السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب النكاح
Book of Marriage
جماع أبواب ما خص به رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم دون غيره مما أبيح له وحظر على غيره -- باب: ما أبيح له من النساء أكثر من أربع
Collected chapters on what was particular to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to the exclusion of others, being permitted to him and prohibited to others -- Chapter: More than four wives being permitted to him (peace and blessings be upon him)
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قَالَ اللهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى: {إِنَّا أَحْلَلْنَا لَكَ أَزْوَاجَكَ} [الأحزاب: 50] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: {خَالِصَةً لَكَ مِنْ دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ} [الأحزاب: 50]، فَأَحَلَّ لَهُ مَعَ أَزْوَاجِهِ وَكُنَّ ذَوَاتِ عَدَدٍ مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ بِزَوْجٍ يَوْمَ أُحِلَّ لَهُ مِنْ بَنَاتِ عَمِّهِ وَبَنَاتِ عَمَّاتِهِ وَبَنَاتِ خَالِهِ وَبَنَاتِ خَالِاتِهِ اللَّاتِي هَاجَرْنَ مَعَهُ.
Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, says: "Indeed, We have made lawful for you your wives" [Surah al-Ahzab: 50], up to His saying: "(This is) exclusively for you, not for the (other) believers." [Surah al-Ahzab: 50]
So Allah Almighty made lawful for him (peace and blessings be upon him), along with his (peace and blessings be upon him) wives, who were several in number, those women who were not his (peace and blessings be upon him) wives on the day this permission was revealed, (namely) the daughters of his (peace and blessings be upon him) paternal uncles, the daughters of his (peace and blessings be upon him) paternal aunts, the daughters of his (peace and blessings be upon him) maternal uncles and the daughters of his (peace and blessings be upon him) maternal aunts who emigrated with him (peace and blessings be upon him).
So Allah Almighty made lawful for him (peace and blessings be upon him), along with his (peace and blessings be upon him) wives, who were several in number, those women who were not his (peace and blessings be upon him) wives on the day this permission was revealed, (namely) the daughters of his (peace and blessings be upon him) paternal uncles, the daughters of his (peace and blessings be upon him) paternal aunts, the daughters of his (peace and blessings be upon him) maternal uncles and the daughters of his (peace and blessings be upon him) maternal aunts who emigrated with him (peace and blessings be upon him).
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو أَحْمَدَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَافِظُ، ثنا أَبُو عَرُوبَةَ السُّلَمِيُّ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُقْرِئُ، أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، ثنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، قَالُوا: ثنا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدُورُ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ فِي السَّاعَةِ وَهُنَّ إِحْدَى عَشْرَةَ قُلْتُ لِأَنَسٍ: هَلْ كَانَ يُطِيقُ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: كُنَّا نَتَحَدَّثُ أَنَّهُ أُعْطِيَ قُوَّةَ ثَلَاثِينَ هَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ، وَبِمَعْنَاهُ حَدِيثُ ابْنِ بَشَّارٍ، وَفِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ الْمُثَنَّى: قُوَّةُ أَرْبَعِينَ، وَقَالَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: وَقَالَ فِي السَّاعَةِ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَشَّارٍ، وَقَالَ: قُوَّةُ ثَلَاثِينَ قَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَقَالَ سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ أَنَّ أَنَسًا حَدَّثَهُمْ تِسْعَ نِسْوَةٍ.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would go round to his wives within a single hour of the night or day, and they were eleven. Qatadah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I said to Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him): Was he (peace and blessings be upon him) able to do that? He said: We used to say among ourselves that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had been given the strength of thirty men.
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَدِيبُ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ نَصْرٍ، وَأَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْبَغَوِيُّ قَالَا: أنبأ عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى بْنُ حَمَّادٍ، ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، ثنا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، أَنَّ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ حَدَّثَهُمْ أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ " كَانَ يَطُوفُ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْوَاحِدَةِ وَلَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ تِسْعُ نِسْوَةٍ "، رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ مِنْ كِتَابِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى بْنِ حَمَّادٍ.
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would go to his wives in a single night, and at that time he (peace and blessings be upon him) had nine wives.
