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Sunan Abu Dawud 2121

Chapter: Regarding The Marriage Of The Young

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Sunan Abu Dawud 2121

Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَأَبُو كَامِلٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ

تَزَوَّجَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنَا بِنْتُ سَبْعٍ - قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ أَوْ سِتٍّ - وَدَخَلَ بِي وَأَنَا بِنْتُ تِسْعٍ ‏.‏

Narrated 'Aishah:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) married me when I was seven years old. The narrator Sulaiman said: or Six years. He had intercourse with me when I was nine years old.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 2121).

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Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( قَالَ سُلَيْمَان أَوْ سِتّ ) : يَعْنِي قَالَ سُلَيْمَان فِي رِوَايَته وَأَنَا بِنْت سَبْع أَوْ سِتّ بِالشَّكِّ. وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ وَقَعَ فِي رِوَايَة لِمُسْلِمٍ تَزَوَّجَنِي وَأَنَا بِنْت سَبْع وَفِي أَكْثَر رِوَايَاته بِنْت سِتّ. قَالَ النَّوَوِيّ : فَالْجَمْع بَيْنهمَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَهَا سِتّ وَكَسْر , فَفِي رِوَايَة اِقْتَصَرَتْ عَلَى السِّنِينَ , وَفِي رِوَايَة عَدَّتْ السَّنَة الَّتِي دَخَلَتْ فِيهَا وَاَللَّه أَعْلَم اِنْتَهَى. وَالْحَدِيث يَدُلّ عَلَى أَنَّهُ يَجُوز لِلْأَبِ أَنْ يُزَوِّج بِنْته الصَّغِيرَة. قَالَ النَّوَوِيّ : أَجْمَعَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ عَلَى جَوَاز تَزْوِيجه بِنْته الْبِكْر الصَّغِيرَة لِهَذَا الْحَدِيث وَإِذَا بَلَغَتْ فَلَا خِيَار لَهَا فِي فَسْخه عِنْد مَالِك وَا…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 2121
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2121
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih Bukhari (3896) Sahih Muslim (1422) The hadith No. 2121
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 2121

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  • المعجم الكبير للطبراني (18610)تَزَوَّجَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا بِنْتُ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ ، وَبَنَى بِي وَأَنَا بِنْتُ تِسْعٍ

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Authentic Sunan Ibn Majah 1990

"The Prophet, married me in Shawwal, and he consummated the marriage with me in Shawwal, and which of his wives was more favored to him than I." 'Airhuh used to like marriage to be consummated with her female relatives in Shawwal.

تَزَوَّجَنِي النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فِي شَوَّالٍ وَبَنَى بِي فِي شَوَّالٍ ‏.‏ فَأَىُّ نِسَائِهِ كَانَ أَحْظَى عِنْدَهُ مِنِّي ‏.‏ وَكَانَتْ عَائِشَةُ تَسْتَحِبُّ أَنْ تُدْخِلَ نِسَاءَهَا فِي شَوَّالٍ ‏.‏

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 5134

that the Prophet (ﷺ) married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old. Hisham said: I have been informed that `Aisha remained with the Prophet (ﷺ) for nine years (i.e. till his death).

تَزَوَّجَهَا وَهْىَ بِنْتُ سِتِّ سِنِينَ، وَبَنَى بِهَا وَهْىَ بِنْتُ تِسْعِ سِنِينَ‏.‏

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I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Suppose you landed in a valley where there is a tree of which something has been eaten and then you found trees of which nothing has been eaten, of which tree would you let your camel graze?" He said, "(I will let my camel graze) of the one of which nothing has…

لَمْ يُرْتَعْ مِنْهَا ‏"‏‏.‏ تَعْنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَمْ يَتَزَوَّجْ بِكْرًا غَيْرَهَا‏.‏

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