Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 6965

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ كَانَ عُرْوَةُ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ ‏‏{‏وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَنْ لاَ تُقْسِطُوا فِي الْيَتَامَى فَانْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ‏}‏‏.‏ قَالَتْ هِيَ الْيَتِيمَةُ فِي حَجْرِ وَلِيِّهَا، فَيَرْغَبُ فِي مَالِهَا وَجَمَالِهَا، فَيُرِيدُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا بِأَدْنَى مِنْ سُنَّةِ نِسَائِهَا، فَنُهُوا عَنْ نِكَاحِهِنَّ، إِلاَّ أَنْ يُقْسِطُوا لَهُنَّ فِي إِكْمَالِ الصَّدَاقِ ، ثُمَّ اسْتَفْتَى النَّاسُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعْدُ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ‏‏{‏وَيَسْتَفْتُونَكَ فِي النِّسَاءِ‏}‏ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ‏.‏

Translation

Al-Zuhrī reported that ʿUrwa used to say: He asked ʿĀʾisha about the verse, “If you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphans, then marry women who seem good to you.” She replied, “It concerns an orphan girl in the care of her guardian. He desires her wealth and beauty and wants to marry her for less than the customary dowry given to women like her. They were forbidden to marry such girls unless they dealt fairly with them by giving them their full dowry.” Later, people asked the Messenger of God about women, and God revealed, “They ask you for a ruling concerning women.” The report then refers to the rest of the account.