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Bayhaqi 13861 — The marriage of fornicators, and reports on the saying

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْقَطَّانُ، ثنا أَبُو الْأَزْهَرِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْأَزْهَرِ، ثنا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ، ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْأَخْنَسِ، حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ قَالَ: كَانَ رَجُلٌ يُقَالُ لَهُ مَرْثَدُ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْثَدٍ، وَكَانَ رَجُلًا يَحْمِلُ الْأَسْرَى مِنْ مَكَّةَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ بِهِمُ الْمَدِينَةَ قَالَ: وَكَانَ بِمَكَّةَ بَغِيٌّ يُقَالُ لَهَا عَنَاقٌ، وَكَانَتْ صَدِيقَتَهُ، وَأَنَّهُ وَعَدَ رَجُلًا يَحْمِلُهُ مِنْ أَسْرَى مَكَّةَ قَالَ: فَجِئْتُ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى ظِلِّ حَائِطٍ مِنْ حَوَائِطِ مَكَّةَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مُقْمِرَةٍ قَالَ: فَجَاءَتْ عَنَاقٌ، فَأَبْصَرَتْ سَوَادَ ظِلِّي بِجَنْبِ الْحَائِطِ، فَلَمَّا انْتَهَتْ إِلِيَّ عَرَفَتْ قَالَتْ: مَرْثَدٌ؟ قُلْتُ: مَرْثَدٌ قَالَتْ: هَلْ لَكَ أَنْ تَبِيتَ عِنْدَنَا اللَّيْلَةَ؟ قُلْتُ: يَا عَنَاقُ قَدْ حَرَّمَ اللهُ الزِّنَا قَالَتْ: يَا أَهْلَ الْخِيَامِ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي يَحْمِلُ أَسْرَاكُمْ، فَاتَّبِعْنِي ثَمَانِيَةٌ وَسَلَكْتُ الْخَنْدَمَةَ، فَانْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى كَهْفٍ أَوْ غَارٍ، فَدَخَلْتُهُ فَجَاءُوا حَتَّى جَازُوا عَلَى رَأْسِي، فَبَالُوا فَظَلَّ بَوْلُهُمْ عَلَى رَأْسِي وَأَعْمَاهُمُ اللهُ حَتَّى رَجَعُوا، وَرَجَعْتُ إِلَى صَاحِبِي، وَحَمَلْتُهُ، وَكَانَ رَجُلًا ثَقِيلًا حَتَّى انْتَهَيْتُ إِلَى الْإِذْخِرِ، فَفَكَكْتُ عَنْهُ كَبْلَهُ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَحْمِلُهُ وَيُعْيِينِي حَتَّى قَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ، فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَنْكِحُ عَنَاقًا؟ فَأَمْسَكَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ شَيْئًا حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ السُّورَةُ، وَهِيَ قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {الزَّانِي لَا يَنْكِحُ إِلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوْ مُشْرِكَةً، وَالزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنْكِحُهَا إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكٌ، وَحُرِّمَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} [النور: ٣]، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلَّى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " يَا مَرْثَدُ الزَّانِي لَا يَنْكِحُ إِلَّا زَانِيَةً أَوْ مُشْرِكَةً وَالزَّانِيَةُ لَا يَنْكِحُهَا إِلَّا زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكٌ ".
Amr bin Shu'ayb narrates from his father, from his grandfather (may Allah be pleased with him), that there was a man, Sayyiduna Marthad bin Abi Marthad (may Allah be pleased with him), who used to carry captives from Makkah and bring them to Madinah. There was a prostitute in Makkah named Anaq who had been his friend, and he had promised a man among the captives of Makkah that he would carry him away. (He said:) I came on a moonlit night until I reached the shade of one of the walls of Makkah. Anaq came and saw the dark outline of my shadow by the wall. When she came near me, she recognised me and said: "Marthad?" I said: "Yes, Marthad." She said: "Will you spend the night with us?" Marthad (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I said: "O Anaq, Allah has forbidden zina." Then she called out: "O people of the tents, this is the man who carries away your captives!" He says: Eight men followed me, and I took the path of al-Khandamah until I reached a cave and entered it. They came and passed right over my head. They urinated, and their urine fell on my head, but Allah blinded them and they went back. I returned to my companion and carried him; he was a heavy man. I brought him to al-Idhkhir, where I undid his shackles. I kept carrying him and he wore me out, until I reached Madinah. I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "O Messenger of Allah, shall I marry Anaq?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent and gave me no answer until this surah was revealed: "The fornicator does not marry except a fornicatress or a polytheist woman, and the fornicatress none marries her except a fornicator or a polytheist man, and that has been made unlawful for the believers." [Surah al-Nur: 3] Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Marthad, the fornicator does not marry except a fornicatress or a polytheist woman, and the fornicatress none marries her except a fornicator or a polytheist man." (Sahih li-ghayrihi; it has preceded.)
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 13861