Marriage & Family Law

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

"When one of you has been away from home for a long time, he must not come to his family during the night."

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "The worst of people in position before Allah on the Day of Resurrection is the man who has intercourse with his wife, and she with him, and then spreads her secrets." .

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what are the rights of a wife of one of us on her husband?" He replied, "You should give her food when you eat, clothe her when you clothe yourself, not strike her on...

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

The Jews used to say, "When a man has intercourse with his wife through the vagina, but from her back side, the child will be squint-eyed." Then, the Verse came down: "Your wives are a tilth to you, so come...

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "If anyone who intends to have intercourse with his wife says, 'In the Name of Allah. O Allah, keep us away from the devil and keep the devil away from what You have provided us (of...

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "When a man calls his wife to come to his bed (for marital relations), and she refuses to come, and he spends the night in anger, the angels curse her till the morning." .

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

"He Who is in heaven is displeased with her till her husband is pleased with her."

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

"The Prophet (ﷺ) cursed the woman who joins false hair to her real hair and the one who asks for it to be done to her; and the woman who tattoos (others) and the one who has it done (for...

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

I was with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) along with some people when he was saying, "I have intended to prohibit Ghila (sexual intercourse with a woman who is breast-feeding), but I considered the Romans and the Persians and saw that they...

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

A man said, "O Allah's Messenger, I have a slave-girl and I withdraw the penis while having intercourse with her ('Azl). I dislike that she become pregnant, but I want (from her) what a man wants (from a woman). And...

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

In the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) when the Qur'an was being revealed, we used to engage in 'Azl. Hence, if it had been something forbidden, the Qur'an would have forbade us from doing it. .

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

"That (which we were doing) reached the Prophet (ﷺ) and he did not forbid us from doing it."

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to have intercourse with his wives (one after another), with a single bathing. .

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

The Prophet (ﷺ) set Safiyah (RA) free, and made her freedom her dowry. .

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

I asked 'Aishah (RA), "How much had Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) given as dowry?" She replied, "His dowry to his wives was twelve Uqiya and Nashsh." She asked, "Do you know what a an-Nashsh is?" I replied, "No." She said, "It...

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

When 'Ali (RA) married Fatimah (RA) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him, "Give her something (as dowry)." He replied, "I have nothing." He said, "Where is your Hutamiya coat of mail?" .

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "If any woman marries for a dowry, a gift, or a promise before contracting the marriage, it belongs to her. As for whatever is fixed to her after contracting the marriage, it belongs to whomever it...

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

He was asked about a man who had married a woman and had not fixed a dowry for her. And he did not consummate (the marriage) with her till he died. Ibn Mas'ud replied, "She should receive a dowry similar...

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

The Prophet (ﷺ) gave his approval of the marriage of a woman for two sandals as a dowry. .

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

The Prophet (ﷺ) married a man to a woman for a dowry of an iron ring. .