Musnad Ahmad

Abdullah bin Uqbah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once a matter was presented before Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him): a man married a woman, but the man passed away before he had fixed a dowry for his wife and before he had met her in seclusion. What is the ruling regarding this? This question was asked of him for a month, but he did not give any answer about it. Finally, he said: I will answer this according to my opinion; if the answer is wrong, then it is the imagination of my own self and the whispering of Satan, and if the answer is correct, then it will be by the grace of Allah. This woman (the widow) should be given the dowry that is customary for women like her, she will also receive her husband’s inheritance, and she will be required to observe the waiting period (‘iddah). Upon hearing this decision, a man from the tribe of Ashja’ stood up and said: I bear witness that you have given the same verdict regarding this matter as the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) gave regarding Barwa’ bint Washiq. Hazrat Ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Present witnesses. So two men from the tribe of Ashja’, Hazrat Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Abu Sinan (may Allah be pleased with him), gave this testimony.

The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain, however, in this it also mentions the details of the incident of Barwa’ bint Washiq (may Allah be pleased with her), that one of our men married a woman from Banu Ru’us, Barwa’ bint Washiq. By chance, he had to go somewhere, and on the way he went down into a well. He became dizzy from the stench of that well, fell, and died in it. The dowry had not been fixed. Those people came to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This woman will receive the dowry similar to that of women like her, there will be no increase or decrease in it. She will also receive inheritance, and the waiting period (iddah) will also be obligatory upon her.

Alqamah (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once a matter was presented before Hazrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): A man married a woman, but he passed away before he had fixed a dowry for his wife and before he had met her in seclusion. What is the ruling regarding this? This question was asked of him for a month, but he did not give any answer regarding it. Eventually, he said: I will answer this according to my opinion; if the answer is wrong, then it is the imagination of my own self and the whispering of Satan, and if the answer is correct, then it will be by the grace of Allah. This woman (the widow) should be given the dowry similar to that of women like her, she will also receive her husband's inheritance, and she will be required to observe the waiting period ('iddah). Upon hearing this decision, a man from the tribe of Ashja' stood up and said: I bear witness that you have given the same verdict regarding this matter as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave concerning Barwa' bint Washiq. The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.

Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, Abdullah said: Ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, he said: Ibn Abi Za'idah narrated to us, from Dawud, from al-Sha'bi, from Alqamah with this. And Abdullah narrated to us, he said: Ibn Abi Shaybah Abdullah ibn Muhammad narrated it to us, and he mentioned the hadith.

Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once a case was presented before Hazrat Abdullah bin Masood (may Allah be pleased with him): A man married a woman, but before he could fix her dowry and before he had any private meeting with her, the man passed away. What is the ruling in this case? This question was asked of him for a month, but he did not give any answer regarding it. Finally, he said: I will answer this according to my opinion; if the answer is wrong, then it is the imagination of my own self and the whispering of Satan, and if the answer is correct, then it will be by the grace of Allah. This woman (the widow) should be given the dowry that is customary for women like her, she will also receive her husband's inheritance, and she will be required to observe the waiting period (‘iddah). Upon hearing this decision, a man from the tribe of Ashja’ stood up and said: I bear witness that you have given the same verdict regarding this issue as the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) gave concerning Barwa’ bint Washiq. The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.

Abdur-Rahman narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, from Alqamah, from Abdullah, similar to the hadith of Firas.

Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) says that once a matter was presented to Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): A man married a woman, but he died before he had fixed a dowry for her and before he had been alone with her. What is the ruling in this case? This question was asked of him for a month, but he did not give any answer regarding it. Finally, he said: I will answer this according to my opinion; if the answer is wrong, then it is the imagination of my own self and the whispering of Satan, and if the answer is correct, then it will be by the grace of Allah. This woman (the widow) should be given the dowry that is customary for women like her, she will also receive her husband's inheritance, and she will be required to observe the waiting period ('iddah). Upon hearing this decision, a man from the tribe of Ashja' stood up and said: I bear witness that you have given the same verdict regarding this matter as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave concerning Barwa' bint Washiq.