The Chapters on Marriage

The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 6

باب تَزْوِيجِ ذَوَاتِ الدِّينِ

Marrying a religious woman

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 7

باب تَزْوِيجِ الأَبْكَارِ

Marrying virgins

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 8

باب تَزْوِيجِ الْحَرَائِرِ وَالْوَلُودِ

Marrying free women who are fertile

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 9

باب النَّظَرِ إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا

Looking at a woman when wanting to marry her

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 10

باب لاَ يَخْطُبِ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ

A man should not propose marriage to a woman to whom his brother already proposed

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 11

باب اسْتِئْمَارِ الْبِكْرِ وَالثَّيِّبِ

Seeking the consent of virgins and previously-married women

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 12

باب مَنْ زَوَّجَ ابْنَتَهُ وَهِيَ كَارِهَةٌ

One who arranges his daughter’s marriage when she is unwilling

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 13

باب نِكَاحِ الصِّغَارِ يُزَوِّجُهُنَّ الآبَاءُ

Marriage of minor girls arranged by their fathers

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 14

باب نِكَاحِ الصِّغَارِ يُزَوِّجُهُنَّ غَيْرُ الآبَاءِ

Marriage of minor girls arranged by someone other than their fathers

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 15

باب لاَ نِكَاحَ إِلاَّ بِوَلِيٍّ

No marriage except with a guardian

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 16

باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ الشِّغَارِ

Prohibition of Shighar

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 17

باب صَدَاقِ النِّسَاءِ

Dowries of women

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 18

باب الرَّجُلِ يَتَزَوَّجُ وَلاَ يَفْرِضُ لَهَا فَيَمُوتُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ

A man who gets married without stipulating the dowry and then dies

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 19

باب خُطْبَةِ النِّكَاحِ

Sermon of marriage

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 20

باب إِعْلاَنِ النِّكَاحِ

Announcing marriages

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 21

باب الْغِنَاءِ وَالدُّفِّ

Singing and (beating) the Daff

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 22

باب فِي الْمُخَنَّثِينَ

Effeminate men

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 23

باب تَهْنِئَةِ النِّكَاحِ

Offering congratulations on the occasion of marriage

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 24

باب الْوَلِيمَةِ

The Walimah (wedding feast)

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 25

باب إِجَابَةِ الدَّاعِي

Accepting invitations

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 26

باب الإِقَامَةِ عَلَى الْبِكْرِ وَالثَّيِّبِ

Staying with a virgin and a previously-married woman

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 27

باب مَا يَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَهْلُهُ

What the man should say when his bride comes in to him

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 28

باب التَّسَتُّرِ عِنْدَ الْجِمَاعِ

Covering oneself when having intercourse

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 29

باب النَّهْىِ عَنْ إِتْيَانِ النِّسَاءِ، فِي أَدْبَارِهِنَّ

Prohibition of having intercourse with women in the buttocks

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 30

باب الْعَزْلِ

Coitus interruptus

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 31

باب لاَ تُنْكَحُ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى عَمَّتِهَا وَلاَ عَلَى خَالَتِهَا

A man should not be married to a woman along with her paternal or maternal aunt at the same time

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 32

باب الرَّجُلِ يُطَلِّقُ امْرَأَتَهُ ثَلاَثًا فَتَزَوَّجُ فَيُطَلِّقُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا أَتَرْجِعُ إِلَى الأَوَّلِ

A man divorces his wife thrice, then another man marries her and divorces her before consummating the marriage. Can she go back to the first man?

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 33

باب الْمُحَلِّلِ وَالْمُحَلَّلِ لَهُ

The Muhallil and the Muhallal lahu

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 34

باب يَحْرُمُ مِنَ الرِّضَاعِ مَا يَحْرُمُ مِنَ النَّسَبِ

What is unlawful due to lineage is unlawful due to breastfeeding

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 35

باب لاَ تُحَرِّمُ الْمَصَّةُ وَلاَ الْمَصَّتَانِ

Sucking once or twice does not make (marriage) unlawful

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 36

باب رِضَاعِ الْكَبِيرِ

Breastfeeding an adult

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 37

باب لاَ رِضَاعَ بَعْدَ فِصَالٍ

There is no breastfeeding after weaning

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 38

باب لَبَنِ الْفَحْلِ

The breast milk belongs to the sire

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 39

باب الرَّجُلِ يُسْلِمُ وَعِنْدَهُ أُخْتَانِ

The man became Muslim and he has (i.e., is married to) two sisters

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 40

باب الرَّجُلِ يُسْلِمُ وَعِنْدَهُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أَرْبَعِ نِسْوَةٍ

A man became Muslim and he has more than four wives

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 41

باب الشَّرْطِ فِي النِّكَاحِ

Conditions in marriage

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 42

باب الرَّجُلِ يَعْتِقُ أَمَتَهُ ثُمَّ يَتَزَوَّجُهَا

A man setting free his slave woman then marrying her

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 43

باب تَزْوِيجِ الْعَبْدِ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِ سَيِّدِهِ

A slave marrying without his master’s persmission

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 44

باب النَّهْىِ عَنْ نِكَاحِ الْمُتْعَةِ

Prohibition of temporary marriage (Mut`ah)

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 45

باب الْمُحْرِمِ يَتَزَوَّجُ

Marriage of a Muhrim

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 46

باب الأَكْفَاءِ

Compatibility

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 47

باب الْقِسْمَةِ بَيْنَ النِّسَاءِ

Dividing one’s time among wives

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 48

باب الْمَرْأَةِ تَهَبُ يَوْمَهَا لِصَاحِبَتِهَا

A woman giving her day to her co-wife

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 49

باب الشَّفَاعَةِ فِي التَّزْوِيجِ

Intercession concerning marriage

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 50

باب حُسْنِ مُعَاشَرَةِ النِّسَاءِ

Good treatment of women

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 51

باب ضَرْبِ النِّسَاءِ

Hitting women

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 52

باب الْوَاصِلَةِ وَالْوَاشِمَةِ

Those who put extensions in hair and those who make tattoos

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 53

باب مَتَى يُسْتَحَبُّ الْبِنَاءُ بِالنِّسَاءِ

Recommended time for consummating marriage

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 54

باب الرَّجُلِ يَدْخُلُ بِأَهْلِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهَا شَيْئًا

A man consummating the marriage with his wife before giving her anything

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 55

باب مَا يَكُونُ فِيهِ الْيُمْنُ وَالشُّؤْمُ

Omens and good fortune

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 56

باب الْغَيْرَةِ

Jealousy

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 57

باب الَّتِي وَهَبَتْ نَفْسَهَا لِلنَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ

The woman who offered herself (in marriage) to the Prophet (ﷺ)

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 58

باب الرَّجُلِ يَشُكُّ فِي وَلَدِهِ

A man who has doubts concerning his child

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 59

باب الْوَلَدِ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ

The child is for the bed and the fornicator gets nothing

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 60

باب فِي الزَّوْجَيْنِ يُسْلِمُ أَحَدُهُمَا قَبْلَ الآخَرِ

When one spouse becomes Muslim before the other

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 61

باب الْغَيْلِ

Intercourse with a nursing mother

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 62

باب فِي الْمَرْأَةِ تُؤْذِي زَوْجَهَا

A woman who annoys her husband

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The Chapters on Marriage · Chapter 63

باب لاَ يُحَرِّمُ الْحَرَامُ الْحَلاَلَ

What is Haram does not make what is Halal a Haram

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Sunan Ibn Majah · Book 9 · Hadith 2007

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُرَحْبِيلُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ الْبَاهِلِيَّ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ الْوَلَدُ لِلْفِرَاشِ وَلِلْعَاهِرِ الْحَجَرُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Shurahbil bin Muslim said: "I heard Abu Um Amah Al-Bahili say: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "The child is for the bed and the fornicator gets nothing."

Sunan Ibn Majah · Book 9 · Hadith 2008

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ جُمَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً، جَاءَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَأَسْلَمَتْ ‏.‏ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا رَجُلٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَجَاءَ زَوْجُهَا الأَوَّلُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ أَسْلَمْتُ مَعَهَا وَعَلِمَتْ بِإِسْلاَمِي ‏.…

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that: a woman came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and became Muslim, and a man married her. Then her first husband came and said: "O Messenger of Allah, I became Muslim with her, and she knew that I w…

Sunan Ibn Majah · Book 9 · Hadith 2009

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ، وَيَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ رَدَّ ابْنَتَهُ عَلَى أَبِي الْعَاصِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ بَعْدَ سَنَتَيْنِ بِنِكَاحِهَا الأَوَّلِ ‏.‏

It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that: the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) returned his daughter to Abul-'As bin Rabi' after two years, on the basis of the first marriage contract.

Sunan Ibn Majah · Book 9 · Hadith 2010

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ حَجَّاجٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ رَدَّ ابْنَتَهُ زَيْنَبَ عَلَى أَبِي الْعَاصِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ بِنِكَاحٍ جَدِيدٍ ‏.‏

It was narrated from 'Amr bin Shu'aib, from his father, from his grand father, that: the Messenger of Allah, returned his daughter Zainab to Abul-As bin Rabi', with a new marriage contract.

Sunan Ibn Majah · Book 9 · Hadith 2011

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ الْقُرَشِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنْ جُدَامَةَ بِنْتِ وَهْبٍ الأَسَدِيَّةِ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ قَدْ أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَنْهَى …

It was narrated that Judamah bint Wahb Al-Asadiyyah said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: 'I wanted to forbid intercourse with a nursing mother, but then (I saw that) the Persians and the Romans do this, and it…

Sunan Ibn Majah · Book 9 · Hadith 2012

حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَاهُ الْمُهَاجِرَ بْنَ أَبِي مُسْلِمٍ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ السَّكَنِ، وَكَانَتْ، مَوْلاَتَهُ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ لاَ تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلاَدَكُمْ سِرًّا فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِ…

It was narrated from Muhajir bin Abu Muslim, from Asma' bint Yazid bin Sakary who was his freed slave womary that: she heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: "Do not kill your children secretly, for by the One in Whose Ha…

Sunan Ibn Majah · Book 9 · Hadith 2013

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي الْجَعْدِ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ، قَالَ أَتَتِ النَّبِيَّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ امْرَأَةٌ مَعَهَا صَبِيَّانِ لَهَا قَدْ حَمَلَتْ أَحَدَهُمَا وَهِيَ تَقُودُ الآخَرَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏"‏ حَامِلاَتٌ وَالِدَاتٌ رَ…

It was narrated that Abu Umamah said: "A woman came to the Prophet (ﷺ) with two of her children, carrying one and leading the other. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'They carry children and give birth to them and are co…

Sunan Ibn Majah · Book 9 · Hadith 2014

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ بَحِيرِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ، عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏"‏ لاَ تُؤْذِي امْرَأَةٌ زَوْجَهَا إِلاَّ قَالَتْ زَوْجَتُهُ مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ لاَ تُؤْذِيهِ قَاتَلَكِ اللَّ…

It was narrated from Mu'adh bin Jabal that: the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "No woman annoys her husband but his wife among houris (of Paradise) safs: 'Do not annoy him, may Allah destroy you, for he is just a temporary…

Sunan Ibn Majah · Book 9 · Hadith 2015

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَرْوِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ يُحَرِّمُ الْحَرَامُ الْحَلاَلَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that: the Prophet, said: "What is Haram does not make what is Halal into what is Haram.”