Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3364

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَزِيعٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْمُحَبَّقِ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، غَشِيَ جَارِيَةً لاِمْرَأَتِهِ فَرُفِعَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ إِنْ كَانَ اسْتَكْرَهَهَا فَهِيَ حُرَّةٌ مِنْ مَالِهِ وَعَلَيْهِ الشَّرْوَى لِسَيِّدَتِهَا وَإِنْ كَانَتْ طَاوَعَتْهُ فَهِيَ لِسَيِّدَتِهَا وَمِثْلُهَا مِنْ مَالِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Bazi' reported to us; he said: Yazid narrated to us; he said: Sa'id narrated to us, from Qatadah, from al-Hasan, from Salamah ibn al-Muhabbaq: A man had intercourse with his wife’s enslaved woman, and the case was brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). He said: ‘If he forced her, she is free from his property, and he owes her mistress an equivalent in compensation. If she willingly consented, she remains her mistress’s property, and he owes an equivalent from his own property.’

Translation notes
  • This version states that in the coercion case the woman is freed from the man’s property, while in the consent case she remains her mistress’s; in either case the man owes compensation equivalent to her value.