hadith 8564–9729

Abu Ubaydah narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "It is of the Sunnah that the bier be carried by its four sides; then (after that), if you wish, carry more, or leave it."

Abu Ubaydah narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "It is of the Sunnah that the four sides of the bier be taken hold of; then afterwards, if you wish, carry more, or leave it."

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) through another chain.

A similar hadith is also narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) through another chain.

Ibrahim narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked whether the one who washes the deceased should (himself) take a ritual bath (ghusl). He said: "If you consider your (Muslim) companion to be impure, then take a bath because of (touching) him; otherwise, ablution (wudu) alone is sufficient for you."

Alqamah or Masruq narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "No specific words or recitation have been fixed for us in the funeral prayer. Say the takbir as many times as the imam says it, and say good words as much as you can."

Salim al-Barrad narrates: I heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) say: "For me to step on a burning ember is dearer to me than stepping on the grave of a Muslim man."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "No recitation and no specific words have been fixed for us in the funeral prayer. Say the takbir as many times as the imam says it, and say good words as much as you can."

Al-Musayyab bin Rafi' narrates that Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Do not buy fish while it is in the water, for that is a deceptive sale (gharar)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Usury (riba) has seventy-some doors (forms)."

Abd al-Rahman bin Abdullah narrates from his father, Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him), that he said: "(Combining) two deals in one deal is usury (riba)."

Abd al-Rahman bin Yazid narrates from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that, in explaining the verse "Then divorce them for their waiting period" [Surah al-Talaq: 1], he said: "That is, in a state of purity, without intercourse."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning the verse "Then divorce them for their waiting period" [Surah al-Talaq: 1] that he said: "That is, in a state of purity, without intercourse. When someone wishes to give three divorces in accordance with the Sunnah, he should give one divorce in each state of purity; then after the last divorce she must have one menstrual period."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "Whoever wishes to divorce in accordance with the Sunnah, as Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has commanded, let him divorce her in a state of purity, without intercourse."

Abu al-Ahwas (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said concerning the verse "O Prophet! When you divorce women, divorce them for (the time of) their waiting period" [Surah al-Talaq: 1]: "Divorce for the waiting period is that you divorce her in a state of purity, then leave her until she completes her waiting period, or take her back if you wish." Shu'bah said: "And the people of Kufah say: without intercourse."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning the verse "Then divorce them for their waiting period" that he said: "Whoever wishes to give a divorce (in its true sense), let him wait until, when the woman becomes pure from menstruation, he divorces her in a state of purity, without intercourse."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning the verse "Then divorce them for their waiting period" that he said: "Whoever wishes to give a divorce (in its true sense), let him give the woman time until, when she becomes pure from menstruation (and in that state) he has not had intercourse with her, he says to her: 'Count your waiting period.' Then if he regrets it and his heart longs for her, let him take two men as witnesses to his taking her back; otherwise, let him leave her until her waiting period is completed. And let him not give her three divorces while she is pregnant, or else Allah will make him regret it, and (in that state) he will have to bear the expenses of her pregnancy and her nursing."

Alqamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A woman came with her husband to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: O Commander of the Believers! My husband divorced me, then my bleeding stopped after three menstrual periods. He came to me when I had set out my water (for the ritual bath), closed my door and taken off my clothes, and he said: I have taken you back, I have taken you back. Thereupon Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): What is your view about this? He said: "My view is that she is (still) his wife until the prayer becomes lawful for her." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "That is my view too."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was with Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) when a man and his wife came. He said: I divorced her, then took her back. The woman said: What happened on your part has not stopped me from relating the whole matter as it truly was. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Tell me. She said: He divorced me, then left me until, when I was at the end of the third menstrual period and my bleeding had stopped, I had set out my (water for the) ritual bath, closed my door and taken off my clothes, when he knocked at the door and said: I have taken you back, I have taken you back. So I left my bath and put on my clothes. Thereupon Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: O Ibn Umm Abd! What do you say about this? I said: "In my view he (the husband) has more right to her until the prayer becomes lawful for her." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "What an excellent opinion you have given; that is my view too."

Ibrahim narrates a similar report from Sayyiduna Umar and Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them both), but in it he did not mention Alqamah.

Abu Ubaydah bin Abdullah bin Mas'ud narrates: Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) sent (someone) to my father (Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him) to ask him about this issue. My father said: "How can a hypocrite give a fatwa?" Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We seek refuge in Allah from your being a hypocrite, and we seek refuge in Allah from calling you a hypocrite, and we commend you to Allah's protection from an issue like this arising in Islam and then you dying without having made it clear. My father said: "My view is that he (the husband) has more right to her until she takes the ritual bath from the third menstrual period and the prayer becomes lawful for her." The narrator said: I know that Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) adopted this very view.

Abu al-Bakhtari narrates that a man gave his wife one divorce, and then she had three menstrual periods. When she sat down to take her ritual bath, her husband came and took her back. She said: You have no such right. The two of them went to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), and he made the woman swear by the One besides whom there is no god: had her husband taken her back at a time when the prayer had already become lawful for her? She did not take the oath, so he returned her to (her husband).

Abu Wa'il narrates from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning a woman who is given three divorces before consummation: "She is not lawful for him until she marries another husband."
Al-Thawri narrated it through Asim from Zirr, and Zirr from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), thus: He said: "When someone gives three divorces before consummation, he used to regard her as being like a woman with whom the marriage had been consummated."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) concerning a man who gives his wife three divorces before consummation; (the narrator) said: Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to regard her as being like a woman with whom the marriage had been consummated.

It is narrated from the students of Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the fatwa of Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) was this: when a woman is divorced and people think that her menstruation has ceased, but this is not clear, she should wait for one year. If she does not menstruate during that time, then after the year she observes a waiting period of three months. If she menstruates during those three months, she observes the waiting period by menstruation; and if she (then) menstruates but that menstruation is not completed after she has observed those three months that followed the year, he said: "Do not be hasty concerning her until it is known whether her menstruation has been completed or not."

It is narrated from Abu Amr al-Shaybani (may Allah have mercy on him) that a man asked Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) about a man who had divorced his wife before consummation: may he marry that wife's daughter? He said: "Yes." So he married her, and she bore him children. Then he came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked him, and he said: "Separate the two of them." He said: But she has borne him children. He said: "Even if she has borne him ten, separate the two of them."

Masruq narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said concerning the 'mawhubah' (the woman whose husband hands her over to her family): "If they (her family) accept her, it counts as one divorce, and she is more entitled to it; and if they do not accept her, it is nothing (that is, no divorce has occurred)."

Masruq narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "If they accept her, it counts as one irrevocable divorce (ba'in)."

Masruq narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "When a man says to his wife: 'Your matter is in your own hands,' or says: 'Decide your matter for yourself,' or hands her over to her family and they accept her, it counts as one irrevocable divorce (ba'in)."

Alqamah bin Qays al-Nakha'i narrates: A man came to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: Last night I gave my wife eight divorces. He asked: "Did you say it all at once?" He said: Yes. He asked: "Do you want her to be separated from you?" He said: Yes. He said: "It is as you said." The narrator said: Then another man came to him and said: Last night I gave my wife as many divorces as the number of the stars. He asked: "Did you say it all at once?" He said: Yes. He asked: "Do you want her to be separated from you?" He said: Yes. He said: "It is as you said." Then he said: "Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, has made divorce clear. So whoever divorces as Allah has commanded, the ruling has been made clear for him; and whoever confuses matters for himself, we leave him with that very confusion. By Allah! You cannot confuse matters for yourselves and then have us bear it on your behalf; rather, it will be as you say." The narrator said: We think Ibn Sirin said something that I do not remember; most likely he said: "Even if he had all the women of the earth - then said this - they would all be gone."

Alqamah bin Qays narrates: We were sitting with Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) when a man came and said: I have given my wife eight divorces. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "Did you say it all at once?" He said: Yes. He asked: "Do you want your wife to be separated from you?" He said: Yes. He said: "It is as you said." Then another man came to him and said: I have given my wife as many divorces as the number of the stars. He asked: "Did you say it all at once?" He said: Yes. He asked: "So do you want her to be separated from you?" He said: Yes. The narrator said: At that, Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said something about the women of the earth that I do not remember. Then Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Allah has made clear to you how divorce is to be done. So whoever divorces as Allah has commanded, the ruling has been made clear for him; and whoever creates confusion, we leave him with that very confusion. By Allah! You cannot confuse matters for yourselves and then have us bear it on your behalf; rather, it will be as you say."

Alqamah narrates: A man came to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: I have given my wife ninety-nine divorces, and I asked and was told that she has become separated from me. Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Those who told you this wanted a separation between you and her." He said: Then what do you say, may Allah have mercy on you? (The narrator said:) He thought that he would grant him some concession, but he said: "Three divorces separate her from you, and all the rest are transgression."

Alqamah narrates: A man came to Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: I have given my wife ninety divorces, and I have a child from her, and some people want to bring about a separation between me and my family. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Only three (divorces) are sufficient for you, and all the rest are transgression."

Mujahid narrates from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "(Saying something is) forbidden (haram) takes the ruling of an oath, for which expiation is to be made."
Abd al-Razzaq said: Al-Thawri narrated it through Ash'ath, al-Hakam and Ibrahim from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) thus: He said: "If the one saying it intended divorce, it is a divorce; otherwise, it is an oath."

Mujahid narrates from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "(Saying something is) forbidden (haram) requires the expiation of an oath."

Al-Dahhak narrates that Sayyiduna Umar and Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "(Saying something is) forbidden (haram) requires the expiation of an oath."

Ibn Jurayj narrates: It reached Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: If someone gives a divorce before marriage, it takes effect. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "He has erred in this. Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: 'When you marry believing women and then divorce them before you have touched them' [Surah al-Ahzab: 49], and He did not say: When you divorce believing women and then marry them."

Al-Nazzal bin Sabrah narrates: I was present with Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) when a man and a woman came to him over an issue of (declaring something) forbidden, and he said: "Allah has made (the ruling) clear. So whoever approaches the matter from its proper direction, (the ruling) has been made clear for him; and whoever goes against it, then by Allah! We do not have the strength to oppose you."

A man narrates that he swore an oath to stay away from his wife for ten days, then asked Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) about it, and he said: "If four months pass, then it is ila'."

Abu Qilabah narrates: Al-Nu'man made ila' from his wife while he was sitting with Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), so he struck his thigh and said: "When four months pass, acknowledge (yourself) one divorce."