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Sunan Ibn Majah 1916

Chapter: Staying with a virgin and a previously-married woman

Good (hasan) 3 scholars’ grades Sunan Ibn Majah 1916

Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏

"‏ إِنَّ لِلثَّيِّبِ ثَلاَثًا وَلِلْبِكْرِ سَبْعًا ‏"

It was narrated from Anas:

that the Messenger of Allah said: “Three days for a previously-married woman and seven days for a virgin.”

Reported by Ibn Majah (No. 1916).

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Classical commentary

Al-Sindi — Hashiyat al-Sindi on Sunan Ibn Majah

قَوْله ( إِنَّ لِلثَّيِّبِ ثَلَاثًا ) أَيْ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ ثَيِّبًا فَلَهَا ثَلَاثَة لَيَالٍ هِيَ حَقّهَا ثُمَّ يَجِب الْقَسْم وَفِي الْبِكْر سَبْع لَيَالٍ وَمَنْ لَا يَقُول بِهِ يَعْتَذِر بِأَنَّهُ مُعَارَض بِالْعَدْلِ الْوَاجِب بِالْكِتَابِ إِذْ الْعَدْل مَعْلُوم لُغَة وَهُوَ التَّسْوِيَة فَيُؤْخَذ بِالْكِتَابِ وَيُتْرَك حَدِيث الْآحَاد وَقَدْ يُجَاب عَنْهُ بِأَنَّ الْمُرَاد فِي الْكِتَاب الْعَدْل شَرْعًا لَا مُطْلَق التَّسْوِيَة لُغَة ضَرُورَة أَنَّ التَّسْوِيَة فِي الْجِمَاع غَيْر وَاجِب وَكَذَا فِي طُول الثَّوْب وَقِصَره إِذَا كَانَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا طَوِيلَة وَالثَّانِيَة قَصِيرَة وَغَيْر ذَلِكَ بَلْ إِذَا كَانَتْ إِحْدَاهُمَا حُرَّة وَالثَّانِيَة أُمَّة فَلِلْحُرَّةِ يَوْمَانِ وَلِلْأَمَ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 1916
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 1916
Muhammad Fu'ad Abd al-Baqid. 1388 AH Good (hasan)Hasan The hadith No. 1916

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If you so desire, I can extend the time (of my stay) with you, but then I shall have to calculate the time (that I stay with you and shall have to spend the same time with other wives). For the virgin woman, (her husband has to stay with her) for a week, and for the woman previously married it is…

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