Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3338

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلاَّمٍ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ الأَزْرَقُ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الشِّغَارِ ‏.‏ قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ وَالشِّغَارُ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يُزَوِّجُ ابْنَتَهُ عَلَى أَنْ يُزَوِّجَهُ أُخْتَهُ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Ibrahim and Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Sallam reported to us; they said: Ishaq al-Azraq narrated to us, from Ubayd Allah, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A'raj, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) prohibited shighar. Ubayd Allah said: Shighar was when a man gave his daughter in marriage on the condition that the other man give his sister in marriage to him.

Translation notes
  • This report’s definition specifies an exchange between one man’s daughter and the other man’s sister; it does not include an explicit statement about a dower.