Sunan an-Nasa'i
The Book of Marriage
كتاب النكاح
Chapter 18
التَّزْوِيجِ فِي شَوَّالٍ .
Ubayd Allah ibn Said reported to us; he said: Yahya narrated to us, from Sufyan, who said: Ismail ibn Umayyah narrated to us, from Abd Allah ibn Urwah, from Urwah, from Aishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) married me in Shawwal, and I was brought to him as a bride in Shawwal. Aishah liked to have her women brought to their husbands in Shawwal. Which of his wives was more favored with him than I was?
Translation notes
The report repeats Shawwal for both the marriage and the bride’s being brought to the Prophet. “Her women” is rendered broadly because the relationship is not specified here.
قَالَتْ تَزَوَّجَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي شَوَّالٍ وَأُدْخِلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فِي شَوَّالٍ وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تُدْخِلَ نِسَاءَهَا فِي شَوَّالٍ فَأَىُّ نِسَائِهِ كَانَتْ أَحْظَى عِنْدَهُ مِنِّي
The expression نِسَاءَهَا can refer generally to women associated with Aishah; the report does not specify whether these were relatives or women under her care.
Does “her women” preserve the broad wording without over-specifying the relationship?
Chapter 19
الْخِطْبَةِ فِي النِّكَاحِ .
Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Sallam informed me; he said: Abd al-Samad ibn Abd al-Warith narrated to us; he said: I heard my father say: Husayn al-Muallim narrated to us; he said: Abd Allah ibn Buraydah narrated to me; he said: Amir ibn Sharahil al-Shabi told me that he heard Fatimah bint Qays—one of the earliest women to emigrate—say: Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf, along with a group of the Companions of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), proposed to me. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also proposed me to his freedman, Usamah ibn Zayd. I had been told that the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Whoever loves me should love Usamah.’ When the Messenger of Allah spoke to me, I said: ‘My affair is in your hands; marry me to whomever you choose.’ He said: ‘Go to Umm Sharik.’ Umm Sharik was a wealthy woman from the Ansar who spent generously in the cause of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and guests stayed with her. I said, ‘I will do so.’ He said: ‘Do not. Umm Sharik has many guests, and I dislike your head covering slipping off or your garment exposing your lower legs, so that people might see something of you that you would dislike. Rather, move to your cousin, Abd Allah ibn Amr ibn Umm Maktum.’ He was a man from Banu Fihr, so I moved to him. This is an abridged report.
Translation notes
The Prophet advises Fatimah to stay with her cousin rather than Umm Sharik because frequent guests might see her uncovered. “This is an abridged report” marks the text as shortened.
قَالَ " لاَ تَفْعَلِي فَإِنَّ أُمَّ شَرِيكٍ كَثِيرَةُ الضِّيفَانِ فَإِنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَسْقُطَ عَنْكِ خِمَارُكِ أَوْ يَنْكَشِفَ الثَّوْبُ عَنْ سَاقَيْكِ فَيَرَى الْقَوْمُ مِنْكِ بَعْضَ مَا تَكْرَهِينَ وَلَكِنِ انْتَقِلِي إِلَى ابْنِ عَمِّكِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمِّ مَكْتُومٍ " .
The phrase خِمَارُكِ refers to the woman’s head covering, and the garment’s uncovering the lower legs is given as a possible exposure before guests.
Does “head covering slipping off” and “garment exposing your lower legs” convey the concern in the source?
Chapter 20
النَّهْىِ أَنْ يَخْطُبَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ .
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.
Muhammad ibn Mansur and Said ibn Abd al-Rahman reported to us; they said: Sufyan narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Said, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said—and Muhammad also reported it from the Prophet: ‘Do not engage in false bidding. A townsman should not sell on behalf of a desert-dweller. No man should outbid his brother in a sale, or make a proposal over his brother’s proposal. And no woman should ask that her sister be divorced so that she may take what is in her vessel.’’
Translation notes
The report prohibits several forms of commercial and marital interference. The closing image of taking what is in another woman’s vessel refers figuratively to seeking her place or share.
قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ تَنَاجَشُوا وَلاَ يَبِعْ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ وَلاَ يَبِعِ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ يَخْطُبْ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ تَسْأَلِ الْمَرْأَةُ طَلاَقَ أُخْتِهَا لِتَكْتَفِئَ مَا فِي إِنَائِهَا " .
The image لِتَكْتَفِئَ مَا فِي إِنَائِهَا literally concerns turning over or emptying what is in her vessel; its intended metaphor is to take the other woman’s share.
Does “take what is in her vessel” preserve the image while allowing the idiom to remain visible?
Harun ibn Abd Allah reported to us; he said: Maan narrated to us; he said: Malik narrated to us. And al-Harith ibn Miskin—by recitation to him while I listened—from Ibn al-Qasim, who said: Malik narrated to me, from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban, from al-Araj, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘None of you should make a proposal over his brother’s proposal.’
Translation notes
The chain combines two routes: Harun ibn Abd Allah’s route through Maan and Malik, and al-Harith ibn Miskin’s route read aloud while the narrator listened.
Yunus ibn Abd al-Ala informed me; he said: Ibn Wahb narrated to us; he said: Yunus informed me, from Ibn Shihab, who said: Said ibn al-Musayyab informed me, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘None of you should make a proposal over his brother’s proposal until he marries her or withdraws.’
Translation notes
This version specifies that the prohibition continues until the first suitor marries the woman or withdraws his proposal.
Qutaybah reported to us; he said: Ghundar narrated to us, from Hisham, from Muhammad, from Abu Hurayrah, from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), who said: ‘None of you should make a proposal over his brother’s proposal.’
Chapter 21
خِطْبَةِ الرَّجُلِ إِذَا تَرَكَ الْخَاطِبُ أَوْ أَذِنَ لَهُ .
Ibrahim ibn al-Hasan informed me; he said: al-Hajjaj ibn Muhammad narrated to us; he said: Ibn Jurayj said: I heard Nafi narrating that Abd Allah ibn Umar used to say: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade some of you from outbidding others in a sale, and a man from making a proposal over another man’s proposal, until the earlier suitor withdraws or gives him permission.
Translation notes
This wording states two conditions for a competing proposal to proceed: the earlier suitor withdraws or permits it.
Hajib ibn Sulayman informed me; he said: Hajjaj narrated to us; he said: Ibn Abi Dhi'b narrated to us, from al-Zuhri and Yazid ibn Abd Allah ibn Qusayt, from Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman and from al-Harith ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Thawban, that the two of them asked Fatimah bint Qays about her situation. She said: ‘My husband divorced me three times, and he used to provide me with some food. I said: “By Allah, if maintenance and housing are my right, I will demand them and will not accept this.”’ The agent said: ‘You are entitled to neither housing nor maintenance.’ She said: ‘I went to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and told him about it. He said: “You are entitled to neither housing nor maintenance; observe your waiting period at so-and-so’s home.”’ She said: ‘His Companions used to visit her. Then he said: “Observe your waiting period at Ibn Umm Maktum’s home, for he is blind. When your waiting period is over, let me know.”’
She said: ‘When my waiting period was over, I informed him. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) asked: “Who has proposed to you?” I said: “Muawiyah and another man from Quraysh.” The Prophet said: “As for Muawiyah, he is a young man among the young men of Quraysh who has nothing; as for the other, he is a man of evil with no good in him. Rather, marry Usamah ibn Zayd.”’ She said: ‘I disliked him.’ He said this to her three times, and she married him.
Translation notes
The report concerns Fatimah bint Qays’s waiting period after a threefold divorce and the questions of housing and maintenance. “So-and-so” is left unnamed in the Arabic.
She is told to observe her waiting period at Ibn Umm Maktum’s home, then later reports the suitors and marries Usamah ibn Zayd after initially disliking the match.
فَقَالَتْ طَلَّقَنِي زَوْجِي ثَلاَثًا فَكَانَ يَرْزُقُنِي طَعَامًا فِيهِ شَىْءٌ فَقُلْتُ وَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ كَانَتْ لِي النَّفَقَةُ وَالسُّكْنَى لأَطْلُبَنَّهَا وَلاَ أَقْبَلُ هَذَا .
The phrase كَانَ يَرْزُقُنِي طَعَامًا فِيهِ شَىْءٌ is unusual and does not specify the food or what “something” refers to.
Is “he used to provide me with some food” a sufficiently neutral rendering of this phrase?
Chapter 22
إِذَا اسْتَشَارَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ رَجُلاً فِيمَنْ يَخْطُبُهَا هَلْ يُخْبِرُهَا بِمَا يَعْلَمُ .
Muhammad ibn Salamah and al-Harith ibn Miskin reported to us—by recitation to al-Harith while I listened, and the wording is that of Muhammad—from Ibn al-Qasim, from Malik, from Abd Allah ibn Yazid, from Abu Salamah ibn Abd al-Rahman, from Fatimah bint Qays, that Abu Amr ibn Hafs divorced her irrevocably while he was away. His agent sent her barley, which she disliked. The agent said: ‘By Allah, you have no claim against us.’ She went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and told him. He said: ‘You are not entitled to maintenance.’ He told her to observe her waiting period at the home of Umm Sharik, then said: ‘That is a woman whom my Companions visit often, so observe your waiting period at the home of Ibn Umm Maktum, for he is blind; you may put off your clothes there. When your waiting period is over, let me know.’
She said: ‘When it was over, I told him that Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan and Abu Jahm had proposed to me. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “As for Abu Jahm, he never puts his staff down from his shoulder; as for Muawiyah, he is a pauper with no wealth. Rather, marry Usamah ibn Zayd.” I disliked him, but he then said: “Marry Usamah ibn Zayd.” So I married him. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, placed good in him, and I was pleased with him.’
Translation notes
The report concerns an irrevocable divorce and whether Fatimah was entitled to maintenance. The provision sent by her husband’s agent was barley, which she rejected.
The idiom about Abu Jahm not putting his staff down from his shoulder is retained literally. Fatimah later married Usamah ibn Zayd and says she was pleased with the outcome.
قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا حَلَلْتُ ذَكَرْتُ لَهُ أَنَّ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ وَأَبَا جَهْمٍ خَطَبَانِي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَمَّا أَبُو جَهْمٍ فَلاَ يَضَعُ عَصَاهُ عَنْ عَاتِقِهِ وَأَمَّا مُعَاوِيَةُ فَصُعْلُوكٌ لاَ مَالَ لَهُ وَلَكِنِ انْكِحِي أُسَامَةَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ " .
The phrase فَلاَ يَضَعُ عَصَاهُ عَنْ عَاتِقِهِ literally says Abu Jahm never puts his staff down from his shoulder; it may imply frequent travel or harsh treatment.
Should this idiom be interpreted as indicating that Abu Jahm was often away or that he beat women?
Chapter 23
إِذَا اسْتَشَارَ رَجُلٌ رَجُلاً فِي الْمَرْأَةِ هَلْ يُخْبِرُهُ بِمَا يَعْلَمُ .
Muhammad ibn Adam reported to us; he said: Ali ibn Hashim ibn al-Barid narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Kaysan, from Abu Hazim, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: A man from the Ansar came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: ‘I have married a woman.’ The Prophet said: ‘Did you look at her? There is something distinctive in the eyes of the Ansar.’ Abu Abd al-Rahman said: I found this hadith elsewhere through Yazid ibn Kaysan, where Jabir ibn Abd Allah was said to have narrated it; the correct attribution is Abu Hurayrah.
Translation notes
The report includes an editorial correction of the Companion’s attribution: another version named Jabir, but the compiler says Abu Hurayrah is correct.
فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَلاَ نَظَرْتَ إِلَيْهَا فَإِنَّ فِي أَعْيُنِ الأَنْصَارِ شَيْئًا " .
The phrase فَإِنَّ فِي أَعْيُنِ الأَنْصَارِ شَيْئًا literally says there is “something” in the eyes of the Ansar, without specifying the feature meant.
Does “something distinctive in the eyes of the Ansar” preserve the allusion without guessing its specific meaning?
Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Yazid reported to us; he said: Sufyan narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Kaysan, from Abu Hazim, from Abu Hurayrah, that a man wanted to marry a woman. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: ‘Look at her, for there is something distinctive in the eyes of the Ansar.’
Translation notes
The expression about something in the eyes of the Ansar is left general; this version does not identify the feature meant.
امْرَأَةً فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " انْظُرْ إِلَيْهَا فَإِنَّ فِي أَعْيُنِ الأَنْصَارِ شَيْئًا " .
The phrase فَإِنَّ فِي أَعْيُنِ الأَنْصَارِ شَيْئًا literally says there is “something” in the eyes of the Ansar, without naming the feature.
Does “something distinctive in the eyes of the Ansar” preserve the allusion without speculation?
Chapter 24
عَرْضِ الرَّجُلِ ابْنَتَهُ عَلَى مَنْ يَرْضَى .
Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us; he said: Abd al-Razzaq informed us; he said: Mamar informed us, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from Ibn Umar, from Umar, who said: Hafsah bint Umar became a widow after Khunays—meaning Ibn Hudhafah—one of the Prophet’s Companions who had fought at Badr; he died in Medina. I met Uthman ibn Affan and offered Hafsah to him, saying: ‘If you wish, I will marry Hafsah to you.’ He said: ‘I will think about it.’ Several nights passed, then I met him again and he said: ‘I do not wish to marry at this time.’
Umar said: I then met Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, and said: ‘If you wish, I will marry Hafsah to you.’ He gave me no answer, and I felt more upset with him than I had with Uthman. Several nights passed, then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) proposed to her, and I married her to him. Abu Bakr later met me and said: ‘Perhaps you were upset with me when you offered Hafsah to me and I gave you no answer.’ I said, ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Nothing prevented me from answering when you offered her except that I had heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) mention her, and I would not disclose the Messenger of Allah’s secret. Had he left her, I would have married her.’
Translation notes
Umar offers his widowed daughter Hafsah first to Uthman and then to Abu Bakr; after both conversations, the Prophet proposes and Umar marries her to him.
Abu Bakr explains that he remained silent because he knew of the Prophet’s interest in Hafsah and would not disclose what he regarded as the Prophet’s secret.
Chapter 25
عَرْضِ الْمَرْأَةِ نَفْسَهَا عَلَى مَنْ تَرْضَى .
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna reported to us; he said: Marhum ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Attar, Abu Abd al-Samad, narrated to me; he said: I heard Thabit al-Bunani say: I was with Anas ibn Malik, and one of his daughters was with him. He said: A woman came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), offered herself to him, and said: ‘Messenger of Allah, do you have a need for me?’
Translation notes
The available source text ends immediately after the woman’s question; no reply or continuation is present in this unit.
Muhammad ibn Bashshar reported to us; he said: Marhum narrated to us; he said: Thabit narrated to us, from Anas, that a woman offered herself in marriage to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Anas’s daughter laughed and said: ‘How little modesty she had!’ Anas said: ‘She was better than you; she offered herself in marriage to the Prophet.’
Translation notes
The woman offered herself in marriage to the Prophet; Anas’s daughter reacts critically, and Anas defends the woman’s action.
Chapter 26
صَلاَةِ الْمَرْأَةِ إِذَا خُطِبَتْ وَاسْتِخَارَتِهَا رَبَّهَا .
Suwayd ibn Nasr reported to us; he said: Abd Allah informed us; he said: Sulayman ibn al-Mughirah narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas, who said: When Zaynab’s waiting period ended, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to Zayd: ‘Mention her to me.’ Zayd said: I went and told Zaynab: ‘Rejoice! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sent me to you to mention you to him.’ She said: ‘I will do nothing until I seek my Lord’s guidance.’ She went to her prayer place, and the Quran was revealed. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came and entered without asking permission.
Translation notes
The report says Zaynab went to her prayer place to seek guidance; it then states that the Quran was revealed and that the Messenger entered without asking permission. The revelation’s wording is not included in this unit.
قَالَ لَمَّا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّةُ زَيْنَبَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِزَيْدٍ " اذْكُرْهَا عَلَىَّ " .
اذْكُرْهَا عَلَىَّ literally means “mention her to me,” functioning here as a request that Zayd speak to Zaynab about the Prophet’s interest.
Does “mention her to me” preserve the wording, or should it be made more explicit as speaking to her about the Prophet?
Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Sufi informed me; he said: Abu Nuaym narrated to us; he said: Isa ibn Tahman, Abu Bakr, narrated to us: I heard Anas ibn Malik say: Zaynab bint Jahsh used to boast to the other wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), saying: ‘Allah, Mighty and Majestic, married me to him from above the heavens.’ The verse of the veil was revealed concerning her.
Translation notes
Zaynab’s statement refers to her marriage being ordained by divine revelation; the report also associates the verse of the veil with her.
يَقُولُ كَانَتْ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ جَحْشٍ تَفْخَرُ عَلَى نِسَاءِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم تَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْكَحَنِي مِنَ السَّمَاءِ .
أَنْكَحَنِي مِنَ السَّمَاءِ literally says “married me from heaven,” a figurative reference to the divine decree or revelation arranging the marriage.
Does “married me to him from above the heavens” preserve her phrasing without over-explaining it?
Chapter 27
كَيْفَ الاِسْتِخَارَةُ .
Qutaybah reported to us; he said: Ibn Abi al-Mawali narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir, from Jabir ibn Abd Allah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) used to teach us to seek Allah’s guidance in all matters, just as he taught us a surah from the Quran. He would say: ‘When one of you intends to do something, let him pray two units of prayer, other than the obligatory prayer, then say: “O Allah, I seek the good choice from You by Your knowledge, and I seek help from You through Your power, and I ask You from Your immense bounty. You have power, and I have none; You know, and I do not know; and You are the Knower of the unseen. O Allah, if You know that this matter is good for me in my religion, my livelihood, and the outcome of my affair—or he said: in my present and future affairs—then decree it for me, make it easy for me, and then bless it for me. And if You know that this matter is bad for me in my religion, my livelihood, and the outcome of my affair—or he said: in my present and future affairs—then turn it away from me and turn me away from it. Decree good for me wherever it may be, then make me content with it.”’ He said: ‘And he should name his need.’
Translation notes
The report includes a wording variant about whether the matter concerns the outcome of one’s affairs or the immediate and later future. The final instruction is to name the particular need.
Chapter 28
إِنْكَاحِ الاِبْنِ أُمَّهُ .
Muhammad ibn Ismail ibn Ibrahim reported to us; he said: Yazid narrated to us, from Hammad ibn Salamah, from Thabit al-Bunani. Umar ibn Abi Salamah narrated to me, from his father, from Umm Salamah, who said: When my waiting period ended, Abu Bakr sent to propose to me on the Prophet’s behalf, but I did not accept. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sent Umar ibn al-Khattab to propose to me on his behalf. I said: ‘Tell the Messenger of Allah that I am a jealous woman, that I have children, and that none of my guardians is present.’
Umar went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and told him. He said: ‘Go back to her and tell her: “As for your saying that you are jealous, I will pray to Allah for you, and He will remove your jealousy. As for your saying that you have children, your children will be taken care of. As for your saying that none of your guardians is present, none of your guardians, whether present or absent, would dislike this.”’ She said to her son: ‘Umar, get up and marry the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to me.’ So he married her to him. This is an abridged report.
Translation notes
Umm Salamah’s stated concerns are jealousy, responsibility for her children, and the absence of a guardian. Her son Umar then conducts the marriage on her behalf.
لَمَّا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا بَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَخْطُبُهَا عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ تَزَوَّجْهُ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَخْطُبُهَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ أَخْبِرْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنِّي امْرَأَةٌ غَيْرَى وَأَنِّي امْرَأَةٌ مُصْبِيَةٌ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِي شَاهِدٌ .
The wording بَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَخْطُبُهَا عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ تَزَوَّجْهُ means Abu Bakr proposed on the Prophet’s behalf, but the exact referent of “she did not marry him” is compressed.
Does “she did not accept” best convey that she did not proceed with the proposal conveyed by Abu Bakr?
Chapter 29
إِنْكَاحِ الرَّجُلِ ابْنَتَهُ الصَّغِيرَةَ .
Ishaq ibn Ibrahim informed us; he said: Abu Muawiyah informed us; he said: Hisham ibn Urwah narrated to us, from his father, from Aishah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) married her when she was six years old and consummated the marriage with her when she was nine.
Translation notes
The Arabic distinguishes the marriage contract at age six from consummation at age nine.