Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 840
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ نُبَيْهِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ، قَالَ أَرَادَ ابْنُ مَعْمَرٍ أَنْ يُنْكِحَ، ابْنَهُ فَبَعَثَنِي إِلَى أَبَانَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ وَهُوَ أَمِيرُ الْمَوْسِمِ بِمَكَّةَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ أَخَاكَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُنْكِحَ ابْنَهُ فَأَحَبَّ أَنْ يُشْهِدَكَ ذَلِكَ . قَالَ لاَ أُرَاهُ إِلاَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا جَافِيًا إِنَّ الْمُحْرِمَ لاَ يَنْكِحُ وَلاَ يُنْكِحُ . أَوْ كَمَا قَالَ ثُمَّ حَدَّثَ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ مِثْلَهُ يَرْفَعُهُ . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي رَافِعٍ وَمَيْمُونَةَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ عُثْمَانَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَالْعَمَلُ عَلَى هَذَا عِنْدَ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِنْهُمْ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ وَابْنُ عُمَرَ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ بَعْضِ فُقَهَاءِ التَّابِعِينَ وَبِهِ يَقُولُ مَالِكٌ وَالشَّافِعِيُّ وَأَحْمَدُ وَإِسْحَاقُ لاَ يَرَوْنَ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ الْمُحْرِمُ قَالُوا فَإِنْ نَكَحَ فَنِكَاحُهُ بَاطِلٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn Mani' narrated to us: Isma'il ibn Ulayyah narrated to us: Ayyub narrated to us, from Nafi', from Nubayh ibn Wahb, who said: Ibn Ma'mar wanted to arrange his son's marriage and sent me to Aban ibn Uthman, who was the governor of Mecca during the pilgrimage season. I went to him and said, ‘Your brother wants to arrange his son's marriage and would like you to witness it.’ He replied, ‘I can only assume he is a rough Bedouin. A person in ihram must neither marry nor arrange a marriage’—or words to that effect. He then related a similar report from Uthman, attributing it to the Prophet.
There are reports on this topic from Abu Rafi' and Maymunah. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Uthman is hasan sahih. Some of the Prophet's Companions acted on this, including Umar ibn al-Khattab, Ali ibn Abi Talib, and Ibn Umar. This was also the view of some of the Successors and of Malik, al-Shafi'i, Ahmad, and Ishaq: they held that a person in ihram should not marry, and that if he does, the marriage is invalid.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report records a legal position that a person in ihram may not contract or arrange a marriage.