Book 67
Wedlock, Marriage (Nikaah)
كتاب النكاح
125 chapters · 183 hadiths
1.0
Awakening the desire for marriage
2باب التَّرْغِيبُ فِي النِّكَاحِ
2.0"Whoever is able to marry, should marry..."
1بَابُ قَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنِ اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْكُمُ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَتَزَوَّجْ، لأَنَّهُ أَغَضُّ لِلْبَصَرِ وَأَحْصَنُ لِلْفَرْجِ»، وَهَلْ يَتَزَوَّجُ مَنْ لاَ أَرَبَ لَهُ فِي النِّكَاحِ
3.0Whoever is not able to marry, is recommended to fast
1باب مَنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ الْبَاءَةَ فَلْيَصُمْ
4.0About (marrying) several women
3باب كَثْرَةِ النِّسَاءِ
5.0Whoever emigrated with the intention of marrying a woman
1باب مَنْ هَاجَرَ أَوْ عَمِلَ خَيْرًا لِتَزْوِيجِ امْرَأَةٍ فَلَهُ مَا نَوَى
6.0The marrying of a poor man
1باب تَزْوِيجِ الْمُعْسِرِ الَّذِي مَعَهُ الْقُرْآنُ وَالإِسْلاَمُ
7.0The saying of a man to his brother (in Islam)
1باب قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ لأَخِيهِ انْظُرْ أَىَّ زَوْجَتَىَّ شِئْتَ حَتَّى أَنْزِلَ لَكَ عَنْهَا
8.0What is disliked of not marrying and of getting castrated
4باب مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ التَّبَتُّلِ وَالْخِصَاءِ
9.0To marry virgins
2باب نِكَاحِ الأَبْكَارِ
10.0The marrying of matrons
2باب الثَّيِّبَاتِ
11.0The marrying of young lady to an elderly man
1باب تَزْوِيجِ الصِّغَارِ مِنَ الْكِبَارِ
12.0What type of women should one seek in marriage?
1باب إِلَى مَنْ يَنْكِحُ
13.0Having female captives and manumitting one's own slave-girl
4باب اتِّخَاذِ السَّرَارِيِّ
14.0"If they be poor, Allah will enrich them out of His Bounty."
1بَابُ تَزْوِيجِ الْمُعْسِرِ لِقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {إِنْ يَكُونُوا فُقَرَاءَ يُغْنِهِمُ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ}
15.0Husband and wife should have the same religion
4باب الأَكْفَاءِ فِي الدِّينِ
16.0The marriage of a poor man with a well-to-do lady
1باب الأَكْفَاءِ فِي الْمَالِ، وَتَزْوِيجِ الْمُقِلِّ الْمُثْرِيَةَ
17.0What evil omen of a lady is to be warded off
4باب مَا يُتَّقَى مِنْ شُؤْمِ الْمَرْأَةِ
18.0(About) a free lady as the wife of a slave
1باب الْحُرَّةِ تَحْتَ الْعَبْدِ
19.0Not to marry more than four (at a time)
1باب لاَ يَتَزَوَّجُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ أَرْبَعٍ
20.0"..your foster-mothers who gave you suck."
3بَابُ: {وَأُمَّهَاتُكُمُ اللاَّتِي أَرْضَعْنَكُمْ}
21.0"No suckling is to be carried on after the baby is two years old."
1بَابُ مَنْ قَالَ لاَ رَضَاعَ بَعْدَ حَوْلَيْنِ
22.0The milk belongs to the husband
1باب لَبَنِ الْفَحْلِ
23.0The witness of a wet nurse
1باب شَهَادَةِ الْمُرْضِعَةِ
24.0"Forbidden to you (for marriage) are: your mothers, your daughters..."
1باب مَا يَحِلُّ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ وَمَا يَحْرُمُ
25.0"....your step-daughters under your guardianship, born of your wives..."
1بَابُ: {وَرَبَائِبُكُمُ اللاَّتِي فِي حُجُورِكُمْ مِنْ نِسَائِكُمُ اللاَّتِي دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ}
26.0"(It is prohibited to have) two sisters in wedlock at the same time..."
1بَابُ: {وَأَنْ تَجْمَعُوا بَيْنَ الأُخْتَيْنِ إِلاَّ مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ}
27.0A woman should not marry a man already married to her paternal aunt
3باب لاَ تُنْكَحُ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى عَمَّتِهَا
28.0Ash-Shighar. (Exchange of daughters or sisters in marriage without paying Mahr)
1باب الشِّغَارِ
29.0Is it permissible for a woman to present herself for marriage to somebody?
1باب هَلْ لِلْمَرْأَةِ أَنْ تَهَبَ نَفْسَهَا لأَحَدٍ
30.0The marriage of Muhrim
1باب نِكَاحِ الْمُحْرِمِ
31.0Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) prohibited Nikah-al-Mut'a lately.
4باب نَهْىِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ نِكَاحِ الْمُتْعَةِ آخِرًا
32.0A woman can present herself to a righteous man (for marriage)
2باب عَرْضِ الْمَرْأَةِ نَفْسَهَا عَلَى الرَّجُلِ الصَّالِحِ
33.0The presentation of one's own daughter or sister (for marriage) to a religious man.
2باب عَرْضِ الإِنْسَانِ ابْنَتَهُ أَوْ أُخْتَهُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْخَيْرِ
34.0"And there is no sin on you if you make a hint of betrothal or conceal it in yourself..."
1باب قَوْلِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ : {وَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا عَرَّضْتُمْ بِهِ مِنْ خِطْبَةِ النِّسَاءِ أَوْ أَكْنَنْتُمْ فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ} الآيَةَ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: {غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ}
35.0(It is permissible) to look at a woman before marrying.
2باب النَّظَرِ إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ قَبْلَ التَّزْوِيجِ
36.0Whoever said, "A marriage is not valid except through the Wali."
4بَابُ مَنْ قَالَ لاَ نِكَاحَ إِلاَّ بِوَلِيٍّ
37.0If the guardian himself is the suitor
2باب إِذَا كَانَ الْوَلِيُّ هُوَ الْخَاطِبَ
38.0Giving one's young children in marriage
1باب إِنْكَاحِ الرَّجُلِ وَلَدَهُ الصِّغَارَ
39.0The marrying of a daughter by her father to a ruler
1باب تَزْوِيجِ الأَبِ ابْنَتَهُ مِنَ الإِمَامِ
40.0The ruler is regarded as a guardian
1بَابُ السُّلْطَانُ وَلِيٌّ بِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «زَوَّجْنَاكَهَا بِمَا مَعَكَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ»
41.0The father or the guardian cannot give a virgin or matron in marriage without her consent
2باب لاَ يُنْكِحُ الأَبُ وَغَيْرُهُ الْبِكْرَ وَالثَّيِّبَ إِلاَّ بِرِضَاهَا
42.0If a man gives his daughter in marriage while she is averse to it, then such marriage is invalid
2باب إِذَا زَوَّجَ ابْنَتَهُ وَهْىَ كَارِهَةٌ فَنِكَاحُهُ مَرْدُودٌ
43.0The giving of an orphan girl in marriage
1باب تَزْوِيجِ الْيَتِيمَةِ
44.0If the suitor says, "Marry me to so-and-so," and the guardian says, "I have married her to you for such Mahr"
1بَابُ إِذَا قَالَ الْخَاطِبُ لِلْوَلِيِّ زَوِّجْنِي فُلاَنَةَ. فَقَالَ قَدْ زَوَّجْتُكَ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا. جَازَ النِّكَاحُ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَقُلْ لِلزَّوْجِ أَرَضِيتَ أَوْ قَبِلْتَ
45.0None should ask for the hand of a lady who is already engaged to his brother (Muslim)
2باب لاَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ، حَتَّى يَنْكِحَ أَوْ يَدَعَ
46.0The meaning of the cancelling of the engagement.
1باب تَفْسِيرِ تَرْكِ الْخِطْبَةِ
47.0Al-Khutba (for Nikah)
1باب الْخُطْبَةِ
48.0Beating the tambourine during marriage ceremony and the wedding banquet.
1باب ضَرْبِ الدُّفِّ فِي النِّكَاحِ وَالْوَلِيمَةِ
49.0"And give to the women their Mahr with a good heart..."
1باب قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى {وَآتُوا النِّسَاءَ صَدُقَاتِهِنَّ نِحْلَةً}
50.0To marry (a lady to) a man for what he knows of the Qur'an
1باب التَّزْوِيجِ عَلَى الْقُرْآنِ وَبِغَيْرِ صَدَاقٍ.
51.0To give Mahr in the form of material things
1باب الْمَهْرِ بِالْعُرُوضِ وَخَاتَمٍ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ
52.0The conditions stipulated in marriage (contract)
1باب الشُّرُوطِ فِي النِّكَاحِ
53.0Conditions not lawful in the marriage contract
1باب الشُّرُوطِ الَّتِي لاَ تَحِلُّ فِي النِّكَاحِ
54.0Yellow coloured perfume for a bridegroom
1باب الصُّفْرَةِ لِلْمُتَزَوِّجِ
55.0CHAPTER
1بَابٌ
56.0How to invoke good upon a person who has married recently?
1باب كَيْفَ يُدْعَى لِلْمُتَزَوِّجِ
57.0The invocation of those women who prepare the bride
1باب الدُّعَاءِ لِلنِّسَاءِ اللاَّتِي يَهْدِينَ الْعَرُوسَ، وَلِلْعَرُوسِ
58.0To consummate the marriage before going on a military campaign
1باب مَنْ أَحَبَّ الْبِنَاءَ قَبْلَ الْغَزْوِ
59.0Whoever consummated his marriage with a lady of nine years of age
1باب مَنْ بَنَى بِامْرَأَةٍ وَهْىَ بِنْتُ تِسْعِ سِنِينَ
60.0Consummation of marriage during a journey
1باب الْبِنَاءِ فِي السَّفَرِ
61.0Consummation of marriage during the daytime without a marriage procession or lighting of fires
1باب الْبِنَاءِ بِالنَّهَارِ بِغَيْرِ مَرْكَبٍ وَلاَ نِيرَانٍ
62.0The curtains, beddings and similar thins designed for the women
1باب الأَنْمَاطِ وَنَحْوِهَا لِلنِّسَاءِ
63.0The women who present the lady to her husband
1باب النِّسْوَةِ اللاَّتِي يَهْدِينَ الْمَرْأَةَ إِلَى زَوْجِهَا وَدُعَائِهِنَّ بِالْبَرَكَةِ
64.0The giving of a present to the bridegroom
1باب الْهَدِيَّةِ لِلْعَرُوسِ
65.0To borrow the clothes, etc. for the bride
1باب اسْتِعَارَةِ الثِّيَابِ لِلْعَرُوسِ وَغَيْرِهَا
66.0What a man should say on having a sexual intercourse with his wife
1باب مَا يَقُولُ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا أَتَى أَهْلَهُ
67.0The Walima (wedding banquet) is obligatory
1باب الْوَلِيمَةُ حَقٌّ
68.0Al-Walima is to be given even with one sheep
4باب الْوَلِيمَةِ وَلَوْ بِشَاةٍ
69.0A bigger Walima on marrying some wives than the other wives
1باب مَنْ أَوْلَمَ عَلَى بَعْضِ نِسَائِهِ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ بَعْضٍ
70.0Walima of less than one sheep
1باب مَنْ أَوْلَمَ بِأَقَلَّ مِنْ شَاةٍ
71.0To accept the invitation to a Walima
4باب حَقِّ إِجَابَةِ الْوَلِيمَةِ وَالدَّعْوَةِ
72.0If somebody refuses an invitation
1باب مَنْ تَرَكَ الدَّعْوَةَ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ
73.0Whoever accepted the invitation to a meal of trotters
1باب مَنْ أَجَابَ إِلَى كُرَاعٍ
74.0To accept the invitation to a party
1باب إِجَابَةِ الدَّاعِي فِي الْعُرْسِ وَغَيْرِه
75.0The attendance of women and children at a wedding party
1باب ذَهَابِ النِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ إِلَى الْعُرْسِ
76.0Should a person return if he sees something objectionable in the party?
1باب هَلْ يَرْجِعُ إِذَا رَأَى مُنْكَرًا فِي الدَّعْوَةِ
77.0The serving of the bride herself for the men at (her) marriage party
1باب قِيَامِ الْمَرْأَةِ عَلَى الرِّجَالِ فِي الْعُرْسِ وَخِدْمَتِهِمْ بِالنَّفْسِ
78.0An-Naqi and other non-toxicant drinks at a wedding party
1باب النَّقِيعِ وَالشَّرَابِ الَّذِي لاَ يُسْكِرُ فِي الْعُرْسِ
79.0To be polite and kind to the women
1باب الْمُدَارَاةِ مَعَ النِّسَاءِ
80.0The exhortation of taking care of the women
2باب الْوَصَاةِ بِالنِّسَاءِ
81.0"Ward off from yourself and your families a Fire whose fuel is men and stones..."
1باب {قُوا أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا}
82.0To treat the family in a polite and kind manner
2باب حُسْنِ الْمُعَاشَرَةِ مَعَ الأَهْلِ
83.0Advice to a daughter regarding her husband
1باب مَوْعِظَةِ الرَّجُلِ ابْنَتَهُ لِحَالِ زَوْجِهَا
84.0A woman should not observe Saum except husband's consent (is 'with her' missing here?)
1باب صَوْمِ الْمَرْأَةِ بِإِذْنِ زَوْجِهَا تَطَوُّعًا
85.0If a woman deserts her husband's bed
2باب إِذَا بَاتَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ مُهَاجِرَةً فِرَاشَ زَوْجِهَا
86.0A woman should not allow anyone to enter the house except husband's consent (here too)
1باب لاَ تَأْذَنُ الْمَرْأَةُ فِي بَيْتِ زَوْجِهَا لأَحَدٍ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِهِ
87.0CHAPTER
1باب
88.0To be unthankful to the husband
2باب كُفْرَانِ الْعَشِيرِ
89.0Your wife has a right over you
1باب لِزَوْجِكَ عَلَيْكَ حَقٌّ
90.0The woman is a guardian in her husband's house
1باب الْمَرْأَةُ رَاعِيَةٌ فِي بَيْتِ زَوْجِهَا
91.0"Men are protectors and maintainers of women."
1بَابُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {الرِّجَالُ قَوَّامُونَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ بِمَا فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: {إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيًّا كَبِيرًا}
92.0The decision of the Prophet (ﷺ) not to share the beds with his wives and to stay away
2باب هِجْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نِسَاءَهُ فِي غَيْرِ بُيُوتِهِنَّ
93.0The beating of women is disapproved
1باب مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنْ ضَرْبِ النِّسَاءِ وَقَوْلِهِ {وَاضْرِبُوهُنَّ} ضَرْبًا غَيْرَ مُبَرِّحٍ.
94.0Not to obey the husband if he orders to do something sinful
1باب لاَ تُطِيعُ الْمَرْأَةُ زَوْجَهَا فِي مَعْصِيَةٍ
95.0"If a woman fears cruelty or desertion on her husband's part..."
1باب {وَإِنِ امْرَأَةٌ خَافَتْ مِنْ بَعْلِهَا نُشُوزًا أَوْ إِعْرَاضًا}
96.0The coitus interruptus
3باب الْعَزْلِ
97.0To draw lots among the wives for a journey
1باب الْقُرْعَةِ بَيْنَ النِّسَاءِ إِذَا أَرَادَ سَفَرًا
98.0To give up the turn with the husband to one of his other wives
1باب الْمَرْأَةِ تَهَبُ يَوْمَهَا مِنْ زَوْجِهَا لِضَرَّتِهَا وَكَيْفَ يُقْسِمُ ذَلِكَ
99.0To deal justly between the women (wives)
0بَابُ الْعَدْلِ بَيْنَ النِّسَاءِ
100.0Marrying a virgin while already having a matron wife
1باب إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ الْبِكْرَ عَلَى الثَّيِّبِ
101.0Marrying a matron while already having a virgin wife
1باب إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ الثَّيِّبَ عَلَى الْبِكْرِ
102.0Whoever had sexual intercourse with all his wives and then took one bath only
1باب مَنْ طَافَ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي غُسْلٍ وَاحِدٍ
103.0If a man goes to all his wives in one day
1باب دُخُولِ الرَّجُلِ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي الْيَوْمِ
104.0If a man takes the permission of his wives so as to stay in the house of one of them
1باب إِذَا اسْتَأْذَنَ الرَّجُلُ نِسَاءَهُ فِي أَنْ يُمَرَّضَ فِي بَيْتِ بَعْضِهِنَّ، فَأَذِنَّ لَهُ.
105.0To love some of the wives more than the others
1باب حُبِّ الرَّجُلِ بَعْضَ نِسَائِهِ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ بَعْضٍ
106.0To claim having more things or better qualities than one really has
1باب الْمُتَشَبِّعِ بِمَا لَمْ يَنَلْ، وَمَا يُنْهَى مِنِ افْتِخَارِ الضَّرَّةِ
107.0Al-Ghaira (i.e. honour, prestige or self-respect)
8باب الْغَيْرَةِ
108.0The jealousy of women and their anger
2باب غَيْرَةِ النِّسَاءِ وَوَجْدِهِنَّ
109.0Attempt to prevent the daughter's jealousy
1باب ذَبِّ الرَّجُلِ عَنِ ابْنَتِهِ، فِي الْغَيْرَةِ وَالإِنْصَافِ
110.0Men will decrease and women will increase
1باب يَقِلُّ الرِّجَالُ وَيَكْثُرُ النِّسَاءُ
111.0A man should not stay with a woman in seclusion
2باب لاَ يَخْلُوَنَّ رَجُلٌ بِامْرَأَةٍ إِلاَّ ذُو مَحْرَمٍ، وَالدُّخُولُ عَلَى الْمُغِيبَةِ
112.0Private meeting between a man and a woman not secluded from the people
1باب مَا يَجُوزُ أَنْ يَخْلُوَ الرَّجُلُ بِالْمَرْأَةِ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ
113.0Effeminate men should not enter upon women
1باب مَا يُنْهَى مِنْ دُخُولِ الْمُتَشَبِّهِينَ بِالنِّسَاءِ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ
114.0The looking of a woman at the Ethiopians and the like
1باب نَظَرِ الْمَرْأَةِ إِلَى الْحَبَشِ وَنَحْوِهِمْ مِنْ غَيْرِ رِيبَةٍ
115.0The going out of women for their needs
1باب خُرُوجِ النِّسَاءِ لِحَوَائِجِهِنَّ
116.0The permission taken by a woman from her husband to go to the mosque
1باب اسْتِئْذَانِ الْمَرْأَةِ زَوْجَهَا فِي الْخُرُوجِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَغَيْرِهِ
117.0Visiting or looking at women having foster suckling reltions
1باب مَا يَحِلُّ مِنَ الدُّخُولِ وَالنَّظَرِ إِلَى النِّسَاءِ فِي الرَّضَاعِ
118.0A woman should not look at or touch the body of another woman to describe to her husband
2باب لاَ تُبَاشِرُ الْمَرْأَةُ الْمَرْأَةَ فَتَنْعَتَهَا لِزَوْجِهَا
119.0"I will go round all my wives tonight."
1باب قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ لأَطُوفَنَّ اللَّيْلَةَ عَلَى نِسَائِي
120.0If a man is away for a long time, he should not enter his house at night.
2باب لاَ يَطْرُقْ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلاً إِذَا أَطَالَ الْغَيْبَةَ مَخَافَةَ، أَنْ يُخَوِّنَهُمْ أَوْ يَلْتَمِسَ عَثَرَاتِهِمْ
121.0Seeking to beget children
2باب طَلَبِ الْوَلَدِ
122.0The woman should shave her pubic hair, and should comb the hair.
1باب تَسْتَحِدُّ الْمُغِيبَةُ وَتَمْتَشِطُ {الشَّعِثَةُ}
123.0"And not to reveal their adornments except to their husbands,..."
1بَابُ: {وَلاَ يُبْدِينَ زِينَتَهُنَّ إِلاَّ لِبُعُولَتِهِنَّ} إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: {لَمْ يَظْهَرُوا عَلَى عَوْرَاتِ النِّسَاءِ}
124.0'And those among you who have not come to the age of puberty."
1باب {وَالَّذِينَ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا الْحُلُمَ مِنْكُمْ}
125.0The man's poking his daughter in the flank while admonishing her
1باب قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ لِصَاحِبِهِ هَلْ أَعْرَسْتُمُ اللَّيْلَةَ