Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1883

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ عَنِ الشِّغَارِ وَالشِّغَارُ أَنْ يَقُولَ الرَّجُلُ لِلرَّجُلِ زَوِّجْنِي ابْنَتَكَ أَوْ أُخْتَكَ عَلَى أَنْ أُزَوِّجَكَ ابْنَتِي أَوْ أُخْتِي ‏.‏ وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمَا صَدَاقٌ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Ibn Umar said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade shighar. Shighar is when a man says to another, ‘Marry your daughter or sister to me on the condition that I marry my daughter or sister to you,’ with no bridal dower between them.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • Shighar is retained as a transliterated term and explained by the report itself.