Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah)

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Yaḥyā ibn Bukayr narrated to us, saying: al-Layth narrated to me, from ʿUqayl, from Ibn Shihāb, who said: Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) informed me that he was ten years old when the Messenger of Allah arrived in Medina. My mothers used to make me regularly serve the Prophet, and I served him for ten years. The Prophet died when I was twenty, and I knew more than anyone about the matter of the veil when it was revealed. The first time it was revealed was when the Messenger of Allah consummated his marriage to Zaynab bint Jaḥsh. The Prophet awoke as a newlywed and invited the people, who ate. Then they left, but a group remained with the Prophet and stayed a long time. The Prophet stood and went out, and I went with him so that they would leave. The Prophet walked and I walked with him until he reached the threshold of ʿĀʾishah’s chamber. Then he thought they had gone, so he returned, and I returned with him. When he entered Zaynab’s chamber, they were still sitting and had not stood up. The Prophet went back out, and I went out with him, until he reached the threshold of ʿĀʾishah’s chamber. He thought they had left, so he returned, and I returned with him. They had then gone. The Prophet drew a curtain between me and him, and the veil was revealed.

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ʿAlī narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, saying: Ḥumayd narrated to me that he heard Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) say: The Prophet asked ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf, who had married a woman from the Anṣār, ‘How much did you give her as a bridal gift?’ He said, ‘Gold weighing a date stone.’ Ḥumayd said: I heard Anas say: When they arrived in Medina, the Emigrants stayed with the Anṣār. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf stayed with Saʿd ibn al-Rabīʿ, who said, ‘I will share my wealth with you and give up one of my two wives for you.’ He said, ‘May Allah bless your family and your wealth.’ He went to the marketplace, bought and sold, and gained some dried curds and ghee. He then married, and the Prophet said, ‘Hold a wedding feast, even if with one sheep.’

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Sulaymān ibn Ḥarb narrated to us: Ḥammād narrated to us, from Thābit, from Anas, who said: The Prophet did not hold a wedding feast for any of his wives like the feast he held for Zaynab; he held a feast with one sheep.

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Musaddad narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Wārith, from Shuʿayb, from Anas: The Messenger of Allah freed Ṣafiyyah and married her, making her emancipation her bridal gift. He held a wedding feast for her with ḥays, a dish of dates, ghee, and dried curds.

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Mālik ibn Ismāʿīl narrated to us: Zuhayr narrated to us, from Bayān, who said: I heard Anas say: The Prophet consummated his marriage with a woman and sent me to invite men to the meal.

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Musaddad narrated to us: Ḥammād ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Thābit, who said: Zaynab bint Jaḥsh’s marriage was mentioned in Anas’s presence, and he said: I did not see the Prophet hold a wedding feast for any of his wives like the feast he held for her; he held it with one sheep.

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Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from Manṣūr ibn Ṣafiyyah, from his mother Ṣafiyyah bint Shaybah, who said: The Prophet held a wedding feast for some of his wives with two mudd measures of barley.

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ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf narrated to us: Mālik informed us, from Nāfiʿ, from ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both), that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘When one of you is invited to a wedding feast, let him attend it.’

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Musaddad narrated to us: Yaḥyā narrated to us, from Sufyān, who said: Manṣūr narrated to me, from Abū Wāʾil, from Abū Mūsā, from the Prophet, who said: ‘Free the captive, accept the invitation, and visit the sick.’

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al-Ḥasan ibn al-Rabīʿ narrated to us: Abū al-Aḥwaṣ narrated to us, from al-Ashʿath, from Muʿāwiyah ibn Suwayd, who said: al-Barāʾ ibn ʿĀzib (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Prophet commanded us to do seven things and forbade us from seven. He commanded us to visit the sick, follow funeral processions, invoke mercy for one who sneezes, fulfill oaths, support the oppressed, spread greetings of peace, and accept invitations. He forbade us from gold rings, silver vessels, silk saddle-cloths, al-qassī (striped silk garments), brocade, and silk. Abū ʿAwānah and al-Shaybānī also related it from al-Ashʿath with ‘spreading greetings of peace’ [in the list].

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Qutaybah ibn Saʿīd narrated to us: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī Ḥāzim narrated to us, from Abū Ḥāzim, from Sahl ibn Saʿd, who said: Abū Usayd al-Sāʿidī invited the Messenger of Allah to his wedding. His wife, who was the bride, served them that day. Sahl said: Do you know what she served the Messenger of Allah? She had soaked some dates for him overnight; when he had eaten, she served him that drink.

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ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf narrated to us: Mālik informed us, from Ibn Shihāb, from al-Aʿraj, from Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who used to say: ‘The worst food is the food of a wedding feast to which the rich are invited and the poor are left out. Whoever declines the invitation has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.’

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ʿAbdān narrated to us: Abū Ḥamzah narrated to us, from al-Aʿmash, from Abū Ḥāzim, from Abū Hurayrah, from the Prophet, who said: ‘If I were invited to a sheep’s trotter, I would accept; and if I were given a sheep’s foreleg, I would accept.’

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ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us: al-Ḥajjāj ibn Muḥammad narrated to us, saying: Ibn Jurayj said: Mūsā ibn ʿUqbah informed me, from Nāfiʿ, who said: I heard ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) say: The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Accept this invitation when you are invited to it.’ ʿAbd Allāh used to attend invitations, for weddings and otherwise, even while fasting.

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ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Mubārak narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Wārith narrated to us: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Ṣuhayb narrated to us, from Anas ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Prophet saw women and children coming from a wedding. He stood energetically and said, ‘By Allah, you are among the people dearest to me.’

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Ismāʿīl said: Mālik narrated to me, from Nāfiʿ, from al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad, from ʿĀʾishah, the Prophet’s wife, who informed him: I bought a cushion with images on it. When the Messenger of Allah saw it, he stood at the doorway and did not enter. I recognized disapproval in his face and said, ‘Messenger of Allah, I repent to Allah and to His Messenger. What have I done wrong?’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘What is this cushion?’ I said, ‘I bought it for you to sit on and recline against.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Those who make these images will be punished on the Day of Resurrection, and they will be told, “Give life to what you have created.”’ He also said, ‘The angels do not enter a house in which there are images.’

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Saʿīd ibn Abī Maryam narrated to us: Abū Ghassān narrated to us, saying: Abū Ḥāzim narrated to me, from Sahl, who said: When Abū Usayd al-Sāʿidī held his wedding, he invited the Prophet and his Companions. No one prepared food for them or served it except his wife, Umm Usayd. She soaked dates overnight in a stone bowl. When the Prophet had finished eating, she mixed it for him and served it to him as a special treat.

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Yaḥyā ibn Bukayr narrated to us: Yaʿqūb ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Qārī narrated to us, from Abū Ḥāzim, who said: I heard Sahl ibn Saʿd say that Abū Usayd al-Sāʿidī invited the Prophet to his wedding. His wife, who was the bride, served them that day. She said—or Sahl said—‘Do you know what she soaked for the Messenger of Allah? She soaked some dates for him overnight in a bowl.’

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ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh said: Mālik narrated to me, from Abū al-Zinād, from al-Aʿraj, from Abū Hurayrah: The Messenger of Allah said: ‘A woman is like a rib. If you try to straighten it, you will break it; and if you enjoy her, you enjoy her while there is still crookedness in her.’

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Isḥāq ibn Naṣr narrated to us: Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī narrated to us, from Zāʾidah, from Maysarah, from Abū Ḥāzim, from Abū Hurayrah, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: ‘Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him not harm his neighbor.’ Be good to women, for they were created from a rib, and the most crooked part of the rib is its uppermost part. If you try to straighten it, you break it; if you leave it, it remains crooked. So be good to women.