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Sahih al-BukhariWedlock, Marriage (Nikaah)

Sahih al-Bukhari 5123

Chapter: The presentation of one's own daughter or sister (for marriage) to a religious man.

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 5123

Narrator:Umm Habība

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ عِرَاكِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ زَيْنَبَ ابْنَةَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ أُمَّ حَبِيبَةَ قَالَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِنَّا قَدْ تَحَدَّثْنَا أَنَّكَ نَاكِحٌ دُرَّةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ‏.‏ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ أَعَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ لَوْ

لَمْ أَنْكِحْ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ مَا حَلَّتْ لِي، إِنَّ أَبَاهَا أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ ‏"

Narrated Zainab bint Salama:

Um Habiba said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) "We have heard that you want to marry Durra bint Abu-Salama." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Can she be married along with Um Salama (her mother)? Even if I have not married Um Salama, she would not be lawful for me to marry, for her father is my foster brother."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5123) and An-Nasa’i (No. 3286).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

ذَكَرَ الْمُصَنِّف طَرَفًا مِنْ حَدِيث أُمّ حَبِيبَة فِي قِصَّة بِنْت أُمّ سَلَمَة , وَقَدْ تَقَدَّمَ شَرْحه قَرِيبًا وَلَمْ يَذْكُر فِيهِ هُنَا مَقْصُود التَّرْجَمَة اِسْتِغْنَاء بِالْإِشَارَةِ إِلَيْهِ وَهُوَ قَوْلهَا " اِنْكِحْ أُخْتِي بِنْت أَبِي سُفْيَان " وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَم…

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Differing grades Sunan an-Nasa'i 3286

"We have been saying that you want to marry Durrah bint Abi Salamah." The Messenger of Allah said: "As a co-wife to Umm Salamah? Even if I were not married to Umm Salamah, she would not be permissible to me, for her father is my brother through breast-feeding."

"‏ أَعَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ لَوْ أَنِّي لَمْ أَنْكِحْ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ مَا حَلَّتْ لِي إِنَّ أَبَاهَا أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ ‏"

Narrated by Umm Habība

Also reported by… (7)
  • الاستيعاب في معرفة الأصحاب لابن عبد البر (18)حُدِّثْنَا أَنَّكَ نَاكِحٌ دُرَّةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَعَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ؟ لَوْ أَنِّي لَمْ أَنْكِحْ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ لَمْ تَحِلَّ لِي ، إِنَّ أَبَاهَا أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ
  • الاستيعاب في معرفة الأصحاب لابن عبد البر (360)لَوْ أَنِّي لَمْ أَنْكِحْ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ لَمْ تَحِلَّ لِي ، إِنَّ أَبَاهَا أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ
  • السنة للمروزي (256)لَوْ أَنِّي لَمْ أَنْكِحْ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ مَا حَلَّتْ لِي ؛ إِنَّ أَبَاهَا أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ
  • السنن الكبرى للنسائي (5232)أَعَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ؟ لَوْ أَنِّي لَمْ أَنْكِحْ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ مَا حَلَّتْ لِي ، إِنَّ أَبَاهَا أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ
  • الطبقات الكبرى لابن سعد (241)لَوْ أَنِّي لَمْ أَنْكَحْ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ مَا حَلَّتْ لِي إِنَّ أَبَاهَا أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ
  • المعجم الكبير للطبراني (18969)أَهْلِي أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ ؟ ، لَوْ لَمْ أَنْكِحْ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ مَا حَلَّتْ لِي إِنَّ أَبَاهَا أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ
  • معرفة الصحابة لأبي نعيم (7095)لَوْ أَنِّي لَمْ أَنْكِحْ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ مَا حَلَّتْ لِي ، إِنَّ أَبَاهَا أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ

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Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Bulugh al-Maram 1132

The Prophet (ﷺ) was offered to marry the daughter of Hamzah. He said, "She is unlawful to me for she is the daughter of my brother in suckling; and what is unlawful by reason of blood relationship is unlawful by reason of suckling relationship." [Agreed upon].

وَعَنِ اِبْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا { أَنَّ اَلنَّبِيَّ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-أُرِيدُ عَلَى اِبْنَةِ حَمْزَةَ.‏ فَقَالَ: "إِنَّهَا لَا تَحِلُّ لِي; إِنَّهَا اِبْنَةُ أَخِي مِنْ اَلرَّضَاعَةِ } 1‏…

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās + 13 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 5101

(daughter of Abu Sufyan) I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Marry my sister. the daughter of Abu Sufyan." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do you like that?" I replied, "Yes, for even now I am not your only wife and I like that my sister should share the good with me." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "But that is not…

لاَبْنَةُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ، أَرْضَعَتْنِي وَأَبَا سَلَمَةَ ثُوَيْبَةُ فَلاَ تَعْرِضْنَ عَلَىَّ بَنَاتِكُنَّ وَلاَ أَخَوَاتِكُنَّ ‏"

Narrated by Umm Habība + 11 other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 2645

The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said concerning the daughter of Hamzah: She is not lawful for me (to marry). That which is unlawful due to lineage (blood relation) is unlawful due to breastfeeding. She is the daughter of my foster-brother.

The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said concerning the daughter of Hamzah: ''She is not lawful for me (to marry). That which is unlawful due to lineage (blood relation) is unlawful due to breastfeeding. She is the daughter of my foster-brother.''

لاَ تَحِلُّ لِي، يَحْرُمُ مِنَ الرَّضَاعِ مَا يَحْرُمُ مِنَ النَّسَبِ، هِيَ بِنْتُ أَخِي مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ ‏"

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