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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب النكاح
Book of Marriage
باب: لا يكون الكافر وليا لمسلمة
Chapter: A non-Muslim cannot be the guardian of a Muslim woman
Bayhaqi 13797 — A non-Muslim cannot be the guardian of a Muslim woman
قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ، وَقَدْ زَوَّجَ ابْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أُمَّ حَبِيبَةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، وَأَبُو سُفْيَانَ حَيٌّ، لِأَنَّهَا كَانَتْ مُسْلِمَةً وَابْنُ سَعِيدٍ مُسْلِمٌ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِأَبِي سُفْيَانَ فِيهَا وِلَايَةٌ، لِأَنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى قَطَعَ الْوِلَايَةَ بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ.
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Ibn Sa'id bin al-As (Sayyiduna Khalid bin Sa'id (may Allah be pleased with him)) married Sayyidah Umm Habibah bint Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with her) to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while Abu Sufyan was alive, because she was a Muslim and Ibn Sa'id was also a Muslim, and Abu Sufyan had no guardianship over her, because Allah Almighty has cut off guardianship between the Muslims and the polytheists."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ، ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ شَاذَانَ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ، ثنا مُعَلَّى بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، ثنا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، أنبأ مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ، أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَحْتَ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ جَحْشٍ، فَمَاتَ بِأَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ، فَزَوَّجَهَا النَّجَاشِيُّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَأَمْهَرَهَا عَنْهُ أَرْبَعَةَ آلَافٍ، وَبَعَثَ بِهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَعَ شُرَحْبِيلَ ابْنِ حَسَنَةَ.
Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she was married to Ubaydullah bin Jahsh, and Ubaydullah died in the land of Abyssinia. Then the Negus married Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), paid four thousand as her mahr from his own side, and sent her to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with Shurahbil bin Hasanah (may Allah be pleased with him).
