Bulugh al-Maram

A woman had accepted Islam and then re-married, so her (previous) husband came and said, "O Allah's Messenger, I had accepted Islam and she knew that I had done so." So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) took her away from her second husband and returned her to her first one. .

'Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) married al-'Aaliyah of Banu Ghifar. When she entered in his presence and he removed her clothes, he saw whiteness (of leprosy) around her waist area and the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Put on your clothes and return to your family." He ordered her dowry to be given to her. . In its chain of narrators, is Jamil bin Zaid, who is Majhul (an unaccredited narrator). There is also a great difference of opinion as to who was his Shaykh.

'Umar bin al-Khattab (RA) said: "If any man married a woman and after sleeping with her finds that she is affected with leprosy or insane, she gets her dowry (if he divorces her) for having intercourse with her, and it is returned to him from the one who has deceived him with her." .

"And (if) she has something like a horn (Qarn) (coming out of her vagina), her husband then has the right to divorce her or keep her. And if he had intercourse with her, she gets her dowry for the intercourse her husband has had."

'Umar (RA) gave a decree regarding a husband who is impotent that he must be given delay for one year. .

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "He who has intercourse with a woman through her anus is accursed." .

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "Allah will not look at a man who has intercourse with a man or a woman through the anus." .

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "He who believes in Allah and the last Day should not harm his neighbor; and take my advice regarding good treatment of women, for they were created from a rib. And indeed the most crooked part of the rib is its upper part. If you attempt to straighten it, you will break it, and if you leave it alone it will remain crooked. So, take my advice regarding good treatment of women." .

"So if you enjoy her you will do so while crookedness remains in her; but if you attempt to straighten her you will break her, and breaking her is divorcing her."

We were with the Prophet (ﷺ) on an expedition. Then, when we arrived at al-Madinah and were about to enter he said, "Wait so that you may enter by night - i.e. in the evening in order that the woman with disheveled hair may comb it and the woman whose husband has been away may shave her pubic hairs (getting ready for her husband)." .

"When one of you has been away from home for a long time, he must not come to his family during the night."

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "The worst of people in position before Allah on the Day of Resurrection is the man who has intercourse with his wife, and she with him, and then spreads her secrets." .

I asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what are the rights of a wife of one of us on her husband?" He replied, "You should give her food when you eat, clothe her when you clothe yourself, not strike her on the face, and do not revile her or desert her except within the house." .

The Jews used to say, "When a man has intercourse with his wife through the vagina, but from her back side, the child will be squint-eyed." Then, the Verse came down: "Your wives are a tilth to you, so come to your tilth however you wish ." .

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "If anyone who intends to have intercourse with his wife says, 'In the Name of Allah. O Allah, keep us away from the devil and keep the devil away from what You have provided us (of children)', should it be ordained that a child be born to them thereby, Satan will never harm it." .

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "When a man calls his wife to come to his bed (for marital relations), and she refuses to come, and he spends the night in anger, the angels curse her till the morning." .

"He Who is in heaven is displeased with her till her husband is pleased with her."

"The Prophet (ﷺ) cursed the woman who joins false hair to her real hair and the one who asks for it to be done to her; and the woman who tattoos (others) and the one who has it done (for her). .

I was with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) along with some people when he was saying, "I have intended to prohibit Ghila (sexual intercourse with a woman who is breast-feeding), but I considered the Romans and the Persians and saw that they engaged in Ghila without any injury being caused to their children thereby." Then they asked him about 'Azl (withdrawing the penis before emission of semen, to avoid conception), and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) replied, "That is the secret (way of) burying alive."

A man said, "O Allah's Messenger, I have a slave-girl and I withdraw the penis while having intercourse with her ('Azl). I dislike that she become pregnant, but I want (from her) what a man wants (from a woman). And the Jews say - withdrawing the penis to avoid conception is the minor (form of) burying alive." He replied, "The Jews told a lie, for if Allah intended to create it you would not be able to turn it away." .

In the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) when the Qur'an was being revealed, we used to engage in 'Azl. Hence, if it had been something forbidden, the Qur'an would have forbade us from doing it. .

"That (which we were doing) reached the Prophet (ﷺ) and he did not forbid us from doing it."

The Prophet (ﷺ) used to have intercourse with his wives (one after another), with a single bathing. .

The Prophet (ﷺ) set Safiyah (RA) free, and made her freedom her dowry. .

I asked 'Aishah (RA), "How much had Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) given as dowry?" She replied, "His dowry to his wives was twelve Uqiya and Nashsh." She asked, "Do you know what a an-Nashsh is?" I replied, "No." She said, "It is half an Uqiya. Hence, the total was five hundred Dirhams, and that was Allah's Messenger's (ﷺ) dowry to his wives." .

When 'Ali (RA) married Fatimah (RA) Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to him, "Give her something (as dowry)." He replied, "I have nothing." He said, "Where is your Hutamiya coat of mail?" .

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "If any woman marries for a dowry, a gift, or a promise before contracting the marriage, it belongs to her. As for whatever is fixed to her after contracting the marriage, it belongs to whomever it has been given. The most worthy gift a man is honored with is what he gets on account of (the marriage of) his daughter or sister." .

He was asked about a man who had married a woman and had not fixed a dowry for her. And he did not consummate (the marriage) with her till he died. Ibn Mas'ud replied, "She should receive a dowry similar to what the women of her community receive without decrease or increase. She must observe the 'Iddah period (of waiting before re-marrying and is entitled to a share of the inheritance." Ma'qil bin Sinan al-Ashja'i then got up and said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ruled the same as your ruling regarding Birwa', daughter of Washiq, a woman of our tribe." Ibn Mas'ud was delighted with it. . Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah (RA): The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "If anyone gives as a dowry to a woman some flour or dates, he has made her lawful for himself." .

The Prophet (ﷺ) gave his approval of the marriage of a woman for two sandals as a dowry. .

The Prophet (ﷺ) married a man to a woman for a dowry of an iron ring. .

It is a portion of the long Hadith preceding in the beginning of the Book of Marriage.

The dowry should not be less than ten Dirhams. .

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "The best dowry is that which is most easy." .

'Amrah (RA) daughter al-Jaun sought refuge (in Allah) from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) when she was brought in to him - meaning when he married her - and he said, "You have sought refuge in the One Worthy of seeking refuge in." Then he divorced her, and commanded Usama who gave her three garments as a gift (i.e. dowry). .

The origin of the aforesaid story is found in the Sahih of al-Bukhari from Abu Usaid as-Sa'idi's Hadith.

The Prophet (ﷺ) saw the trace of yellow color on 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf (RA) and asked, "What is this?" He replied, "O Messenger of Allah, I have married a woman for a Nawat weight (equal to one weight of a date-stone) of gold." He said. "May Allah bless you! Hold a wedding feast, even if with a sheep (only)." .

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "When one of you is invited to a wedding feast he must attend it." .

"When one of you invites his brother, he must respond (i.e. attend), whether it is a wedding or something similar."

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "The worst kind of food is that at a wedding feast from which those who come (i.e. the poor) are turned away, and to which those who refuse (i.e. the rich) are invited. If anyone does not accept an invitation he has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger." .

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), "When one of you is invited (to a meal) he must accept. If he is fasting he should pray (i.e. make supplication for the host) and if he is not fasting he should eat." .

"If he wishes he may eat, and if he wishes he may leave (the food alone)."

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "The food of Walima on the first day is a duty, that on the second day is a Sunnah, while the third is showing off. Whoever (does something) to show-off, Allah will expose him (in the Hereafter)." . .

This Hadith also has a supporting narration collected by Ibn Majah on the authority of Anas (RA).

The Prophet (ﷺ) held a wedding feast for one of his wives with two Mudd of barley. .

The Prophet (ﷺ) stayed three nights between Khaibar and al-Madinah when he consummated his marriage with Safiya (RA). I called the Muslims to his wedding feast which did not include bread or meat. He just ordered some leather dining sheets to be spread, and dates, sun-baked yogurt and butter were thrown on them. .

"When two people come together to issue an invitation, accept that of the one whose door is nearer to you. However, if one of them comes before the other, accept the invitation of the first." .

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: "I do not eat Muttaki'an (sitting with support of something, so as to eat more)." .

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "Dear child, mention Allah's Name, eat with your right hand, and eat from what is next to you." .

The Prophet (ﷺ) was brought a dish containing Tharid and said, "Eat from its side and not from the middle, for the blessing descends in the middle of it." .

Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) never found fault with food (served to him). If he liked anything, he ate it and if he did not like it he left it.