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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Marriage

Sahih Muslim 1408c

Chapter: The prohibition of being married to a woman and her paternal aunt or maternal aunt at the same time

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1408c

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

وَحَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ بْنِ قَعْنَبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، - قَالَ ابْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ مَدَنِيٌّ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ مِنْ وَلَدِ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ - عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ قَبِيصَةَ بْنِ ذُؤَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏

لاَ تُنْكَحُ الْعَمَّةُ عَلَى بِنْتِ الأَخِ وَلاَ ابْنَةُ الأُخْتِ عَلَى الْخَالَةِ ‏"

Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported:

I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: Father's sister should not be combined with her brother's daughter, nor the daughter of a sister with her mother's sister.

Reported by Muslim (No. 1408c).

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  • تهذيب الكمال للمزي (1930)لا تُنْكَحُ الْعَمَّةُ عَلَى ابْنَةِ الأَخِ ، ولا ابْنَةُ الأُخْتِ عَلَى الْخَالَةِ

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