Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1112
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الأُمَوِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ تَزَوَّجَ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِ سَيِّدِهِ فَهُوَ عَاهِرٌ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Sa'id ibn Yahya ibn Sa'id al-Umawi narrated to us: My father narrated to us: Ibn Jurayj narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Aqil, from Jabir, from the Prophet, who said: Any slave who marries without his master's permission is a fornicator. Abu Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ تَزَوَّجَ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِ سَيِّدِهِ فَهُوَ عَاهِرٌ " .
The Arabic uses ʿāhir, a strong term for illicit sexual conduct, applied here to a marriage without the master's permission.
Should the strong wording be rendered literally, or qualified to distinguish the source's terminology from a separate legal finding?