch and dinner were served."

And on the authority of Mu'adh bin Jabal, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If a woman knew the right of the husband, she would not sit while his lunch and dinner were served until he had finished them."

7648 - And on the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, does not look at a woman who does not thank her husband while she cannot do without him."

7649 - And on the authority of Mu'adh bin Jabal, that he came to ash-Sham and saw the Christians prostrating to their bishops, patriarchs, and monks, and he saw the Jews prostrating to their rabbis, scholars, and jurists. He said: "For what reason do you do this?" They said: "This is the greeting of the Prophets." We said: "Then we have more right to do this for our Prophet (pbuh)." When he came to the Prophet (pbuh), he prostrated to him. He (the Prophet) said: "What is this, O Mu'adh?" He replied: "I came to ash-Sham and saw the Christians prostrating to their bishops, priests, monks, and patriarchs, and I saw the Jews prostrating to their rabbis, jurists, and scholars. I said: 'For what reason do you perform this and do this?' They said: 'This is the greeting of the Prophets.' I said: 'Then we have more right to do this for our Prophet.'" The Prophet of Allah (pbuh) said: "They have lied about their Prophets just as they have distorted their Book. If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband because of the greatness of his right. And a woman will not find the sweetness of faith until she fulfills the right of her husband, even if he were to ask for her [for intimacy] while she is on the back of a camel saddle."

7650 - And on the authority of Suhayb, that when Mu'adh ibn Jabal arrived in ash-Sham, he saw the Jews prostrating to their scholars and rabbis, and he saw the Christians prostrating to their bishops, monks, and jurists. When he came to the Prophet (pbuh), he prostrated to him. He said: "What is this, O Mu'adh?" He replied: "I arrived in ash-Sham and saw the Jews prostrating to their scholars and rabbis, and I saw the Christians prostrating to their priests, jurists, and monks, so I asked: 'What is this?' They said: 'This is the greeting of the Prophets.'" He (pbuh) said: "They have lied about their Prophets just as they have distorted their Scripture. If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband."

7651 - And it is narrated from Zayd ibn Arqam that he said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) sent Mu'adh ibn Jabal to ash-Sham. When Mu'adh returned, he said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I saw the People of the Book prostrating to their bishops and patriarchs; should we not prostrate to you?' He (pbuh) said: 'No. If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another, I would have commanded the wife to prostrate to her husband.'"

7652 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband."

And from Suraqa bin Malik, he said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband."

7654 - And from Aisha, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was among a group of the Muhajirun and the Ansar when a camel came and prostrated to him. His companions said: "O Messenger of Allah, the beasts and the trees prostrate to you; are we not more deserving of prostrating to you?" He said: "Worship your Lord and honor your brother. If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband; and if he were to command her to move from a yellow mountain to a black mountain, and from one mountain to a white mountain, it would be appropriate for her to do so."

7655 - And on the authority of 'Ismah, who said: A camel belonging to an orphan of the Ansar ran away from us, and we were unable to capture it. So we came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and mentioned that to him. He stood up with us until he reached the garden in which the camel was. When the camel saw the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), it approached until it prostrated to him. We said: "O Messenger of Allah, if you would only command us to prostrate to you as is done for kings?" He said: "That is not for my nation; if I were to do so, I would have commanded women to prostrate to their husbands."

7656 - And on the authority of Ghaylan ibn Salamah, who said: "We were with the Prophet (pbuh) on a journey, and he said: 'If I were to command anyone to prostrate to another, I would have commanded the woman to prostrate to her husband.'"

7657 - And on the authority of Asma bint Yazid al-Ansariyyah, who narrated that she claimed: "That the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) passed through the mosque one day while a group of women were sitting, and he gestured with his hand to them in greeting and said: 'Beware of ingratitude towards the benefactors.' One of them said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I seek refuge with Allah—O Prophet of Allah—from ingratitude towards the blessings of Allah.' He said: 'Indeed, one of you may remain single for a long time and her spinsterhood may be prolonged, then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, provides her with a husband and grants her children and the delight of her eye. Then she becomes angry one time and swears by Allah that she has never seen a single hour of good from him. That is of the ingratitude towards the blessings of Allah, and that is of the ingratitude towards the benefactors.'"

7658 - And on the authority of Asma' bint Yazid that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) went out to the women in a side of the mosque, and I was among them. He heard their voices and said: "O assembly of women, indeed you are the majority of the fuel of Hellfire." So I called out to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) — and I was bold in speaking to him — and I said: "O Messenger of Allah, why?" He said: "Indeed, when you are given, you do not show gratitude; when you are tested, you do not show patience; and when things are withheld from you, you complain. And beware of ingratitude toward benefactors." I said: "O Messenger of Allah, and what is ingratitude toward benefactors?" He said: "A woman remains with a man, and she has borne him two or three children, yet she says: 'I have never seen any good from you at all.'"

7659 - And on the authority of Salma bint Qays, who said: I pledged allegiance to the Prophet (pbuh) among a group of women from the Ansar. She said: Among that which he took as a pledge from us was: "That you do not deceive your husbands." She said: When we departed, we said: "By Allah, what if we asked the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) what constitutes the deception of our husbands?" She said: So we returned and asked him, and he said: "That you show favoritism or give gifts from his wealth to others."

7660 - And on the authority of Zayd bin Arqam that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "If a man calls his wife to his bed, she should respond, even if she is on the back of a saddle."

7661 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A woman has two coverings." It was asked: "And what are they?" He said: "The husband and the grave." It was asked: "And which of them is more concealing?" He said: "The grave."

7662 - And from Anas bin Malik from the Prophet (pbuh) who said: "Shall I not inform you of your men in Paradise?" We said: "Of course, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "The Prophet is in Paradise, the truthful (Siddiq) is in Paradise, the martyr is in Paradise, the newborn is in Paradise, and the man who visits his brother in the far side of the city, visiting him for no reason other than for the sake of Allah, is in Paradise. Shall I not inform you of your women in Paradise?" We said: "Of course, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "Every affectionate and prolific woman who, if she becomes angry, or is mistreated, or her husband becomes angry, says: 'This is my hand in your hand; I shall not taste the sleep of rest until you are pleased.'"

And on the authority of Ka'b bin 'Ujrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Shall I not inform you of your men from the inhabitants of Paradise?" They said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "The Prophet is in Paradise, the martyr is in Paradise, the truthful one is in Paradise, the newborn is in Paradise, and the man who visits his brother in the far side of the city [for the sake of Allah] is in Paradise. Shall I not inform you of your women from the inhabitants of Paradise?" They said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "The affectionate and prolific woman who, if she has wronged or is wronged, says: 'This is my forelock in your hand; I shall not taste sleep until you are pleased.'"

7664 - And from Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Shall I not inform you of your men from among the people of Paradise?" They said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "The Prophet is in Paradise, the truthful one is in Paradise, the martyr is in Paradise, the newborn born into Islam is in Paradise, and the man who is on the outskirts of the city and visits his brother, visiting him for none but Allah, is in Paradise. Shall I not inform you of your women from among the people of Paradise?" We said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "The affectionate, the prolific, who, if she becomes angry or is mistreated, says: 'My hand is in your hand, and I shall not close my eyes in sleep until you are pleased.'"

7665 - And from Mu'adh bin Jabal, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "It is not permissible for a woman to grant permission [for anyone to enter] her husband's house while he is averse, nor to go out while he is averse, nor to obey anyone against him, nor to be harsh towards him, nor to desert his bed, nor to strike him. And even if he were more in the wrong than she, [she should persist] until she pleases him. If he becomes pleased and accepts it from her, then that is well and good; Allah will accept her excuse and grant her success, and there is no sin upon her. But if he refuses to be pleased with her, she has indeed fulfilled her excuse."

7666 - And from Anas bin Malik, from the Prophet (pbuh), that a man went out and commanded his wife not to leave her house. Her father was in the lower part of the house, while she was in the upper part. Her father fell ill, so she sent word to the Prophet (pbuh) and mentioned that to him, and he said: "Obey your husband." Then her father died, so she sent word to the Prophet (pbuh), and he said: "Obey your husband." Then the Prophet (pbuh) sent word to her: "Indeed, Allah has forgiven her father due to her obedience to her husband."

7667 - And on the authority of Jabir bin Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "There are three for whom prayer is not accepted, nor does any good deed of theirs ascend to Allah: the intoxicated person until he becomes sober, the woman whose husband is angry with her, and the runaway slave until he returns and places his hand in the hand of his masters."

7668 - And from Ibn 'Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Two whose prayer does not pass beyond their heads: a runaway slave from his masters until he returns to them, and a woman who has disobeyed her husband until she returns."

7669 - And on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) say: "Indeed, if a woman leaves her home while her husband is averse to that, every angel in the heavens curses her, and everything she passes by except for jinn and humans, until she returns."

7670 - And on the authority of Umm Salama, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, I detest the woman who leaves her house dragging the train of her garment, complaining about her husband."

7671 - And from Ibn Umar, from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), who said: "A woman is 'awrah, and indeed, when she leaves her house, the Shaytan seeks to entice her, and she is never closer to Allah than when she is in the depths of her house."

7672 - And on the authority of Abd al-Rahman bin Shibl, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Recite the Quran, and when you recite it, do not be arrogant with it, do not exceed the bounds in it, do not turn away from it, and do not consume [wealth] by means of it." And he said: "Indeed, women are the inhabitants of the Fire." A man said: "O Messenger of Allah, are they not our mothers, sisters, and daughters?" He then mentioned their ingratitude for the rights of the husband and their neglect of his rights.

7673 - And from Abu Umamah that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Indeed, the Fire was created for the foolish, and they are the women, except for the one who obeyed her husband."

7674 - On the authority of Tamim al-Dari, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "The right of the husband over the wife is that she does not desert his bed, that she fulfills his oath, that she obeys his command, that she does not go out except with his permission, and that she does not allow anyone he dislikes to enter upon him."

7675 - And from Hakim bin Hizam, who said: "The Prophet (pbuh) addressed the women one day, exhorted them, reminded them, and commanded them to fear Allah and to obey their husbands, and to give charity. He said: 'And indeed, among you are those who will enter Paradise' - and he joined his fingers - 'but the majority of you are the fuel of Hell' - and he spread his fingers. A woman asked: 'And why, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Because you curse frequently, show ingratitude to your husbands, and procrastinate in performing good deeds.'"

And on the authority of Asma' bint Abi Bakr that she visited her sister 'A'ishah while al-Zubayr was away, and the Prophet (pbuh) entered and detected the scent of perfume. He said: "What is the harm for a woman if she does not wear perfume while her husband is away?"

7677 - And from Abu Umamah, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "I and a woman with darkened cheeks who shows compassion toward her children, obeys her Lord, and guards her chastity, are like these two," and he joined his fingers together.

7678 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, who said: A woman said: "O Messenger of Allah, what is the reward for the patient endurance (izwah) of the woman?" He (pbuh) said: "Obedience to the husband and acknowledgement of his right." It was narrated by al-Tabarani.

7679 - On the authority of 'Ubadah bin al-Samit, that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) decreed that a woman shall not give anything from her house except with the permission of her husband.

7680 - And on the authority of Wathilah bin al-Asqa' who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "It is not for a woman to expend anything from her wealth except with the permission of her husband, if he possesses the marriage bond over her."

7681 - On the authority of Aisha, who said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) narrated a story to his wives one night, and a woman among them said: 'O Messenger of Allah, it is as if the story is the story of Khurafa.' He said: 'Do you know what [the story of] Khurafa is? Indeed, Khurafa was a man from the people of Udhrah who was captured by the jinn during the Pre-Islamic period (Jahiliyyah). He remained among them for a long time, and then they returned him to mankind. He used to tell the people about the wonders he saw among them, so the people said: "The story of Khurafa."'"

7682 - Al-Tabarani narrated in Al-Awsat from Aisha that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) narrated a report to her while he was with her under a cover. She said: "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of Allah! Had you not narrated this report to me, I would have thought it was a tale of Khurafa." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) asked: "And what is the tale of Khurafa, O Aisha?" She replied: "A thing that, when it is not real, is called a tale of Khurafa." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) then said: "Indeed, the truest of reports is the report of Khurafa. Khurafa was a man from the tribe of Banu Udhra whom the Jinn abducted. He remained with them, and whenever they eavesdropped [on the heavens], they would inform him, and he would inform the people, and they would find it to be exactly as he had said."

7683 - On the authority of Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), she said: I brought the Prophet (pbuh) some harirah that I had cooked for him. I said to Sawda—while the Prophet (pbuh) was between me and her—"Eat," but she refused. I said, "You shall eat, or I will surely smear your face," but she refused. So I put my hand into the harirah and smeared her face. The Prophet (pbuh) laughed and placed his hand for her and said to her, "Smear her face." The Prophet (pbuh) laughed for her. Then Umar passed by and called out, "O Abdullah, O Abdullah!" Thinking that he was about to enter, the Prophet (pbuh) said, "Stand up and wash your faces." Aisha said, "I have continued to stand in awe of Umar due to the reverence the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) had for him."

7684 - And from Ruzaynah, the freedwoman of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), that Sawdah al-Yamaniyyah came to Aisha to visit her, while Hafsah bint Umar was with her. Sawdah arrived in a fine state and appearance, wearing a cloak of Yemeni fabric and a headcovering of the same, and she had two spots like two lentils made of aloe and saffron near the inner corners of her eyes. 'Ulaylah said: "And I have seen women beautify themselves with it." Hafsah said to Aisha: "O Mother of the Believers, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) comes [in a disheveled state] while she is among us shining like this?" The Mother of the Believers said: "Fear Allah, O Hafsah." Hafsah replied: "I shall surely ruin her beautification for her." Sawdah asked: "What are you saying?"—as she was hard of hearing. Hafsah said to her: "O Sawdah, the One-Eyed (Dajjal) has emerged!" She said: "Truly?!" and she became extremely terrified and began to tremble. She asked: "Where should I hide?" Hafsah said: "You must go to the tent"—a tent they had made of palm leaves where they would hide things—so she went and hid in it, and it contained filth and spider webs. Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) arrived while the two of them were laughing, unable to speak from laughter. He said: "Why the laughter?" three times. They both pointed with their hands toward the tent. He went and found Sawdah trembling, and he said to her: "O Sawdah, what is the matter with you?" She said: "O Messenger of Allah, the One-Eyed has emerged." He said: "He has not emerged, but he shall surely emerge; he has not emerged, but he shall surely emerge." Then he entered and brought her out, and began to brush the dust and spider webs off her.

7685 - And from Umm Salama that the Prophet (pbuh) used to enter upon his wives every morning and greet them. Among them was a woman who possessed honey, and whenever he entered upon her, she would present some of it to him, and he would stay with her. Aisha and Hafsa were bothered by that, so when he entered upon them, they said: "O Messenger of Allah, we detect the smell of maghafir from you." Consequently, he gave up that honey.

7686 - And on the authority of 'Amr ibn Hurayth, who said: "There were Abyssinians playing in Madinah, so 'Aisha placed her shoulder upon the shoulder of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and began watching them."

And from Aisha who said: I boasted about my father's wealth during the Pre-Islamic period, and it was the amount of a million ounces. The Prophet (pbuh) said to me: "Keep quiet, O Aisha, for I am to you like Abu Zar' was to Umm Zar'." Then the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) began to relate: "Eleven women gathered during the Pre-Islamic period and pledged that each woman would inform of what is in her husband and not lie. It was said: 'You, O so-and-so?' She said: 'The night is like the night of Tihamah; neither hot nor cold, nor is there fear or weariness.' It was said: 'You, O so-and-so?' She said: 'The scent is the scent of Zarnab (a fragrant plant), and the touch is the touch of a rabbit; I prevail over him while he prevails over people.' It was said: 'You, O so-and-so?' She said: 'By Allah, I have only known him to be one of a high pillar (lofty house), a long sword-belt, of great ashes (generous host), and his house is near to the assembly.' It was said: 'You, O so-and-so?' She said: 'I married Malik, and what a Malik! He has many camels in the pastures and few at their resting places; when they hear the sound of the lute, they realize they are doomed (to be slaughtered for guests).' It was said: 'You, O so-and-so?' She said: 'My husband—I shall not mention him; if I mention him, I would mention his internal and external faults. I fear that I would not leave anything of him (untold).' It was said: 'You, O so-and-so?' She said: 'By Allah, I have only known that when he enters, he is like a leopard, and when he goes out, he is like a lion, and he does not ask about what he has entrusted.' It was said: 'You, O so-and-so?' She said: 'He is the meat of a lean camel on a mountain top; it is not fat that it might be sought, nor is it easy that it might be ascended. It was said: 'You, O so-and-so?' She said: 'By Allah, I only know that when he eats, he finishes everything; when he drinks, he drains the cup; when he slaughters, he leaves nothing; and when he sleeps, he wraps himself up and does not extend his hand to know my sorrow.' It was said: 'You, O so-and-so?' She said: 'I married a very tall man; if I speak, I am divorced, and if I keep quiet, I am left suspended.' It was said: 'You, O so-and-so?' She said: 'He is impotent and clumsy; every ailment is his ailment. He would wound your head or break your limb, or do both to you.' It was said: 'You, O so-and-so?' She said: 'I married Abu Zar', and what an Abu Zar'! He weighed down my ears with ornaments and filled my upper arms with fat. He cheered me until I became happy with myself. He found me among a small flock of sheep in a difficult place, and placed me among horses, camels, threshing, and sifting. With him, I sleep until the morning, I drink until I am satisfied, and I speak and am not rebuked. The son of Abu Zar', and what a son of Abu Zar'! His bed is like a drawn palm branch, and the leg of a young goat satisfies him. The daughter of Abu Zar', and what a daughter of Abu Zar'! She is the fullness of her cloak, the pride of her father, the pride of her mother, and the envy of her neighbor. The slave-girl of Abu Zar', and what a slave-girl of Abu Zar'! She does not disclose our secrets, she does not squander our provisions, and she does not leave our house in a mess. Then Abu Zar' went out when the milk-skins were being churned, and he encountered a woman with two boys like two leopards; so Abu Zar' married her and divorced me. [Then I replaced him] and every replacement is deficient. I married a noble young man, who rode a swift horse and took a spear. He gave me many cattle and gave me a pair of every kind of livestock. He said: 'Eat, O Umm Zar', and provide for your family.' Yet, if I were to gather all of that, it would not fill the smallest vessel of Abu Zar's.'" Aisha said: "O Messenger of Allah, you are better to me than Abu Zar' was [to Umm Zar']."

And from Aisha, she said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) entered upon me and said: "O Aisha, I have been to you like Abu Zar' was to Umm Zar'." The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Indeed, in a village among the villages of Yemen, there were sub-tribes from the sub-tribes of Yemen, and in it were eleven women. They went out to a gathering of theirs and some of them said to others: 'Come, let us mention our husbands with some of what is in them, and we shall not lie.' So it was said to the first: 'Speak,' and she said..." He said: And he mentioned the Hadith. And the second said—and she was 'Amrah bint 'Amr. And it was said to the third: "Speak," and she was Hubba bint Ka'b. It was said to the fourth: "Speak," and she was Hudad, the daughter of Abu Harawayh. It was said to the fifth: "Speak," and she was Kabshah. It was said to the sixth: "Speak," and she was Hind. It was said to the seventh: "Speak," and she was Hubba bint 'Alqamah. It was said to the eighth: "Speak," and she was Asma' bint 'Abd. It was said to the ninth: "Speak," and he did not name her. It was said to the tenth: "Speak," and she was Kabshah bint al-Arqam. It was said to Umm Zar'—and she was the daughter of al-Ukayhil ibn Sa'idah: "Speak," and she said: "Abu Zar', and what is Abu Zar'?" He said: And he mentioned the Hadith.

7689 - And from Aisha, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Eleven women gathered in the pre-Islamic period and pledged that they would be truthful with one another and would not conceal anything regarding the news of their husbands. The first said: 'My husband is like the meat of a lean camel on the peak of a difficult mountain; it is not a level path to be climbed, nor is it fat enough to be worth moving.' The second said: 'My husband—I will not spread his news, for I fear I would not be able to finish it; if I mention him, I mention his hidden and apparent faults.' The third said: 'My husband is excessively tall; if I speak, I am divorced, and if I remain silent, I am left suspended.' The fourth said: 'My husband, when he eats, he mixes everything; when he drinks, he leaves nothing; when he lies down, he wraps himself; and he does not extend his hand to know my sorrow.' The fifth said: 'My husband is impotent and clumsy; every ailment is his ailment; he would fracture your head or wound you, or do both to you.' The sixth said: 'My husband is like the night of Tihamah; neither hot nor cold, and there is neither fear nor boredom.' The seventh said: 'My husband, when he enters, he is like a leopard, and when he goes out, he is like a lion, and he does not ask about what he has entrusted.' The eighth said: 'My husband’s touch is the touch of a rabbit and the scent is the scent of the fragrant Zarnab plant, and I overcome him while people overcome others.' The ninth said: 'My husband is of high status, long-sworded, abundant in ash, and his house is near the assembly.' The tenth said: 'My husband is Malik, and what is Malik? Malik is better than that; he has camels that stay near the house and rarely go to pasture; when they hear the sound of the lute, they realize they are about to be slaughtered.' The eleventh said: 'My husband is Abu Zar', and what is Abu Zar'? He has adorned my ears with jewelry and filled my upper arms with fat, and he made me so pleased that I felt proud of myself. He found me among a family of poor sheep-owners in a ravine and placed me among people of horses, camels, threshing, and winnowing. With him, I speak and am not belittled, I sleep until morning, and I drink until my thirst is quenched. The mother of Abu Zar', and what is the mother of Abu Zar'? Her storage bags are large and her house is spacious. The son of Abu Zar', and what is the son of Abu Zar'? His sleeping place is like a drawn thin branch, and the leg of a young goat satisfies him. The daughter of Abu Zar', and what is the daughter of Abu Zar'? She is obedient to her mother and obedient to her father, she fills her garment, and she is a cause of envy for her neighbor. The servant girl of Abu Zar', and what is the servant girl of Abu Zar'? She does not spread our secrets abroad, she does not waste our provisions, and she does not let our house become messy like a nest. Abu Zar' went out when the milk skins were being churned and passed by a woman who had two sons with her like leopards, playing under her waist with two pomegranates; so he divorced me and married her. I married after him a noble man who rode a swift horse, took a spear in his hand, and brought many cattle back to me. He gave me a pair of every kind of animal and said: 'Eat, O Umm Zar', and provide for your family.' Yet, if I were to gather everything he gave me, it would not fill the smallest vessel of Abu Zar'.'" Aisha said: "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'I am to you as Abu Zar' was to Umm Zar'.'"

7690 - From Abdullah – meaning Ibn Mas'ud – who said: I was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) while his companions were with him, when a naked woman approached. A man from the people stood up to her, threw a garment over her, and drew her to himself. The face of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) changed, so some of his companions said: "I think she is his wife." The Prophet (pbuh) said: "I think she is feeling jealous; indeed, Allah (Exalted and Majestic) has prescribed jealousy for women and Jihad for men, so whoever among them is patient will have the reward of a martyr."

7691 - And from Safiyya bint Huyayy, that the Prophet (pbuh) performed Hajj with his wives. While they were on part of the road, a man dismounted and drove them [the camels] and made them go fast. So the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Thus is your driving of the vessels," meaning the women. While they were traveling, the camel of Safiyya bint Huyayy knelt down [exhausted], and she had among the best of them in terms of mounts. She began to cry, and the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) came until he was informed of that. He began to wipe her tears with his hand, but she continued to increase her weeping while he was forbidding her. When she persisted, he rebuked and scolded her, and he ordered the people to halt, so they halted, though he had not intended to halt. She said: So they halted, and it was my day. When they halted, the tent of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was pitched and he entered it. She said: I did not know what kind of reception I would face from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), and I feared that there might be something against me in his soul. So I went to Aisha and said to her: "You know that I would never sell my day with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) for anything ever, but I have gifted my day to you on the condition that you make the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) pleased with me." She said: "Yes." He said: So Aisha took a veil of hers that she had dyed with saffron and sprinkled it with water so its scent would be fragrant. Then she put on her clothes and went to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and lifted the edge of the tent. He said to her: "What is with you, O Aisha? This is not your day." She said: "That is the favor of Allah which He bestows upon whom He wills." He stayed with his wife. When it was time to depart, he said to Zaynab bint Jahsh: "O Zaynab, lend your sister Safiyya a camel," as she was among those with the most mounts. She said: "Should I lend to your Jewess?" The Prophet (pbuh) became angry when he heard that from her, and he avoided her and did not speak to her until he arrived in Makkah, and during the days of Mina on his journey, until he returned to Madinah, and during the months of Muharram and Safar; he did not come to her nor did he allot a turn for her until she despaired of him. When it was the month of Rabi' al-Awwal, he entered upon her, and she saw his shadow and said: "This is the shadow of a man, yet the Prophet (pbuh) does not enter upon me, so who is this?" Then the Prophet (pbuh) entered. When she saw him, she said: "O Messenger of Allah, I do not know what to do now that you have entered upon me." She said: And she had a maidservant whom she used to hide from the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), so she said: "So-and-so [the maid] is yours." Then the Prophet (pbuh) walked to the bed of Zaynab, which had been put away, and he set it up with his hand, then he stayed with his wife and was pleased with them.

7692 - And on the authority of Aisha, who said: Safiyya sent some food that she had prepared for the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) while he was with me. When I saw the servant-girl, a tremor seized me until I was overcome by a shiver, so I struck the bowl and threw it. She said: Then I looked at the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and recognized anger in his face, so I said: I seek refuge with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) from him cursing me today.

7693 - And on the authority of Aisha, who said: Umm Salama was with us, and the Prophet (pbuh) arrived at the onset of the night. She said: Then I mentioned something he had done with his hand, and he was not noticing Umm Salama. She said: And she [Aisha] began gesturing to him until he noticed. He said to Umm Salama: "Is it like this now? Was there not one of us with you except in her private time as I see?" And she [Umm Salama] reviled Aisha. The Prophet (pbuh) began forbidding her, but she refused. So the Prophet (pbuh) said: "Revile her [back]." So she reviled her until she overcame her. Then Umm Salama went to Ali and Fatima and said: "Indeed, Aisha reviled her and said such and such about you." Ali said [to Fatima]: "Go to him and say to him: 'Indeed, Aisha said such and such about us.'" So I [Fatima] came to him and mentioned that to him which he had said to her. He said: "Is it not enough for you that Aisha said such and such to us until Fatima came to you?" Then she [Fatima] said to her [Umm Salama]: "She is the beloved of your father, by the Lord of the Kaaba." Then she returned to Ali and mentioned to him what he had said to her, and he said: "Is it not enough for you that Aisha said such and such to us until Fatima came to you?" Then she said to her: "She is the beloved of your father, by the Lord of the Kaaba."

And on the authority of Aisha, she said: My luggage was light, and it was on a swift camel, while Safiyya's luggage was heavy, and it was on a slow camel that was delaying the caravan. So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Transfer Aisha's luggage onto Safiyya's camel, and transfer Safiyya's luggage onto Aisha's camel, so that the caravan may proceed." Aisha said: When I saw that, I said: "O servants of Allah! This Jewish woman has triumphed over us with the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)." She said: So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "O Umm Abdullah, your luggage was light, and Safiyya's luggage was heavy, which delayed the caravan; so we moved her luggage onto your camel and moved your luggage onto her camel." She said: I said: "Do you not claim to be the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)?" She said: He smiled and said: "Are you in doubt, O Umm Abdullah?" She said: I said: "Do you not claim to be the Messenger of Allah? Why then have you not been just?" Abu Bakr heard me—and he had a sharp temper—so he came toward me and slapped my face. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "Stay your hand, O Abu Bakr." He said: "O Messenger of Allah, did you not hear what she said?" The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "A jealous woman cannot distinguish the bottom of the valley from its top."

7695 - And on the authority of Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) was on a journey and we were with him. A camel belonging to Safiyyah became ill, and Zainab had an extra camel. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said to her: "Safiyyah's camel has become ill; would you give her a camel of yours?" She said: "Shall I give to this Jewish woman?" So the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) became angry and avoided her for the remainder of Dhu al-Hijjah, Muharram, Safar, and some days of the month of Rabi' al-Awwal, until she put away her belongings and her bed, thinking that he had no need for her. Then, while she was sitting one day at midday, she saw his shadow approaching, so she put back her bed and her belongings.

7696 - On the authority of Abdullah bin Amr, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "If a man marries a virgin, he stays with her for three days."

7697 - And on the authority of Ibn Abbas, from the Prophet (pbuh), who said: "Indeed, for the virgin there are seven [nights], and for the previously married woman there are three."

And on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to, whenever he intended to travel, cast lots among his wives, and the lot fell to Aisha during the expedition of Banu al-Mustaliq.

7699 - And on the authority of Sawdah bint Zam'ah, that she gifted her day to 'Aisha..

7700 - On the authority of Abu Mas'ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: "The maternal aunt is a mother."