The Book of Marriage
كتاب النكاح
Chapter 36: Father Marrying Off A Virgin When She Is Unwilling
الْبِكْرِ يُزَوِّجُهَا أَبُوهَا وَهِيَ كَارِهَةٌ .
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'An orphan girl should be consulted with regard to marriage, and if she remains silent, that is her permission. If she refuses then she is not to be forced.'"
Chapter 37: The Concession Allowing A Muhrim To Marry
الرُّخْصَةِ فِي نِكَاحِ الْمُحْرِمِ .
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that the Prophet married Maimunah when he was a Muhrim, and she appointed Al-'Abbas in charge of her marriage, and he married her to him.
Chapter 38: Prohibition Of Marriage For The Muhrim
النَّهْىِ عَنْ نِكَاحِ الْمُحْرِمِ، .
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The Muhrim should not get married, or arrange a marriage for someone else, or propose marriage.'"
Chapter 41: The Words By Which The Marriage Tie Is Completed
الْكَلاَمِ الَّذِي يَنْعَقِدُ بِهِ النِّكَاحُ .
"I was among the people with the Prophet when a woman stood up and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, she has offered herself in marriage to you, so see what you think of her.' He remained silent and the Prophet did not give any answer. Then she stood up (again) and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, she has offered herself in marriage to you, so see what you think of her.' A man stood up and said: 'Marry her to me, O Messenger of Allah!' He said: 'Do you have anything?' He said: 'No.' He said: 'Go and look, even if it is just an iron ring.' So he went and looked then he came and said: 'I could not find anything, not even an iron ring.' He said: 'Have you memorized anything of the Qur'an?' He said: 'Yes, Surah such-and-such and Surah such-and-such.' He said: 'I will marry you to her on the basis of what you have memorized of the Qur'an.'"
Chapter 42: Conditions In Marriage
الشُّرُوطِ فِي النِّكَاحِ .
"The conditions that are most deserving of fulfillment are those by means of which the private parts become permitted to you."
Chapter 43: The Type of Marriage After Which A Thrice-Divorced Woman May Return To Her First Husband
النِّكَاحِ الَّذِي تَحِلُّ بِهِ الْمُطَلَّقَةُ ثَلاَثًا لِمُطَلِّقِهَا .
"The wife of Rifa'ah came to the Messenger of Allah and said: 'Rifa'ah divorced me and made it irrevocable. Then I married 'Abdur-Rahman bin Az-Zubair, and what he has is like the fringe of a garment.' The Messenger of Allah smiled and said: 'Do you want to go back to Rifa'ah? No, not unitl he ('Abdur-Rahman) tastes your sweetness and you taste his sweetness.'"
Chapter 47: Being Married To A Woman And Her Paternal Aunt At The Same Time
الْجَمْعِ بَيْنَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَعَمَّتِهَا .
"The Messenger of Allah forbade (being married to) a woman and her paternal aunt or to a woman and her maternal aunt at the same time."
"A woman should not be taken as a co-wife to her paternal aunt or her maternal aunt."
Chapter 48: The Prohibition Of Being Married To A Woman And Her Maternal Aunt At The Same Time
تَحْرِيمِ الْجَمْعِ بَيْنَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَخَالَتِهَا .
"I read a book to Ash-Sha'bi in which it was narrated from Jabir that the Prophet said: 'A woman should not be taken as a co-wife to her paternal aunt or her maternal aunt.' He said: 'I heard that from Jabir.'"
"The Messenger of Allah forbade taking a woman as a co-wife to her paternal aunt or maternal aunt."
Chapter 49: What Becomes Unlawful As A Result Of Breast-feeding
مَا يَحْرُمُ مِنَ الرَّضَاعِ .
"What becomes unlawful (for marriage) through breast-feeding is that which becomes unlawful through lineage."
Chapter 51: The Amount Of Breast-feeding That Makes Marriage Prohibited
الْقَدْرِ الَّذِي يُحَرِّمُ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ .
"Suckling once or twice does not make (marriage) prohibited."
"Aishah said: 'The Messenger of Allah entered upon me and there was a man sitting with me. He got upset about that, and I saw the anger in his face.' I said: "O Messenger of Allah, he is my brother through breast-feeding." He said: "Be careful who you count as your brothers" --or: "be careful who you count as your brothers through breast-feeding"-- "for the breast-feeding (which makes marriage prohibited) is from hunger."
Chapter 52: The Breast Milk Belongs To The Husband
لَبَنِ الْفَحْلِ .
"My paternal uncle through breast-feeding, Abu Al-Ja'd, came to me, and I sent him away. -He (one of the narrators) said: "Hisham said: 'He was Abu Al-Qu'ais." - "Then the Messenger of Allah came, and I told him. The Messenger of Allah said: 'Give him permission (to enter).'"
Chapter 54: Al-Ghilah (Intercourse With A Breast-feeding Woman)
الْغِيلَةِ .
"I was thinking of forbidding Ghilah until I remembered that it is done by the Persians and Romans" -(one of the narrators) Ishaq said: "(They) do that -and it does not harm their children."
Chapter 55: Coitus Interruptus
الْعَزْلِ .
"My wife is breast-feeding and I do not want her to get pregnant." The Prophet said: "What has been decreed in the womb will come to be."
Chapter 58: Marrying Those Whom One's Father Married
نِكَاحِ مَا نَكَحَ الآبَاءُ .
"I met my maternal uncle who was carrying a flag (for an expedition) and I said: 'Where are you going?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah is sending me to a man who has married his father's wife after he died, to strike his neck or kill him.'"
Chapter 60: Ash-Shighar
الشِّغَارِ .
It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah forbade Ash-Shighar.
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'There is no 'bringing', no 'avoidance' and no Shighar in Islam, and whoever robs, he is not one of us.'"
Chapter 61: Explanation Of Ash-Shighar
تَفْسِيرِ الشِّغَارِ .
"The Messenger of Allah forbade Ash-Shighar." (One of the narrators) 'Ubaidullah said: "Ash-Shighar means when a man gives his daughter in marriage on condition that (the other man) gives him his sister in marriage."