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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
بيان موانع النكاحExplanation of Impediments to Marriage
بَابُ مَنْ أَسْلَمَ وَتَحْتَه أَخْتَانِ أَوْ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أَرْبَعِ وَفِيهِ الْعَدَدُ الْمُبَاحُ لِلْحُرِ وَالْعَبْدِ وَمَا خُصَّ بِهِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلمChapter: One Who Accepted Islam While Having Two Sisters or More Than Four Wives, and the Permissible Number for Free Men and Slaves, and What Was Specific to the Prophet (peace be upon him)
Hadith 7012
اُردوEn
عَنْ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ غَيْلَانَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ الثَّقَفِيَّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَسْلَمَ وَتَحْتَهُ عَشْرُ نِسْوَةٍ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اخْتَرْ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا
Narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when Sayyiduna Ghailan bin Salamah Thaqafi entered the fold of Islam, he had ten wives in his marriage. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Choose four of them (and leave the rest)."
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The wording of the narration in Tirmidhi is as follows: "He accepted Islam and had ten wives in the period of ignorance (Jahiliyyah), so they also accepted Islam along with him." … When he became Muslim, he had ten wives, and they too became Muslim with him. There is no such restriction in this (narration) that he should only keep those four wives in his marriage whom he had married first.
