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Sunan Abu Dawud 2051

Chapter: Regarding Allah's Statement: The Fornicatress Does Not Marry Except A Fornicator

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 2051

Narrator:Abdullah ibn Amr

حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّيْمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَخْنَسِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ مَرْثَدَ بْنَ أَبِي مَرْثَدٍ الْغَنَوِيَّ، كَانَ يَحْمِلُ الأُسَارَى بِمَكَّةَ وَكَانَ بِمَكَّةَ بَغِيٌّ يُقَالُ لَهَا عَنَاقُ وَكَانَتْ صَدِيقَتَهُ قَالَ جِئْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ

أَنْكِحُ عَنَاقَ قَالَ فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي فَنَزَلَتْ ‏‏{‏ وَالزَّانِيَةُ لاَ يَنْكِحُهَا إِلاَّ زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكٌ ‏}‏ فَدَعَانِي فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَىَّ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ تَنْكِحْهَا ‏"

Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:

Marthad ibn AbuMarthad al-Ghanawi used to take prisoners (of war) from Mecca (to Medina). At Mecca there was a prostitute called Inaq who had illicit relations with him. (Marthad said:) I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said to him: May I marry Inaq, Messenger of Allah? The narrator said: He kept silence towards me. Then the verse was revealed:"....and the adulteress none shall marry save and adulterer or an idolater." He called me and recited this (verse) to me, and said: Do not marry her.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 2051) and An-Nasa’i (No. 3228).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( أَنَّ مَرْثَد بْن أَبِي مَرْثَد ) : بِفَتْحِ الْمِيم وَسُكُون الرَّاء الْمُهْمَلَة وَفَتْح الثَّاء الْمُثَلَّثَة وَبَعْدهَا دَال مُهْمَلَة ( الْغَنَوِيّ ) : بِفَتْحِ الْغَيْن الْمُعْجَمَة وَبَعْدهَا نُون مَفْتُوحَة نِسْبَة إِلَى غَنِيّ بِفَتْحِ الْغَيْن وَكَسْر النُّون وَهُوَ غَنِيّ بْن يَصْعُر وَيُقَال أَعْصَر بْن قَيْس بْن سَعْد بْن غَيْلَان. قَالَهُ الْمُنْذِرِيُّ ( كَانَ يَحْمِل الْأَسَارَى بِمَكَّة ) : وَفِي رِوَايَة النَّسَائِيِّ : كَانَ يَحْمِل الْأَسَارَى مِنْ مَكَّة إِلَى الْمَدِينَة. وَفِي رِوَايَة التِّرْمِذِيّ : كَانَ رَجُلًا يَحْمِل الْأَسْرَى مِنْ مَكَّة وَيَأْتِي بِهِمْ الْمَدِينَة. وَالْأَسَارَى وَالْأَسْرَى كِلَاهُمَا جَمْع أَسِير ( وَكَانَ بِمَكَّة بَغِيّ ) : أَيْ فَاجِرَ…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticHasan Sahih حسن صحيح The hadith No. 2051
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 2051
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good chain (hasan)Isnaad Hasan The chain only No. 2051
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticHasan Sahih The hadith No. 2051

Other versions

Good chain (hasan) Sunan an-Nasa'i 3228

It was narrated from 'Amr bin Shu'aib, from his father, from his grandfather, that Marthad bin Abi Marthad Al-Ghanawi --a strong man who used to take the prisoners from Makkah to Al-Madinah-- said: "I arranged with a man to bring him (from Makkah to Al-Madinah). There was a prostitute in Makkah who…

‏‏{‏ الزَّانِيَةُ لاَ يَنْكِحُهَا إِلاَّ زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكٌ ‏}‏ فَدَعَانِي فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَىَّ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ تَنْكِحْهَا ‏"

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr

On the same subject

Not graded Bulugh al-Maram 1000

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "A man guilty of fornication, who has been flogged (for it), should not marry any but a woman like him (similarly guilty)." [Reported by Ahmad and Abu Dawud, and its narrators are reliable (thiqah)].

وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-{ لَا يَنْكِحُ اَلزَّانِي اَلْمَجْلُودُ إِلَّا مِثْلَهُ } رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ , وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ , وَرِجَالُهُ ثِقَاتٌ 1‏ .‏…

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 1 other version

Good (hasan) Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3177

from his father, from his grandfather, who said "There was a man named Marthad bin Abi Marthad, and he was a man who would carry captives from Makkah to Al-Madinah." He said: "And there was a prostitute woman in Makkah called 'Anaq, who was a friend of his. He had promised a man from the captives…

الزَّانِي لاَ يَنْكِحُ إِلاَّ زَانِيَةً أَوْ مُشْرِكَةً وَالزَّانِيَةُ لاَ يَنْكِحُهَا إِلاَّ زَانٍ أَوْ مُشْرِكٌ فَلاَ تَنْكِحْهَا ‏"

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr

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