Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1134
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قُتَيْبَةُ يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ - قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " لاَ يَبِيعُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ سَمُرَةَ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . قَالَ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ إِنَّمَا مَعْنَى كَرَاهِيَةِ أَنْ يَخْطُبَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ إِذَا خَطَبَ الرَّجُلُ الْمَرْأَةَ فَرَضِيَتْ بِهِ فَلَيْسَ لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَخْطُبَ عَلَى خِطْبَتِهِ . وَقَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ مَعْنَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ " لاَ يَخْطُبُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ " . هَذَا عِنْدَنَا إِذَا خَطَبَ الرَّجُلُ الْمَرْأَةَ فَرَضِيَتْ بِهِ وَرَكَنَتْ إِلَيْهِ فَلَيْسَ لأَحَدٍ أَنْ يَخْطُبَ عَلَى خِطْبَتِهِ فَأَمَّا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَعْلَمَ رِضَاهَا أَوْ رُكُونَهَا إِلَيْهِ فَلاَ بَأْسَ أَنْ يَخْطُبَهَا وَالْحُجَّةُ فِي ذَلِكَ حَدِيثُ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ قَيْسٍ حَيْثُ جَاءَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَتْ لَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا جَهْمِ بْنَ حُذَيْفَةَ وَمُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ خَطَبَاهَا فَقَالَ " أَمَّا أَبُو جَهْمٍ فَرَجُلٌ لاَ يَرْفَعُ عَصَاهُ عَنِ النِّسَاءِ وَأَمَّا مُعَاوِيَةُ فَصُعْلُوكٌ لاَ مَالَ لَهُ وَلَكِنِ انْكِحِي أُسَامَةَ " . فَمَعْنَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ عِنْدَنَا وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ فَاطِمَةَ لَمْ تُخْبِرْهُ بِرِضَاهَا بِوَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمَا وَلَوْ أَخْبَرَتْهُ لَمْ يُشِرْ عَلَيْهَا بِغَيْرِ الَّذِي ذَكَرَتْ .
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Ahmad ibn Mani and Qutaybah narrated to us; they said: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab, from Abu Hurairah. Qutaybah said that he traced it back to the Prophet, while Ahmad said: The Messenger of Allah said: A man must not outbid his brother's sale, nor propose marriage while his brother is proposing to the same woman. It is also reported in this chapter from Samurah and Ibn Umar. Abu Isa said: The hadith of Abu Hurairah is hasan sahih. Malik ibn Anas said that the prohibition on a man proposing over his brother's proposal means that if a man proposes to a woman and she accepts him, no one else may propose over his proposal. Al-Shafi'i said that, in our view, this hadith means that if a man proposes to a woman and she accepts and inclines toward him, no one else may propose over his proposal. Before he knows that she accepts or inclines toward him, there is no harm in proposing to her. The proof for this is the hadith of Fatimah bint Qays: she came to the Prophet and told him that Abu Jahm ibn Hudhayfah and Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan had proposed to her. He said: As for Abu Jahm, he is a man who does not lift his stick from women; as for Muawiyah, he is destitute and has no property. Rather, marry Usamah. According to us, the meaning of this report is—Allah knows best—that Fatimah had not told him that she accepted either of them; if she had, he would not have advised her otherwise.