(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، قَالَ : الرَّجُلُ يَتَزَوَّجُ وَلَا يَفْرِضُ لَهَا ، يَعْنِي : ثُمَّ يَمُوتُ ، حَدَّثَنَا
سَعِيدٌ ، عَنْ
قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ
خِلَاسٍ وأَبي حسَّان الأَعرج ، عَنْ
عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : اخْتَلَفُوا إِلَى
ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فِي ذَلِكَ شَهْرًا أَوْ قَرِيبًا مِنْ ذَلِكَ ، فَقَالُوا : لَا بُدَّ مِنْ أَنْ تَقُولَ فِيهَا ؟ قَالَ : فَإِنِّي أَقْضِي لَهَا مِثْلَ صَدُقَةِ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهَا ، لَا وَكْسَ وَلَا شَطَطَ ، وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ ، وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ " ، فَإِنْ يَكُ صَوَابًا ، فَمِنْ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ، وَإِنْ يَكُنْ خَطَأً ، فَمِنِّي وَمِنْ الشَّيْطَانِ ، وَاللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَرَسُولُهُ بَرِيئَانِ . فَقَامَ رَهْطٌ مِنْ أَشْجَعَ ، فِيهِمْ
الْجَرَّاحُ ،
وَأَبُو سِنَانٍ ، فَقَالُوا : نَشْهَدُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَضَى فِي امْرَأَةٍ مِنَّا يُقَالُ لَهَا : بَرْوَعُ بِنْتُ وَاشِقٍ ، بِمِثْلِ الَّذِي قَضَيْتَ . فَفَرِحَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ بِذَلِكَ فَرَحًا شَدِيدًا ، حِينَ وَافَقَ قَوْلُهُ قَضَاءَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ .
Abdullah bin Utbah says that once some people came to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked this question (that if a person marries a woman, no dowry is fixed, and before consummation he dies, what is the ruling?). Those people kept coming to Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) for about a month, insisting that he must give an answer to this issue. He said: I will state before you the conclusion I have reached by exercising my own judgment; if my answer is correct, it will be by Allah’s guidance, and if it is wrong, it will be from myself; Allah and His Messenger are free from it. The decision is that this woman will be given the dowry similar to that of women like her, she will also inherit, and she will have to observe the waiting period (‘iddah). Upon hearing this decision of Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him), a group from the tribe of Ashja’ stood up, among whom were Sayyiduna Jarrah and Sayyiduna Abu Sinan (may Allah be pleased with them both), and said: We bear witness that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the same decision regarding one of our women whose name was Barwa’ bint Washiq. Upon this, Sayyiduna Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) became very happy that his decision matched the decision of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).