Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3238
Arabic hadith text
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " لاَ يَخْطُبْ أَحَدُكُمْ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ بَعْضٍ " .
Translation
Qutaybah reported to us; he said: al-Layth narrated to us, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), who said: ‘None of you should make a proposal over another person’s proposal.’
Translation notes
This prohibits making a competing marriage proposal while another suitor’s proposal is still active.