Hadith #3001 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA woman without a husband* must not be married till she is consulted, and a virgin must not be married till her permission is asked.â When asked how her permission was indicated he replied that it was by her saying nothing. * Ayyim. This means a woman who has no husband. It may mean a woman who has not been married, whether a virgin or not, or a woman previously married who has no husband. See n. 2. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3002 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported the Prophet as saying, âA woman without a husband has more right to her person than her guardian, and a virginâs permission must be asked about herself, her permission being her silence.â In a version he said, âA woman who has been previously married* has more right to her person than her guardian, and a virgin must be consulted, her permission consisting in her saying nothing.â In another version he said, âA woman who has been previously married has more right
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Hadith #3003 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Khansaâ daughter of Khidham told that when her father married her when she had previously been married and she disapproved of that, she went to Godâs Messenger and he revoked her marriage. A version by Ibn Majah has âthe marriage her father.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3004 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that the Prophet married her when she was seven, she was brought to live with him when she was nine bringing her toys with her, and he died when she was eighteen. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3005 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Musa reported the Prophet as saying, âThere is no marriage without a guardian.â Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3006 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf any woman marries without the consent of her guardian her marriage is void, her marriage is void, her marriage is void. If there is cohabitation she gets her dower for the intercourse her husband has had. If there is a dispute*, the sultan is the guardian of one who has none.â * i.e., among guardians, Mirqat iii. 418 says that if their dispute would keep a woman from being married, they are treated as non-existent. Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Da
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Hadith #3007 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported the Prophet as saying, âAdulteresses are those women who marry themselves without evidence.â The soundest view is that it does not go back farther than Ibn âAbbas. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3008 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âAn orphan girl should be consulted about herself; if she says nothing that indicates her permission, but if she refuses, the authority of the guardian cannot be exercised against her will.â Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it, and Darimi transmitted it on the authority of Abu Musa.
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Hadith #3009 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported the Prophet as saying, âAny slave who marries without his masterâs permission is a fornicator.â Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3010 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas told that a virgin came to Godâs Messenger and mentioned that her father had married her against her will, so the Prophet allowed her to exercise her choice. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3011 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA woman may not give a woman in marriage, nor may she give herself in marriage, for the immoral woman is the one who gives herself in marriage.â Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #3012 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid and Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âHe who has a son born to him should give him a good name and a good education and marry him when he reaches puberty. If he does not marry him when he reaches puberty and He commits sin, its guilt rests only upon his father.â Baihaqi transmitted in Shuâab al-iman.
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Hadith #3013 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUmar b. al-Khattab and Anas b. Malik reported Godâs Messenger as saying that it is written in the Torah, âIf anyone does not give his daughter in marriage when she reaches twelve and she commits sin, the guilt of that rests on him.â Baihaqi transmitted in Shuâab al-iman.
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Hadith #3014 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
The Prophet came and entered when I had been conducted to my husband, and sat on my bedding as you are sitting beside me. Some little girls of ours began to play the tambourine and eulogise those of my ancestors who were killed at the battle of Badr, and then one of them said: âAnd among us is a prophet who knows what will happen tomorrow.â Thereupon he said, âStop this and say what you were saying.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3015 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told that when a bride was conducted to one of the Ansar, Godâs Prophet said, âHave you no amusement? The Ansar are delighted by amusement.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3016 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âGodâs Messenger married me in Shawwal and cohabited with me in Shawwal, so which of the wives of Godâs Messenger was more beloved by him than I?â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3017 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUqba b. âAmir reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe most worthy conditions you fulfil are those by which you make sexual intercourse lawful.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3018 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA man must ânot ask a woman in marriage when his brother has done so already, until he marries or gives her up.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3019 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA woman must not ask to have her sister* divorced in order to deprive her of what belongs to her, but she must marry, because she will have what has been decreed for her.â (Bukhari and Muslim.) * The word âsisterâ is here used in a general sense. The tradition has been explained as referring to one of a manâs wives trying to get him to divorce another, but it probably refers to a woman whom the man has asked in marriage wanting him to divorce h
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Hadith #3020 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said Godâs Messenger prohibited shighar, which means that a man gives his daughter in marriage on condition that the other gives his daughter to him in marriage without any dower being paid by either. In a version by Muslim he said, âThere is no shighar in Islam.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3021 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli said that at the battle for Khaibar Godâs Messenger forbade the temporary marriage (mutâa) of women, and eating the flesh of domestic asses. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3022 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Salama b. al-Akwa said that in the year of Autas* Godâs Messenger permitted a temporary marriage for three nights, but afterwards he prohibited it. *This was after the battle of Hunain in 8 A.H. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3023 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Messenger taught us the tashahhud in the prayer and in case of some need, saying that the tashahhud in the prayer is, âThe adorations of the tongue, acts of worship and all good things belong to God. Peace, and Godâs mercy and blessings be upon you, O Prophet. Peace be upon us and upon Godâs upright servants. I testify that there is no god but God, and I testify that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger.â The tashahhud in case of some need is, âPraise be to God from whom we as
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Hadith #3024 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âEvery sermon which does not contain a tashahhud is like a hand cut off.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.
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Hadith #3025 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âEvery important matter which is not begun by an expression of praise to God is maimed.â Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #3026 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âMake this marriage publicly known, solemnise it in the mosques, and play tambourines in honour of it.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition.
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Hadith #3027 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muhammad b. Hatib al-Jumahi reported the Prophet as saying, âThe distinction between what is lawful and what is unlawful is the song and the tambourine at a wedding.â Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Nasaâi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #3028 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I had a girl of the Ansar whom I gave in marriage, and Godâs Messenger said, âWhy do you not sing, âAâisha, for this clan of the Ansar like singing?â Ibn Hibban transmitted it in his Sahih.
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Hadith #3029 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha gave a woman relative of hers among the Ansar in marriage and Godâs Messenger came and said, âHave you escorted the girl to her husband?â On being told that they had, he asked whether they had sent someone along with her to sing, and when she replied that they had not, he said, âThe Ansar are a people who give a place to love songs. I wish you had sent with her someone to say, âWe have come to you, we have come to you; so may God preserve us and preserve youâ.â Ibn Maja
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Hadith #3030 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Samura reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf two guardians have given any woman in marriage she marries the man for whom the first arranged, and if anyone sells anything to two men it goes to the first of them.â Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasaâi and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3031 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
When we were on an expedition along with Godâs Messenger and had no women with us we asked whether we should not have ourselves castrated, but he forbade us to do that. Then he granted us licence to contract temporary marriages, and one would marry a woman giving a garment as dower up to a fixed date. Then âAbdallah recited, âYou who believe, do not make unlawful the good things which God has made lawful for youâ (Al-Qurâan 5:87). (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3032 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
The temporary marriage applied only in the early days of Islam. A man would come to a settlement where he had no acquaintance and marry a woman for the period it was thought he would stay there, and she would look after his belongings and cook for him. But Ibn âAbbas said that when the verse came down, âExcept their wives or the captives their right hands possess,â (Al-Qurâan 23:6) intercourse with anyone else became unlawful. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3033 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Going in and finding Qaraza b. Kaâb and Abu Masâud al-Ansari at a wedding where girls were singing I said, âIs this being done in the presence of you two who are companions of Godâs Messenger and were present at Badr ?â They replied, âSit down if you wish and listen along with us, or go away if you wish, for we have been given licence for amusement at a wedding.â Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3034 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA man may not marry a woman and her paternal aunt, or a woman and her maternal aunt.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3035 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhat is unlawful by reason of consanguinity is unlawful by reason of fosterage.â Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3036 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
My paternal uncle through fosterage came and asked permission to enter, but I refused to allow him till I asked Godâs Messenger. When he came I asked him and he said, âHe is your paternal uncle, so give him permission.â I replied, âMessenger of God, it was only the woman who suckled me and not the manâ whereupon he said, âHe is your paternal uncle, so let him come in where you are.â That was after seclusion was instituted for us. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3037 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli said, âMessenger of God, would you like the daughter of your paternal uncle Hamza, for she is the most beautiful girl in Quraish?â He replied, âDo you not know that Hamza is my foster-brother, and that God has prohibited by reason of fosterage what He has prohibited by reason of genealogy?â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3038 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Umm al-Fadl stated that Godâs Prophet said, âBeing suckled once or twice does not make marriage unlawful.â In âAâishaâs version he said, âOne or two sucks do not make marriage unlawful.â In another by Umm al-Fadl he said, âOne suckling or two does not make marriage unlawful.â These are versions by Muslim.
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Hadith #3039 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that in what was sent down in the Qurâan ten known sucklings made marriage unlawful, but they were abrogated by five known ones, and when Godâs Messenger died these words were among what was recited in the Qurâan. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3040 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She said that the Prophet visited her when a man was with her and he seemed to disapprove of that. She told him that he was her brother and he replied, âConsider* who your brothers are, for fosterage is that consequent on hungerâ (Fosterage applies only to infants and not to children who are able to take solid food). * The verb is in the plural, indicating that this is a general instruction and not simply a reply to Aâisha. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3041 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUqba b. al-Harith said he married a daughter of Ihab b. âAziz and a woman came and said she had suckled âUqba and the woman whom he had married, to which he replied, âI am not aware that you suckled me, and you did not inform me.â So he sent to the family of Abu Ihab and asked them, and when they told him that they did not know whether she had suckled their daughter he rode to the Prophet in Medina and asked him. Godâs Messenger said, âHow can you hesitate when you have been told?
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Hadith #3042 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
At the battle of Hunain Godâs Messenger sent an army to Autas, and they met an enemy and fought with them. . Having prevailed over them and taken captives the Prophetâs companions seemed to hold back from having intercourse with them because of their husbands among the polytheists. Then God most high sent down regarding that, âAnd women already married, except those whom your right hands possessâ (Al-Qurâan 4:24). That means that they were lawful for them when their âidda* period cam
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Hadith #3043 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira said that Godâs Messenger forbade that a woman should be married to one who had married her paternal aunt, or a paternal aunt to one who had married her brotherâs daughter, or a woman to one who had married her maternal aunt, or a maternal aunt to one who had married her sisterâs daughter. A younger sister must not be married to one who has married an elder sister, nor an elder sister to one who has married a younger sister. Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Darimi and Nasaâi transmitted
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Hadith #3044 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
My maternal uncle Abu Burda b. Niyar passed me carrying a standard, and I asked him where he was going. He replied, âThe Prophet has sent me to bring him the head of a man who has married his fatherâs wife.â A version by Abu Dawud, Nasaâi, Ibn Majah and Darimi has, âHe has ordered me to cut off his head and take his property.â This version has âmy paternal uncleâ instead of âmy maternal uncle.â Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3045 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Umm Salama reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe only suckling which makes marriage unlawful is that which is taken from, the breast and enters the bowels, and is taken before the time of weaning.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3046 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Hajjaj b. Hajjaj al-Aslami quoted his father as saying, âMessenger of God, what will remove from me the obligation due for fostering a child.â* He replied, âA slave or a slave-girl of good quality.â *It is said that Arabs liked to give a woman who had fostered a child something over and above the hire. This tradition deals with the amount to be considered full compensation for services rendered. Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasaâi and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3047 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
When I was sitting with the Prophet a woman came forward and the Prophet spread out his cloak and she sat on it. Then when she went away someone said that this woman had suckled the Prophet. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3048 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar told that Ghailan b. Salama ath-Thaqafi accepted Islam and that he had had ten wives in the pre-Islamic period who accepted Islam along with him; so the Prophet told him to keep four and separate from the rest of them. Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #3049 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
When I accepted Islam I had five wives, so I consulted the Prophet and he said, âSeparate from one and keep four.â I therefore decided on the one who had been longest with me and had been barren for sixty years,* and separated from her. * This statement may seem strange when one considers that Naufal is said to have died in the Caliphate of Yazid b. Muâawiya (60-64 A.H.). Some say he lived 60 years in the pre-Islamic period and 60 years in Islam. Others says he died aged 100. He is said to
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Hadith #3050 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ad-Dahhak b. Fairuz ad-Dailamli told on his fatherâs authority that he had said, âMessenger of God, I have accepted Islam and I am married to two sisters.â He replied, âChoose whichever of them you wish.â Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #3051 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas told that a woman who had accepted Islam married, and her husband (i.e. the one she had left to marry another when she became a Muslim) went to the Prophet and said, âMessenger of God, I have accepted Islam and she knew that I had done so.â So Godâs Messenger took her away from her second husband and restored her to her first. In a version he said, âShe accepted Islam along with me,â so he restored her to him. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3052 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
In Sharh as-sunna it is related that the Prophet restored a number of women to their husbands by the first marriage when they had both accepted Islam after the change of religion and dwelling. Among them was the daughter of al-Walid b. Mughira, the wife of Safwan b. Umayya. She accepted Islam on the day of the Conquest, but her husband fled from Islam. Then his cousin Wahb b. âUmair was sent to him with Godâs Messengerâs cloak as a guarantee of security to Safwan, and when he came Godâs
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Hadith #3053 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Seven classes of women are prohibited by reason of consanguinity and seven by reason of relationship by marriage. He then recited, âProhibited to you are your mothers â¦â (Al-Qurâan 4:23). Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3054 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. Shuâaib, on his fatherâs authority, said that his grandfather reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf any man marries a woman and cohabits with her it is not lawful for him to marry her daughter, but if he does not cohabit with her he may marry her daughter; and if any man marries a woman it is not lawful of him to marry her mother whether he has cohabited with her or not.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a tradition which is not sound, with respect to its isnad. It i
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Hadith #3055 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âWhen a man has intercourse with his wife through the vagina, but being on her back, the child will have a squint,â so the verse came down, âYour wives are a tilth to you, so come to your tilth however you willâ (Al-Qurâan 2:223). (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3056 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that in the period when the Qurâan was coming down they used to withdraw the penis.* * i.e. before emission of semen, to avoid conception. (Bukhari and Muslim.) Muslim added that the Prophet heard of that and did not prohibit it.
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Hadith #3057 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He told of a man who went to Godâs Messenger and said, âI have a slave-girl who is our servant and I have intercourse with her, but do not want her to conceive.â He replied, âWithdraw your penis from her if you wish, for what is decreed for her will come to her.â After a time the man came and told him the girl had become pregnant, and he said, âI told you that what was decreed for her would come to her.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3058 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
We went out with Godâs Messenger on the expedition to the B. al-Mustaliq (an expedition in 6 A.H) and took some Arab women captive, and we desired the women, for we were suffering from the absence of our wives. We liked withdrawing the penis and wanted to do so, but we asked ourselves whether we could do it when Godâs Messenger was among us before asking him. So we asked him about that and he replied, âIt does not matter if you do not do it, for every soul that is to be born up to the day
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Hadith #3059 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that when Godâs Messenger was asked about withdrawing the penis he replied, âThe child does not come from all the liquid, and when God intends to create anything nothing can prevent Him.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3060 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Saâd b. Abu Waqqas told of a man who came to Godâs Messenger and said that he withdrew his penis from his wife. He asked him why he did that and the man replied that he feared for her child, so Godâs Messenger said, âIf that were injurious it would injure the Persians and the Greeks.â* * This is explained as referring to a woman who is suckling a child, and the fear that the child, would be injured if she became pregnant. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3061 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I was with Godâs Messenger along with some people when he was saying, âI intended to prohibit suckling during pregnancy* but I considered the Greeks and the Persians and saw that they suckled their children during pregnancy without any injury being caused to their children thereby.â Then they asked him about withdrawing the penis and Godâs Messenger replied, âThat is the secret burying aliveâ and reference is made to it in the words, âWhen the girl buried alive will be asked (Al-Qu
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Hadith #3062 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Saâid al-Khudri reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe most serious breach of trust in Godâs sight on the day of resurrection â¦â A version has, âAmong those who will have the worst position in Godâs sight on the day of resurrection is the man who has intercourse with his wife, and she with him, and then spreads her secret.â* * i.e. talks about the subject to others, or tells people about defects or beauties he has found in her. Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3063 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Godâs Messenger received the revelation, âYour wives are a tilth to you, so come to your tilth . . .â (Al-Qurâan 2:223) that means from in front or behind, but avoid the anus and intercourse during menstruation. Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #3064 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Khuzaima b. Thabit reported the Prophet as saying, âGod is not ashamed of the truth. Do not have intercourse with women through the anus.â Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3065 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âHe who has intercourse with his wife through her anus is accursed.â Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3066 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âGod will not look at him who has intercourse with his wife through her anus.â It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #3067 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âGod will not look at a man who has intercourse with a man or a woman through the anus.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3068 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Asmaâ daughter of Yazid said she heard Godâs Messenger say, âDo not kill your children secretly, for the milk with which a child is suckled while his mother is pregnant overtakes the horseman and throws him from his horse.â* * It is here said that a child which is suckled while his mother is pregnant will suffer from it in later life, the tradition speaking specifically of his being thrown from his horse and killed. Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3069 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUmar b. al-Khattab said Godâs Messenger forbade withdrawing the penis from a free woman unless she gives permission. Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #3070 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUrwa told onâ Aâishaâs authority that Godâs Messenger said to her concerning Barira, âTake her and set her free.â Now her husband was a slave, so Godâs Messenger gave her her choice and she chose to separate from him; but if he had been free he would not have given her her choice. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3071 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Bariraâs husband was a negro slave called Mughith whom I can still picture going round behind her in the streets of Medina weeping with the tears flowing on his beard. The Prophet said to al- âAbbas, âAre you not astonished, âAbbas, at Mughithâs love; of Barira and Bariraâs hatred of Mughith?â The Prophet expressed a wish that she would take him back, but when she asked whether he was giving her a command and he replied that he was merely interceding, she said, âI have no need of
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Hadith #3072 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said she wanted to set free two slaves of hers who were married, so she consulted the Prophet and he ordered her to begin with the man before the woman. Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3073 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She said that Barira became free when she was with Mughith and Godâs Messenger gave her her choice saying, âIf he has intercourse with you, you will not be allowed to exercise choice.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3074 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Sahl b. Saâd told of a woman who came to Godâs Messenger and offered herself to him. When she had stood for a long time (i.e. without receiving an answer) a man got up and said, âMessenger of God, marry her to me if you have no need of her.â He asked him if he had anything to give her as dower, and when he replied that he had nothing but the lower garment he was wearing, he said, âLook for something, even though it should be an iron ring.â Then when the man had sought and found nothi
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Hadith #3075 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Salama said he asked âAâisha how much the Prophet had given as dower, and she replied that his dower to his wives was twelve uqiyas* and a nashsh. She asked whether he knew what a nashsh was, and when he replied that he did not, she said it was half an uqiya; so the total was five hundred dirhams. * The uqiya was 40 dirhams. Muslim transmitted it. Nashsh is in the nominative in Sharh as-sunna and all the sources.
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Hadith #3076 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Do not go to extremes in giving women their dower, for if it represented honour in this world and piety in Gods sight, the one of you most entitled to do so would have been Godâs Prophet. I am not aware of Godâs Messenger marrying any of his wives or giving any of his daughters in marriage for more than twelve uqiyas. Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasaâi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3077 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf anyone gives as a dower to his wife two handfuls of flour or dates he has made her lawful for him.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3078 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmir b. Rabiâa said that a woman of the B. Fazara was married for a dower of two sandals. When Godâs Messenger asked whether she was satisfied with two sandals regarding her person and her property and she replied that she was, he gave his approval. Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3079 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAlqama quoted Ibn Masâud as saying he was asked about a man who had married a woman without fixing any settlement on her or cohabiting with her till he died. Ibn Masâud said she should receive the type of dower given to women of her class with so diminution or excess, observe the âidda period and have her share of the inheritance. Maâqil b. Sinan al-Ashjaâi then got up and said, âGodâs Messenger gave a decision regarding Birwaâ daughter of Washiq, a woman of our tribe, to the
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Hadith #3080 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Umm Habiba said she was married to âAbdallah b. Jahsh who died in Abyssinia, so the Negus married her to the Prophet, giving her on his behalf a dower of four thousand. (A version has four thousand dirhams.) He sent her to Godâs Messenger with Shurahbil b. Hasana. Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3081 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that Abu Talha married Umm Sulaim, the dower between them being acceptance of Islam. Umm Sulaim had become a Muslim before Abu Talha, and when he asked her in marriage she said, âI have become a Muslim, so if you become one I shall marry you.â He then accepted Islam and that was the dower arranged between them. Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3082 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said the Prophet saw the trace of yellow on âAbd ar-Rahman b. âAuf and asked what that was. He replied, âI have married a woman for a nawat* weight of gold.â He said, âGod bless you! Hold a wedding- feast, even if only with a sheep.â *a weight of five dirhams. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3083 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that Godâs Messenger did not hold such a wedding-feast for any of his wives as he did for Zainab. He held a wedding-feast with a sheep. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3084 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that Godâs Messenger held a wedding-feast when he took up cohabitation with Zainab daughter of Jahsh and gave the people their fill of bread and meat. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3085 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He said that Godâs Messenger set Safiya free and married her, making her freedom her dower, and he held a wedding-feast for her with hais (A dish made of dates mixed with clarified butter and dried curd, kneaded and rubbed together. Sometimes flour was added.) (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3086 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
The Prophet stayed three nights between Khaibar and Medina when he took up cohabitation with Safiya, and I called the Muslims to his wedding-feast which included no bread or meat. He just ordered some cloths to be spread, and dates, dried curd and clarified butter were thrown on them. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3087 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Safiya daughter of Shaiba said the Prophet held a wedding-feast for one of his wives with two muds of barley. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3088 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âUmar reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen one of you is invited to a wedding-feast he must attend it.â In a version by Muslim he said, âHe must accept, whether it is a wedding-feast or something of that nature.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3089 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen one of you is invited to a meal he must accept. If he wishes he may eat, but if he wishes he may leave the food alone.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3090 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe worst kind of food is that at a wedding-feast to which the rich are invited and from which the poor are left out. If anyone rejects an invitation he has disobeyed God and His Messenger.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3091 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
One of the Ansar whose kunya was Abu Shuâaib had a servant who sold meat. He said, âPrepare for me food which will be enough for five; perhaps I shall invite the Prophet along with other four.â He prepared a small meal for him, and then he went and invited him. A man followed them, and the Prophet said, âA man has followed us, Abu Shuâaib, so if you wish you may let him join us, but if you wish you may leave him outside.â He replied, âNo, I shall let him join us.â (Bukhari and Mu
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Hadith #3092 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said the Prophet held a wedding-feast for Safiya with meal and dates. Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #3093 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Safina told that âAli b. Abu Talib prepared food for a man who was his guest, and Fatima said, âI wish we had invited Godâs Messenger and he had eaten with us.â They invited him and when he came he put his hands on the side-posts of the door, but when he saw the figured curtain which had been put at the end of the house he went away. Fatima said she followed him and asked, âWhat turned you back, Messenger of God?â He replied, âIt is not fitting for me or for any prophet to enter a
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Hadith #3094 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âUmar reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âHe who does not accept an invitation which he receives has disobeyed God and His Messenger, and he who enters without an invitation enters as a thief and goes out as a raider.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3095 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
A companion of Godâs Messenger reported him as saying, âWhen two people come together to issue an invitation accept that of the one who lives nearer you, but if one of them comes before the other accept the invitation of the one who comes first.â Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3096 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn Masâud reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe food on the first day is a duty, that on the second is a sunna, but that on the third day is to make men hear of it; and if anyone makes men hear of what he does God will make him heard ofâ (i.e. will publish his hypocrisy on the day of resurrection). Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3097 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âIkrima, on the authority of Ibn âAbbas, said the Prophet forbade that the food of two people who were rivalling one another should be eaten. Abu Dawud transmitted it. Muhyi as-Sunna said the sound version is that it comes from âIkrima from the Prophet in mursal form.
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Hadith #3098 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe invitations of two people who are rivalling one another should not be accepted, and the food they provide should not be eaten.â The imam Ahmad said it means two people who are competing with one another in providing a feast out of self-glory and ostentation. Baihaqi transmitted in Shuâab al-iman
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Hadith #3099 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âImran b. Husain said Godâs Messenger forbade accepting invitations to food provided by profligates. Baihaqi transmitted in Shuâab al-iman
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Hadith #3100 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported the Prophet as saying, âWhen one of you visits his brother Muslim he should eat of his food without asking questions and drink from what he provides without asking questions.â Baihaqi transmitted the three traditions in Shuâab al-iman, saying that if is sound, it is because a Muslim would obviously give him only food and drink which were lawful in his opinion.
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Hadith #3101 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said that when Godâs Messenger died he left nine wives, eight of whom he used to visit equally. (The next tradition explains this) (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3102 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told that when Sauda became old she said, âMessenger of God, I appoint to âAâisha the day you visit meâ (Cf. the last tradition in this chapter). So Godâs Messenger allotted two days to âAâisha, hers and Saudaâs. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3103 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She said that during the illness of which Godâs Messenger died he was asking, âWhere do I go tomorrow? Where do I go tomorrow?â That was on âAâishaâs day. His wives therefore permitted him to go where he wished, and he stayed in âAâishaâs house till he died there. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3104 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She said that when Godâs Messenger intended to go on a journey he cast lots among his wives and the one who was chosen by lot went on it with him. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3105 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
It pertains to the sunna that when a man who has a wife marries a virgin he should stay with her for seven nights and then divide the time between them, but if he marries a woman who has been previously married he should stay with her three nights and then divide his time between his wives. Abu (Qilaba remarked that if he wished he could say that Anas traced it to the Prophet. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3106 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Bakr b. âAbd ar-Rahman told that when Godâs Messenger married Umm Salama he said to her in the morning, âYou are not being humbled in my estimation. If you wish I shall stay with you seven nights as I did with my other wives, but if you wish I shall stay three and then visit my wives in turn.â She replied, âStay three nights.â In a version he said, âThe virgin gets seven nights and the woman who has had a previous husband three.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3107 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told that the Prophet used to divide his time among his wives equally and say, âO God, this is my division concerning what I possess, so do not blame me concerning what Thou possessest and I do not.â Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasaâi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3108 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported the Prophet as saying, âWhen a man has two wives and does not treat them equally he will come on the day of resurrection with a side hanging down.â Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Nasaâi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3109 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAtaâ told that when they were with Ibn âAbbas at Maimunaâs funeral in Sarif he said, âThis is Godâs Messengerâs wife, so when you lift her bier do not shake her or disturb her, but be gentle with her, for Godâs Messenger had nine wives with eight of whom he shared his time, but to one of them he did not allot a share.â âAtaâ said they heard that the one to whom Godâs Messenger did not allot a share was Safiya who was the last of them to die. She died in Medina. Razin sai
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Hadith #3110 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âAct kindly toward women, for they were created from a rib and the most crooked part of a rib is its top. If you attempt to straighten it you will break it, and if you leave it alone it will remain crooked; so act kindly towards women.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3111 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWoman has been created from a rib and will in no way be straight for you; so if you enjoy her you will do so while crookedness remains in her; but if you attempt to straighten her you will break her, breaking her being divorcing her.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3112 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âA believer must not hate a believing woman; if he dislikes one of her characteristics he will be pleased with another.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3113 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âHad it not been for the B. Israâil meat would not have gone bad, and had it not been for Eve a woman would never have acted unfaithfully towards her husband.ââ (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3114 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Zamâa reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âNone of you must whip his wife as a slave is whipped and then have intercourse with her at the end of the day.â A version has, âOne of you has recourse to whipping his wife as a slave is whipped and perhaps he lies with her at the end of the day.â He then gave them an exhortation about laughing when someone breaks wind, saying, âWhy does one of you laugh at what he does himself?â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3115 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I was playing with dolls in the Prophetâs house and I had companions who played with me; but when Godâs Messenger entered they would withdraw from him. He would then send them to me and they would play with me. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3116 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I swear by God that I have seen the Prophet standing at the door of my room when the Abyssinians were playing with spears in the mosque and Godâs Messenger was covering me with his cloak in order that I might look over his shoulder* at their sport. He would then stand for my sake till I was the one who departed; so estimate the time a young girl eager for amusement would wait.â * Literally âbetween his ear and his shoulder.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3117 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She told that Godâs Messenger said to her, âI know when you are pleased with me and when you are angry with me.â She asked how he knew that and he replied that when she was pleased with him she said, ââNo, by Muhammadâs Lord,â but when she was angry with him she said, âNo, by Abrahamâs Lord.â She then said, âI swear by God, Messenger of God, that that is so; it is only your name that I omit.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3118 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen a woman who has been called to come to her husbandâs bed refuses and he spends the night angry, the angels curse her till the morning.â In a version by both of them he said, âBy Him in whose hand my soul is, if any woman who has been called to come to her husbandâs bed refuses, He who is in heaven is displeased with her till her t husband is pleased with her.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3119 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Asmaâ told of a woman who said, âMessenger of God, I have a fellow-wife; will it be wrong for me to boast of receiving from my husband what he does not give me?â He replied, âThe one who boasts of receiving what he has not been given is like him who has put on the two garments of falsehood.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3120 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas said that Godâs Messenger swore he would stay away from his wives for a month. His foot being dislocated, he stayed in an upper room for twenty-nine nights and then came down; and when it was remarked to him that he has sworn to stay away for a month, he replied, âThe month has twenty-nine days.â* *This is most probably with reference to the month in question, as it cannot be considered a general statement. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3121 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Bakr came and asked permission to go in to see the Prophet, but found the people seated at his door, none of them having been given permission. Permission was, however, given to Abu Bakr and he entered. âUmar then came forward, and when he had asked and had been granted permission he found the Prophet sitting sad and silent with his wives around him. He told that he decided to say something which would make the Prophet laugh, so he said, âMessenger of God, I wish you had seen the daughte
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Hadith #3122 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Being jealous of the women who offered themselves to Godâs Messenger I asked, âDoes a woman offer herself?â Then when God most high sent down, âYou may defer any of them you wish and take to yourself any you wish, and if you desire any you have set aside no sin is chargeable to youâ (Al-Qurâan 33:51) said, âIt seems to me that your Lord hastens to satisfy your desire.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3123 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told that when she was with Godâs Messenger on a journey she raced him on foot and beat him, but when she grew she raced him and he beat her. He said, âThis makes up for that beating.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3124 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
She reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe best of you is he who is best to his family, and I am the best among you to my family. When one of you dies speak no ill of him.â Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it, and Ibn Majah transmitted it up to âto my familyâ on the authority of Ibn âAbbas.
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Hadith #3125 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Anas reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen a woman observes the five times of prayer, fasts during Ramadan, preserves her chastity and obeys her husband, she may enter by any of the gates of paradise she wishes.â* * A way of saying nothing will prevent her from entering paradise. Abu Nuâaim transmitted it in al-Hilya.
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Hadith #3126 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf I were to order anyone to prostrate himself before another, I would order a woman to prostrate herself before her husband.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3127 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Umm Salama reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âAny woman who dies when her husband is pleased with her will enter paradise.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3128 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Talq b. âAli reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âWhen a man calls his wife to satisfy his desire she must go to him even if she is occupied at the oven.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3129 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muâadh reported the Prophet as saying that no woman annoys her husband in this world without his wife among the large-eyed maidens saying, âYou must not annoy him. God curse you! He is only a passing guest with you and is about to leave you to come to us.â Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a gharib tradition.
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Hadith #3130 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âMessenger of God, what right can any wife demand of her husband?ââ He replied, âThat you should give her food when you eat, clothe her when you clothe yourself, not strike her on the face, and do not revile her or separate from her except in the houseâ (Al-Quran 4:34). Ahmad, Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #3131 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Laqit b. Sabira told that he said, âMessenger of God, I have a wife who has something in her tongue,â meaning foul speech. He told him to divorce her, but when he replied that he had a son from her and she was a companion, he said, âGive her a command (meaning give her an exhortation), and if there is any good in her she will accept it; but do not beat your wife as you would beat your young slave-girl.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3132 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Iyas b. âAbdallah reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âDo not beat Godâs handmaidens;â but when âUmar came to Godâs Messenger and said, âThe women have become emboldened towards their husbands,â he gave licence to beat them. Then many women went round Godâs Messengerâs family complaining of their husbands, and he said, âMany women have gone round Muhammadâs family complaining of their husbands. Those are not the âbest among you.â Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Darimi tran
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Hadith #3133 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âHe who makes a wife disaffected towards her husband or a slave towards his master is not one of us.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3134 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âAmong the believers who show most perfect faith are those who have the best disposition, and are kindest to their families.â Tirmidhi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3135 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe believers who show the most perfect faith are those who have the best disposition and the best of you are those who are best to their wives.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan sahih tradition, and Abu Dawud transmitted it up to âdisposition.â
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Hadith #3136 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told that when Godâs Messenger arrived after the expedition to Tabuk or Hunain the wind raised an end of a curtain which was placed before her storeroom, revealing some dolls which belonged to her. He asked her what this was and she replied that they were her dolls. Among them he saw a horse with wings made of rags and asked what that was that he saw among them. She told him that it was a horse, and when he asked what it was that it had on it and she replied that it had wings, he s
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Hadith #3137 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
I went to al-Hira and saw them prostrating themselves before a satrap of theirs, so I said, âGodâs Messenger has most right to have prostration made before him.â When I came to Godâs Messenger I said, âI went to al-Hira and saw them prostrating themselves before a satrap of theirs, but you have most right to have people prostrating themselves before you.â He replied, âTell me; if you were to pass my grave, would you prostrate yourself before it?â Then when I said that I would not
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Hadith #3138 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âUmar reported the Prophet as saying, âA man will not be asked about why he beat his wife.â Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #3139 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAs for her statement that I make her break her fast when she is observing it, she keeps on fasting, and I am a young man who cannot contain himself.â Godâs Messenger said, âA woman may fast only with her husbandâs permission.â* He continued: âAs for her statement that I do not pray till the sun rises; I belong to a family which has such a reputation, hardly awakening till the sun rises.â He said, âThen when you awake, Safwan, you must pray.â * This refers to fasting which is
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Hadith #3140 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that once when Godâs Messenger was with a number of the Emigrants and Helpers a camel came and prostrated itself before him. Thereupon his companions said, âMessenger of God, beasts and trees prostrate themselves before you, but we have most right to do so.â He replied, âWorship your Lord and honour your brother. If I were to order any one to prostrate himself before another, I would order a woman to prostrate herself before her husband; and if he were to order her to co
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Hadith #3141 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
a runaway slave, till he returns to his patrons and puts his hand in theirs; a woman with whom her husband is displeased; and a drunkard, till he becomes sober.â Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuâab al-iman.
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Hadith #3142 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira told that when Godâs Messenger was asked which woman was best he replied, âThe one who pleases when he looks at her, obeys him when he gives a command, and does not go against his wishes regarding her person or property by doing anything of which he disapproves.â Nasaâi and Baihaqi, in Shuâab al-iman, transmitted it.
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Hadith #3143 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
a thankful heart, a tongue which makes mention of God, a body which shows endurance in trial, and a wife who does not seek to be unfaithful to in her person or his property.â Baihaqi transmitted it in Shuâab al-iman.
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Hadith #3144 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas told that the wife of Thabit b. Qais came to the Prophet and said, âMessenger of God, I do not reproach Thabit b. Qais in respect of character or religion, but I do not want to be guilty of infidelity* regarding Islam.â Godâs Messenger asked her if she would give him back his garden, and when she replied that she would, he told him to accept the garden and make one declaration of divorce. * Meaning she did not like him and so was afraid she might not show him the respect due t
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Hadith #3145 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. âUmar said he divorced a wife of his while she was menstruating and that when âUmar mentioned the matter to Godâs Messenger he became angry and said, âHe must take her back and keep her till she is purified, then has another period and is purified. If it then seems good to him to divorce her he may do so when she is pure from the menstrual discharge before having intercourse with her, for that is the period of waiting which God has commanded for the divorce of women.â A
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Hadith #3146 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that Godâs Messenger gave them their choice and they chose God and His Messenger; so that was not reckoned as counting in any way to their divorce. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3147 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
One makes atonement for something he has made unlawful for himself.* You have had a good example in Godâs Messenger. * i.e. something not in itself unlawful. It is treated like an oath for breaking which atonement must be made. The Prophetâs example refers to his withdrawing from his wives for a period. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3148 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
The Prophet used to spend time with Zainab daughter of Jahsh and that he once drank honey at her house, so Hafsa and she agreed that the one whom the Prophet visited first should say, âI notice that you have an odour of the gum of the mimosa.* Have you eaten some?â When he visited one of them and she said that to him he replied, âDonât worry; I drank some honey at the house of Zainab daughter of Jahsh, but I swear that I shall not do it again. Do not tell anyone of that.â desiring to p
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Hadith #3149 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Thauban reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf any woman asks her husband for divorce without some strong reason the odour of paradise will be forbidden to her.â Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3150 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar reported the Prophet as saying, âThe lawful thing which God hates most is divorce.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3151 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAli reported the Prophet as saying, âThere is no divorce before marriage, no manumission till one has possession, no continuous fasting, no orphan hood after the age of puberty, no suckling after weaning, and no silence all day up to the nightâ.* * Observing a complete dayâs silence as a religious practice is rejected. It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #3152 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. Shuâaib, on his fatherâs authority, said his grandfather reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âNo descendant of Adam may make a vow about what he does not possess, or set free what he does not possess, or divorce what he does not possess.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, and Abu Dawud added, âor sell what he does not possess.â
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Hadith #3153 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Rukana b. âAbd Yazid said he divorced his wife Suhaima absolutely and when the Prophet was informed of that he said, âI swear by God that I meant it to be only a single utterance of divorce.â Godâs Messenger asked him if that was so, and when he assured him that it was, he restored her to him. Then he divorced her the second time in the time of âUmar and the third time in the time of âUthman. Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it, but only Abu Dawud mentioned the s
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Hadith #3154 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
marriage, divorce and taking back a wife after a divorce which is not final.â Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.
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Hadith #3155 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told of hearing Godâs Messenger say, âThere is no divorce or emancipation in case of ighlaq.â It is said that the meaning of ighlaq is âconstraintâ. Abu Dawud and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #3156 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âEvery divorce is allowable except that by an idiot or one whose mind is deranged.â Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a gharib tradition, and âAtaâ b. âAjlan, the transmitter, is a weak authority whose traditions are rejected.
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Hadith #3157 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
a sleeper till he awakes, a boy till he reaches puberty, and an idiot till he is restored to reason.â Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it. Darimi transmitted it on the authority of âAâisha, and Ibn Majah on the authority of both (i.e. âAli and âAâishaâ)
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Hadith #3158 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âThe divorce of a slave-woman consists in saying it twice, and her âidda period is two courses.â Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3159 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported the Prophet as saying, âWomen who withdraw themselves from their husbands and women who persuade their husbands to divorce them for a compensation are hypocrites.â* *This type of separation should be by mutual consent. Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3160 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Nafiâ quoted a client to Safiya daughter of Abu âUbaid to the effect that she got a divorce from her husband in return for everything she possessed and that âAbdallah b. âUmar made no objection to that. Malik transmitted it.
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Hadith #3161 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Mahmud b. Labid told that when Godâs Messenger was informed about a man who had divorced his wife declaring it three times without any interval between them, he arose in anger and said, âIs sport being made of the Book of God who is great and glorious while I am among you?â As a result a man got up and said, âMessenger of God, shall I kill him?â Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3162 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Malik told of hearing that a man said to âAbdallah b. âAbbas, âI have divorced my wife, uttering the divorce a hundred times, so what do you think I have made myself liable for?â Ibn âAbbas replied, âShe was divorced from you by three utterances, and by ninety-seven you have made a mockery of Godâs verses.â He transmitted it in al- Muwattaâ.
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Hadith #3163 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muâadh b. Jabal told that Godâs Messenger said to him, âMuâadh, God has created nothing on the face of the earth dearer to Him than emancipation, and God has created nothing on the face of the earth more hateful to Him than divorce.â Daraqutni transmitted it.
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Hadith #3164 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha told that the wife of Rifaâa al-Qurazi came to Godâs Messenger and said, âI was married to Rifaâa but he divorced me, making my divorce irrevocable. Afterwards I married âAbd ar-Rahman b. az- Zubair, but all he possesses is like the fringe of a garment.â He asked her whether she wanted to return to Rifaâa, but when she replied that she did, he said, âYou may not until âAbd ar-Rahman and you have experienced the sweetness of intercourse with one another.â (Bukhari
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Hadith #3165 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbdallah b. Masâud said that Godâs Messenger cursed the man who made a woman lawful for her first husband and the one for whom she was made lawful.* * This refers to an arrangement to marry a divorced woman and to divorce her after having intercourse so that the one who had divorced her might remarry her. Darimi transmitted it, and Ibn Majah transmitted it on the authority of âAli Ibn âAbbas and âUqba b. âAmir.
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Hadith #3166 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Sulaiman b. Yasar said he met over ten of the companions of Godâs Messenger all of whom said that the one who swears to stay away from his wife must be made to return to her or divorce her at the end of the period. It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #3167 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Salama told that Sulaiman b. Sakhr, also called Salama b. Sakhr al-Bayadi, made his wife like his motherâs back* to him till the end of Ramadan, but when only half the month had gone he had inter-course with her during the night and went to Godâs Messenger and mentioned that to him. He told him to set free a slave, but he replied that he could not get one; so he told him to fast two consecutive months, but he replied that he was unable to do that; he then told him to feed sixty poor peop
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Hadith #3168 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted something similar on the authority of Sulaiman b. Yasar quoting Salama b. Sakhr who said, âI was a man who was more given than others to sexual intercourse.â Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah and Darimi transmitted. The version of Abu Dawud and Darimi has, âFeed sixty poor people with a camel-load of dates.
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Hadith #3169 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Sulaiman b. Yasar on the authority of Salama b. Sakhr, reported the Prophet as saying about one who vows to make his wife like his motherâs back and has intercourse with her before making atonement, âThere is one atonement.â* * Atonement for breaking the vow should be made before doing so, but if the vow is broken then the same atonement is enough. Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #3170 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âIkrima told on the authority of Ibn âAbbas that a man who had vowed to make his wife like his motherâs back had intercourse with her before making atonement, so he went to the Prophet and mentioned that to him. He asked him what had induced him to do that and he replied, âMessenger of God, I saw the whiteness of her silver anklets in the moonlight and could not restrain myself from having intercourse with her.â Godâs Messenger laughed and ordered him not to go near her till he had m
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Hadith #3171 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Muâawiya b. al-Hakam told that he went to Godâs Messenger and said, âMessenger of God, I have a slave girl who was herding sheep of mine. I went to her, having missed a sheep from the flock, and asked her about it, and she told me it had been eaten by a wolf. I was annoyed with her, and being human, I struck her on the face. As it is my duty to set free a slave, should I set her free?â Godâs Messenger asked her where God was and she replied that he was in heaven. He asked her who he wa
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Hadith #3172 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âTell me about a man who finds a man along with his wife. Should he kill him and then be killed by you1, or how should he act?ââ He replied, âA revelation has been sent down about you and your wife2, so go away and bring her.â Sahl said that they cursed one another in the mosque and that he was along with the people who were with Godâs Messenger. Then when they finished âUwaimir said, âI shall have lied against her, Messenger of God, if I keep her,â and pronounced her divorce t
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Hadith #3173 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âUmar said that the Prophet made a man and his wife invoke curses when the man disowned her child, and separated them and attributed the child to the woman. In his tradition transmitted by both of them it says that Godâs Messenger exhorted and admonished the man and informed him that punishment in this world is easier than that in the next. He then summoned the woman and exhorted and admonished her and told her that punishment in this world is easier than that in the next. (Bukhari and M
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Hadith #3174 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He reported the Prophet as saying to two who were invoking curses regarding one another, âYour reckoning is in Godâs hands, for one of you is lying.â He then told the man that he could not remarry her, whereupon he said, âMessenger of God, what about my property?â* He replied, âThere is no property for you. If you have spoken the truth, it is the price of your having had the right to intercourse with her; and if you have lied against her, it is more remote still from you than she is.
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Hadith #3175 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Hilal b. Umayya accused his wife in the Prophetâs presence of having committed adultery with Sharik b. Sahmaâ. When the Prophet told him that he must produce evidence or receive punishment on his back, he said, âMessenger of God, when one of us sees a man having intercourse with his wife, must he go and seek evidence?â But the Prophet merely replied that he must produce evidence or receive punishment on his back. Hilal then said, âBy Him who sent you with the truth, I am speaking truly
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Hadith #3176 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira told that Saâd b. âUbada asked, âIf I were to find a man with my wife, should I not touch him before bringing four witnesses?â Then when Godâs Messenger replied that that was so, he said, âBy no means. I swear by Him who has sent you with the truth that I would take my sword to him before that.â Godâs Messenger said, âListen to what your chief says. He is jealous of his honour, but I am more jealous than he is and God is more jealous than I am.â Muslim transmitted
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Hadith #3177 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Mughira told that Saâd b âUbada said, âIf I saw a man with my wife I would strike him with the sword, and not with the flat of it.â When Godâs Messenger heard of that he said, âAre you surprised at Saâdâs jealousy? I swear by God that I am more jealous than he is and that God is more jealous than I am. Because of Godâs jealousy He has prohibited abominations both open and secret. No one is fonder of receiving an excuse than God, on which account He has sent warners and annou
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Hadith #3178 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âGod most high is jealous of His honour, and the believer is jealous. Godâs jealousy is to the effect that a believer should not commit what God has prohibited.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3179 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
He told of a desert Arab who came to Godâs Messenger and said, âMy wife has given birth to a black son and I have disowned him.â Godâs Messenger asked him whether he had any camels, and when he replied that he had, he asked what their colour was and was told that they were red. He asked if there was a dusky one among them, and was told that there were some. He asked how he thought that had come about, and was told that it was a strain to which they had reverted. Then saying that this was
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Hadith #3180 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that âUtba b. Abu Waqqas enjoined his brother Saâd b. Abu Waqqas that the son of Zamâaâs slave girl was his, and told him to look after him. In the year of the Conquest Saâd took him, saying he was his brotherâs son, but âAbd b. Zamâa claimed him as his brother. They made a simultaneous plea to Godâs Messenger, Saâd saying, âMessenger of God, my brother has enjoined me regarding him,â and âAbd b. Zamâa saying, âHe is my brother and the son of my fat
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Hadith #3181 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
One day Godâs Messenger visited me looking pleased and asked if I was not surprised to hear that Mujazziz al-Mudlijl1 had entered, and seeing Usama and Zaid2 with a rug over them covering their heads and letting their feet appear, said, âThese feet are related.â (Bukhari and Muslim.) 1. Members of the tribe of Mudlij were said to have a reputation for being able to trace relationship from physical features. 2. Usama was Zaidâs son.
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Hadith #3182 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Saâd b. Abu Waqqas and Abu Bakra reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIf anyone knowingly claims as father one who is not his father, paradise is forbidden to him.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3183 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAbu Huraira reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âDo not turn against your fathers, for he who turns against his father has become an infidel.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3184 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAny woman who brings into a family one who does not belong to it can expect no mercy from God (or is no observer of Godâs religion) and God will not bring her into His paradise; and God will veil Himself from any man who disowns his child when he looks at him, and shame him in the presence of all creatures, first and last.â Abu Dawud, Nasaâi and Darimi transmitted it. 1. Al-Qurâan 24:6
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Hadith #3185 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas told of a man coming to the Prophet and saying, âI have a wife who rejects no one who wishes intercourse with her,â but when he told him to divorce her he replied that he loved her, so he told him that in that case he should keep her. Abu Dawud and Nasaâi transmitted it, Nasaâi saying that one of the transmitters traced it to Ibn âAbbas and that one did not, adding that this tradition is not well established.
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Hadith #3186 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
The Prophet decided regarding one who is treated as a member of a family after the death of his father to whom he is attributed when the heirs say he is one of them, that if he is the child of a slave woman whom the father owned when he had intercourse with her he is included among those who seek his inclusion, but gets none of the inheritance which was previously divided;* he however gets his portion of the inheritance which has not already been divided, but if the father to whom he is attribut
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Hadith #3187 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Jabir b. âAtik reported Godâs prophet as saying, ââThere is jealousy which God loves and jealousy which God hates. That which He loves is jealousy regarding a matter of doubt, and that which He hates is jealousy regarding something which is not doubtful. There is pride which God hates and pride which God loves. That which He loves is a manâs pride when fighting and when giving sadaqa, and that which God hates is pride shown by boasting.â A version has âby oppression.â Ahmad, Abu
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Hadith #3188 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAmr b. Shuâaib, on his fatherâs authority, said that his grandfather told of a man who got up and said, âMessenger of God, so and so is my son; I had illicit intercourse with his mother in the pre-Islamic period.â Godâs Messenger replied, âThere is no unlawful claiming of paternity in Islam. What was done in pre-Islamic times has been annulled. The child is attributed to the one on whose bed it is born, and the fornicator is deprived of any right.â Abu Dawud transmitted it.
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Hadith #3189 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
* a Christian woman married to a Muslim, a Jewess married to a Muslim, a freewoman married to a slave, and a slave woman married to a freeman.â *That is the mutual invoking of curses with which this chapter deals. Ibn Majah transmitted it.
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Hadith #3190 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Ibn âAbbas said that when the Prophet ordered a man and wife to invoke curses regarding one another, he ordered a man to put his hand on his mouth when he came to the fifth utterance, saying that it would be the deciding one. Nasaâi transmitted it.
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Hadith #3191 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that once when Godâs Messenger went out from her during the night she was jealous regarding him. Then when he came and saw what she was doing he said, âWhat is the matter with you, âAâisha? Are you jealous?â She replied, âWhy should one like me not be jealous regarding one like you?â He said, âYour devil has come to you.â She asked, âMessenger of God, have I a devil?â He told her that she had, and when she asked him whether he had one he replied, âYes, bu
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Hadith #3192 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Abu Salama was told by Fatima daughter of Qais that Abu âAmr b. Hafs divorced her absolutely when he was away from home, and his agent sent her some barley. She was displeased with it, and when he said, âI swear by God that you have no claim on us,â she went to Godâs Messenger and mentioned that to him. Saying that she was due no maintenance, he ordered her to spend the period before she could remarry in the house of Umm Sharik, but said afterwards, âThat is a woman whom my companions
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Hadith #3193 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âAâisha said that Fatima was in a lonely place and fear was entertained regarding the district where she was, so the Prophet gave her permission, i.e., to remove. In a version she asked what was the matter with Fatima and whether she did not fear God, i.e., with reference to her saying that she had no place to live and no maintenance. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3194 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Saâid b. al-Musayyib said that Fatima was removed simply because she had so much to say against her husbandâs relatives. It is transmitted in Sharh as-sunna.
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Hadith #3195 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
My maternal aunt was divorced by three utterances of the divorce and wanted to cut down fruit from her palm-trees, but a man forbade her to go out, so she went to the Prophet and he said, âCertainly, cut down fruit from your palm-trees, for perhaps you may give sadaqa or do an act of kindness.â Muslim transmitted it.
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Hadith #3196 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Al-Miswar b. Makhrama said that some nights after her husbandâs death Subaiâa al-Aslamiya gave birth to a child. Then she went to the Prophet and asked permission to marry. He gave her permission and she married. Bukhari transmitted it.
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Hadith #3197 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
âMessenger of God, my daughterâs husband has died and her eye is troubling her, so may we apply collyrium to it?â He said âNoâ twice or thrice, saying only âNoâ all the time. Then he said, âIt is only four months and ten days, whereas in the pre-Islamic period none of you threw away the piece of dung till a year had passed.â* * The reference is to a pre-Islamic custom by which a widow threw a piece of dung when her idda period came to an end. Cf. Lane, Lexicon and Taj al-âaru
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Hadith #3198 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Umm Habiba and Zainab daughter of Jahsh reported Godâs Messenger as saying, âIt is not lawful for a woman who believes in God and the last day to observe mourning for one who has died more than three nights, except for the four months and ten days in the case of a husband.â (Bukhari and Muslim.)
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Hadith #3199 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Umm âAtiya reported Godâ? Messenger as saying, âA woman must not observe mourning for one who has died more than three nights, except for the four months and ten days in the case of a husband, and she must not wear a dyed garment except one of the type made of dyed yarn,1 or apply collyrium, or touch perfume except for a little costus or azfar2 when she has been purified after her courses.â 1. âAsb. This word is applied to a type of Yemen garment which was made of cloth which was dyed
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Hadith #3200 - Mishkat al-Masabih (Mishkat al-Masabih)
Zainab daughter of Kaâb said that al-Furaiâa daughter of Malik b. Sinan and sister of Abu Saâid al-Khudri informed her that she went to Godâs Messenger and asked to be allowed to return to her people among the B. Khudra, for her husband had gone out in search of some slaves of his who had run away and they had killed him. She said she asked Godâs Messenger to be allowed to return to her people, for her husband had not left her in a house which belonged to him, nor had he left any maint
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