Marriage & Family Law

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

Alqamah bin Qais said: “I was with Abdullah bin Masud in Mina, and Uthman took him aside. I was sitting near him. Uthman said to him: 'Would you like that I marry you to a young virgin who will remind...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

the Messenger of Allah said: “Marriage is part of my sunnah, and whoever does not follow my sunnah has nothing to do with me. Get married, for I will boast of your great numbers before the nations. Whoever has the...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

the Messenger of Allah said: “There is nothing like marriage, for two who love one another.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

Sa'd said: “The Messenger of Allah disapproved of Uthman bin Maz'un's desire to remain celibate; if he had given him permission, we would have gotten ourselves castrated.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) forbade celibacy. Zaid bin Akhzam added: “And Qatadah recited: 'And indeed We sent Messengers before you (O Muhammad (ﷺ)), and made for them wives and offspring.'”

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

a man asked the Prophet(ﷺ): “What are the right of the woman over her husband?” He said: “That he should feed her as he feeds himself and clothe her as he clothes himself; he should not strike her on the...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

Sulaiman bin Amr bin Ahwas said: “My father told me that he was present at the Farewell Pilgrimage with the Messenger of Allah. He praised and glorified Allah, and reminded and exhorted (the people). Then he said: 'I enjoin good...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

that the messenger of Allah of said: “If I were to command anyone to prostrate to anyone else, I would have commanded women to prostrate to their husbands. If a man were to command his wife to move (something) from...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

Abdullah bin Abu Awfa said “When Muadh bin Jabal came from Sham, he prostrated to the Prophet who said: 'What is this, O Muadh?' He said: 'I went to Sham and saw them prostrating to their bishops and patricians and...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

she heard Umm Salamah say: “I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Any woman who dies when her husband is pleased with her, will enter Paradise.' ”

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

the Messenger of Allah said: “This world is but provisions, and there is no provision in this world better than a righteous wife.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

Thawban said: “When the Verse concerning silver and gold was revealed, they said: 'What kind of wealth should we acquire?' Umar said: 'I will tell you about that.' So he rode on his camel and caught up with the Prophet,...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

the Prophet used to say: “Nothing is of more benefit to the believer after Taqwa of Allah than a righteous wife whom, if he commands her she obeys him, if he looks at her he is pleased, if he swears...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

the Prophet said: “A woman may be married for four things: Her wealth, her lineage, her beauty or for her religion. Choose the religious, may your hands be rubbed with dust (i.e., may you prosper).”

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

the Prophet said: “Do not marry women for their beauty for it may lead to their doom. Do not marry them for their wealth, for it may lead them to fall into sin. Rather, marry them for their religion. A...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

Jabir bin Abdullah said: “I married a woman during the time of the Prophet and he said: 'Have you got married, O Jabir?' I said: 'Yes'. He said: 'To a virgin or to a previously-married woman?' I said: 'A previously...

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

his grandfather said: “The Messenger of Allah said: 'You should marry virgins, for their mouths are sweeter, their wombs are more prolific and they are satisfied with less.'”

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

Anas bin Malik said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah say: 'Whoever wants to meet Allah pure and purified, let him marry free women.' ”

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

the Messenger of Allah said: “Marry, for I will boast of your great numbers.”

Sunan Ibn Majah

The Chapters on Marriage

Muhammad bin Salamah said: “I proposed marriage to a woman, then I hid and waited to see her until I saw her among some date palm trees that belonged to her.” It was said to him: “Do you do such...