Daraqutni

Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Avoid marrying four types of people: those with insanity (madness), leprosy, and vitiligo (white patches)."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) instructed the widow that "if she wishes, she may observe her waiting period (‘iddah) at a place other than her home." No one except Abu Malik Nakhai has narrated this report with a chain of transmission, and this narrator is weak. The other narrator of this report, Mahbub (bin Mahraz Tamimi), is also weak.

Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If a woman is married to a man by deception, and that woman has insanity, leprosy, or vitiligo, then the woman will receive the dowry, because the man has had relations with her, and the man will recover the amount of the dowry from the woman's guardian who arranged the marriage by deception."

Saeed bin Musayyib narrates: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave the verdict regarding a woman afflicted with leukoderma, leprosy, or insanity that if her husband has intercourse with her, then separation will be established between the husband and wife. The woman will receive the dowry because of the husband's intercourse, and the man will recover that dowry from the woman's guardian.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) said: There are four types of women (if they are slave women) whom it is not permissible to sell, and (whether free or slave) it is not permissible to marry them: a mad woman, a woman afflicted with leprosy, a woman afflicted with vitiligo, and a woman suffering from swelling of the private parts.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If a person marries a woman who is insane, afflicted with leprosy, afflicted with leukoderma, or a woman with an obstruction in her private part, then that woman will be considered his wife. If the man wishes, he may keep her with him, otherwise he may divorce her."

Amr bin Shu'aib narrates from his father, from his grandfather: Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) regarding continuous (absence), due to which there was a fear of harm to his wife. Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote back to him: "Give him a respite of one year; if he recovers, then fine, otherwise separation should be effected between him and his wife."

Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No lawful thing becomes invalid due to any unlawful thing."

Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about a person who commits a forbidden act with a woman and then later marries her daughter, or after committing a forbidden act with a woman, later marries her mother. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No forbidden thing makes anything lawful forbidden."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "No unlawful thing makes any lawful thing unlawful."

Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about a man who had previously committed adultery with a woman and then later wanted to marry that same woman or perhaps her daughter. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No unlawful thing makes a lawful thing unlawful; prohibition is established only when there has been a prior marriage."

Saeed bin Jubair narrates: It was asked from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) about a man who commits a forbidden act, and then afterwards wants to marry. So Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "His first act was adultery, but the second act will be considered marriage."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: "Allah Almighty will not look with mercy at the person who has seen the private parts of a woman and her daughter." (This narration is mawquf; the narrators named Layth bin Abu Sulaym and Hammad bin Abu Sulayman have been declared weak.)

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Sayyiduna Ghailan bin Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted Islam, and he had ten wives. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him: "Keep four of them with you and separate from the rest." Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: When Sayyiduna Safwan bin Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted Islam, he had eight wives at that time, so the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him that "he should keep four of them with him and separate from the rest."

Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Ghailan bin Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted Islam, and he had ten wives. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him: "Keep four of them of your choice."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: When Sayyiduna Ghailan bin Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted Islam, he had ten wives from the time of ignorance, and those women also accepted Islam with him. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him: "He should choose four of them." The narrator named Ramadi states: The people of Basra have narrated it in the same way.

Uthman bin Abu Suwaid narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said to Sayyiduna Ghailan bin Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him), when he accepted Islam and at that time he had ten wives: "Keep four of them with you and separate from the rest."

This narration is also transmitted with another chain of transmission.

Ibn Shihab Zuhri narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to a man belonging to the tribe of Thaqif: (after this, the hadith is as previously mentioned).

This narration is also transmitted with another chain of transmission.

This narration is also transmitted with another chain, however, in it the words are: When he accepted Islam, he had eight wives. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Choose four of them."

Qais bin Harith Kalbi narrates a marfu’ hadith about the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him): A man from Banu Asad accepted Islam, and he had eight wives. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said to him: “Choose four of them.” So that man said: “O such-and-such woman! You come, O such-and-such woman! You come, O such-and-such woman! You go, O such-and-such woman! You go.”

The narrator named Mughira reports from a man belonging to the descendants of Sayyiduna Harith bin Qais Asadi (may Allah be pleased with him): When Sayyiduna Harith bin Qais Asadi (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted Islam, he had eight wives at that time, so the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him: "He should choose four of them."

The narrator named Mughira, reporting from Rabi' bin Qais, states: When his great-grandfather, Sayyiduna Harith bin Qais al-Asadi (may Allah be pleased with him), accepted Islam, he had eight wives at that time. So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him to "choose four of them."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: When Sayyiduna Ghailan bin Salamah Thaqafi (may Allah be pleased with him) accepted Islam, he had ten wives. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) instructed him: "Keep four of them with you." During the time of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Ghailan bin Salamah (may Allah be pleased with him) divorced those women, so Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) instructed him to "take those women back." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "If you die, I will make those women your heirs, and I will have your grave stoned, just as the grave of Abu Righal was stoned." In one narration, these words are mentioned: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "Take them back, otherwise I will make them heirs to your wealth and I will give orders regarding your grave." In one narration, these words are mentioned: When he accepted Islam, those women also accepted Islam with him.

Dahhak bin Firoz Dailami narrates from his father: I submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! I have accepted Islam and two sisters are in my marriage." So the Noble Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Divorce one of them, whichever you wish."

Dahhak bin Firoz Dailami narrates from his father: When I accepted Islam, I had two sisters in my marriage. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) instructed me: "Divorce one of them."

This narration is also transmitted with another chain of transmission.

Dailami (the narrator is in doubt, or perhaps Ibn Dailami) reports: When I accepted Islam, I had two sisters in my marriage. I asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) about this, and he said: "Keep with you whichever of them you wish, and separate from the other."

Dahhak bin Firoz Dailami narrates from his father: When I accepted Islam, I had two sisters in my marriage. I asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) about this, so he instructed me: "Separate from one of them."

Al-Awza'i was asked about a Harbi man who is the husband of two sisters, so he said: "If it were not for that hadith in which it is transmitted that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the husband a choice in such a case, I would have given the fatwa that the man should remain with the woman whom he married first."

Imam Shafi'i says: When a person becomes Muslim and his wives are real sisters, then that person may choose whichever one of the two he wishes, and his marriage with that woman will remain valid, while his marriage with the other woman will be annulled. In this regard, it will make no difference whether (before accepting Islam) he married both of them at the same time or one after the other.

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d Sa’idi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: An Ansari man came to the service of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: “O Messenger of Allah! What is your opinion about a person who finds someone with his wife? If he kills the woman, you people will kill him. What should such a person do with the woman?” So Allah Almighty revealed the command about them, which is mentioned in the Qur’an regarding those who perform li’an (mutual cursing). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to him: “Allah Almighty has decided between you and your wife.” The narrator states: Both husband and wife performed li’an in the mosque, and I was also present there with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). (The narrator says) After that, this method became established regarding such husband and wife that separation would be made between those who performed li’an. The narrator says: The woman was pregnant, and the man denied the pregnancy, so after that, the son of that woman would be called by his mother’s name. After that, this method became established that such a woman would inherit from her child, and that child would inherit from the woman, as she had appointed as the inheritance of the son.

Amr bin Shu'aib narrates from his father, who narrates from his grandfather: An Ansari from the tribe of Banu Zuraiq accused his wife of adultery. He came to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and the Prophet (peace be upon him) sent him back four times. Then Allah revealed the verses regarding the command of li'an (mutual cursing). The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Where is the questioner? A great command has been revealed from Allah." Then the man insisted on performing li'an, and the woman also decided that she would remove the punishment from herself. The narrator says: Both of them performed li'an. (Later) the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "If this woman gives birth to a child with a yellow complexion, broad nose, and a weak body, then the child will belong to the man who performed li'an. But if she gives birth to a black child with a strong body like an ash-colored camel, then the child will belong to the other man." (The narrator says) The woman gave birth to a black child, who was like an ash-colored (i.e., dark-colored) camel. Then the Prophet (peace be upon him) called the child and handed him over to the relatives of his mother. He said: "If there had not already been an oath (i.e., li'an) regarding this, my decision would have been different." The wording of both (narrators) is the same.

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d Sa’idi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I was present before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) during the incident of li’an (mutual cursing) between a husband and wife. That man pronounced three divorces upon the woman in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) validated them. Whatever is done in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) becomes Sunnah, as long as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) does not object to it. After this, the established Sunnah among those who performed li’an was that separation would be made between the husband and wife, and then they could never be together again.

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d Sa’idi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: ‘Uwaymir ‘Ajlani said to a member of his tribe: “You should ask the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) about a person who finds another man with his wife.” After that, he narrated the incident of those who performed li’an, in which these words are mentioned: Both of them performed li’an, so the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) separated them and said: “These two can never be together.”

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "When those who have invoked li'an (mutual cursing, i.e., the husband and wife) separate from each other, then they can never be together again."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) says: (What he said is mentioned in the next narration) Both Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) say: "The established Sunnah regarding those who perform li'an is that the two can never be together again."

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), both said: "This is the established Sunnah that those who perform li'an can never be together again."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ja'far (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I was present with the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) when he made 'Uwaymir 'Ajlani and his wife perform li'an. When the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) returned from Tabuk, 'Uwaymir denied the pregnancy in that woman's womb (being his child) and said: "This is the child of Ibn Sahma'." So the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Bring your wife, the command of the Qur'an has been revealed regarding both of you." The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) made both of them perform li'an regarding that pregnancy near the pulpit after the 'Asr prayer.