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Sahih Muslim 1413c

Chapter: The prohibition of proposing marriage when one's brother has already proposed, unless he gives permission or gives up the idea

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 1413c

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ ‏.‏ مِثْلَهُ غَيْرَ أَنَّ فِي حَدِيثِ مَعْمَرٍ ‏"‏ وَلاَ يَزِدِ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

A hadith like this has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight alteration.

Reported by Muslim (No. 1413c, 1413b).

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 1413b

Do not outbid in a sale in order to ensnare. No man should enter into a transaction in which his brother has already entered, and no dweller of the town should sell on behalf of the villager. And no man should make a proposal of marriage which his brother has already made and no woman should ask…

لاَ تَنَاجَشُوا وَلاَ يَبِعِ الْمَرْءُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ يَبِعْ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ وَلاَ يَخْطُبِ الْمَرْءُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ وَلاَ تَسْأَلِ الْمَرْأَةُ طَلاَقَ الأُخْرَى لِتَكْتَفِئَ مَا فِي إِنَائِهَا ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

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  • المسند المستخرج على صحيح مسلم لأبي نعيم (3039)لا تَنَاجَشُوا ، وَلا يَبِعِ الْمَرْءُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ ، وَلا يَبِعْ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ ، وَلا يَخْطُبْ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ ، وَلا تَسَلِ الْمَرْأَةُ طَلاقَ الْأُخْرَى لِتَكْفِيَ مَا فِي إِنَائِهَا
  • مختصر الأحكام المستخرج على جامع الترمذي (1105)لا تَنَاجَشُوا ، وَلا يَبِعْ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ ، وَلا يَبِعِ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ ، وَلا تَسْأَلِ الْمَرْأَةُ طَلاقَ أُخْتِهَا
  • مسند الشاميين للطبراني (2960)لا يَبِيعُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ ، وَلا يَبِعْ حَاضِرٌ لِبَادٍ ، وَلا تَنَاجَشُوا ، وَلا يَخْطُبُ الْمَرْءُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ ، وَلا تَسْأَلِ الْمَرْأَةُ طَلاقَ الأُخْرَى لِتَكْفَأَ مَا فِي إِنَائِهَا

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