Marriage & Family Law

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

"Command him to take her back, then divorce her when she is pure from the menstrual discharge, or pregnant."

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

"It was regarded as one divorce."

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

"Ibn 'Umar (RA) said: 'If you had only made one or two pronouncements of divorce . Indeed Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded me to take her back, then keep her till she has another period, then give her a reprieve till...

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

"Abdullah bin 'Umar (RA) said: 'So he returned her to me and did not regarded it as anything, and said: When she is purified, either divorce her or keep her.'"

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

In the time of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), Abu Bakr (RA) and the first two years of the caliphate of 'Umar (RA), the three pronouncements of divorce were regarded as one divorce. So 'Umar said, "People have made haste in an...

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

WHen Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was informed about a man who had divorced his wife with all three pronouncements (without any interval between them), he stood up in anger and said, 'Is Allah's Book being played with while I am among...

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

Abu Rukana divorced Umm Rukana. So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told him, "Take your wife back." And he replied, "I have divorced her with three pronouncements." He said, "I have understood, take her back." .

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

Abu Rukana divorced his wife with three pronouncements, in one sitting. Then, he was grieved about her and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) told him, "They (the three pronouncements) are reckoned as a single (utterance of divorce)." .

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

"Abu Rukana divorced his wife Suhaimah irrevocably and said, 'I swear by Allah that I meant it to be only a single utterance of divorce,' so the Prophet (ﷺ) returned her to him."

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "There are three things which, whether undertaken seriously or in jest, are treated as serious: marriage, divorce and taking back a wife after a divorce which is not final." .

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

"Divorce, emancipation and marriage."

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

"It is not permissible to play in three things: divorce, marriage and emancipation. Therefore, whoever pronounce (either of) them, they certainly become binding." .

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Allah, the Most High, has forgiven my followers what they contemplate on within themselves (i.e. evil thoughts) as long as they do not act upon or speak about them." .

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

The Prophet (ﷺ)) said: "Allah, the Most High, has overlooked my follower's mistakes and forgetfulness, and what they are forced to do against their will." .

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

"If anyone makes his wife unlawful for himself - it is nothing." He said, "Indeed you have a good example in Allah's Messenger." .

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

"When a man makes his wife unlawful for himself, it is (treated like) an oath for which atonement must be made (if broken)."

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

When the daughter of al-Jaun was admitted into the presence of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he went near her, she said, "I seek refuge in Allah from you." He replied, "You have sought refuge in the Supreme , return to...

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "There is no divorce except after marriage, and no freeing (of a slave) till one has possession (of one)." [Reported by Abu Ya'la and al-Hakim graded it Sahih (authentic), but it is Ma'lul (containing a hidden...

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

Ibn Majah reported a similar narration, on the authority of al-Miswar bin Makhramah, and its chain of narrators is (or appears to be) Hasan (good), but it is also Ma'lul (hidden defect)].

Bulugh al-Maram

Marriage

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "No descendant of Adam may make a vow concerning something he does not possess, or set free (a slave) that he does not possess, or divorce (a woman) whom he does not possess (in marriage)." .