Muwatta' Malik 28-4
Asking for Someone's Hand in Marriage
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حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ عَنْ نَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ
الأَيِّمُ أَحَقُّ بِنَفْسِهَا مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا وَالْبِكْرُ تُسْتَأْذَنُ فِي نَفْسِهَا وَإِذْنُهَا صُمَاتُهَا
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Mālik
- ʿAbdullāh b. al-Faḍl
- Nāfiʿ b. Jubayr b. Muṭʿim
- ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās
- Rasūl Allāh ﷺ
Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn al-Fadl from Nafi ibn Jubayr ibn Mutim from Abdullah ibn Abbas that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A woman who has been previously married is more entitled to her person than her guardian, and a virgin must be asked for her consent for herself, and her consent is her silence "
Grades by grader
| Mālik b. Anas | Sound | hadithunlocked |
|---|---|---|
| Salim al-Hilali | Sahih | fawazahmed0 |
What scholars said about it
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- Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr
هذا حديث رفيع أصل من أصول الأحكام رواه عن مالك جماعة من الجلة وقيل إنه قد رواه أبو حنيفة عن مالك وفي ذلك نظر ولا يصح
in موطأ مالك, p. 1043 - Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr
هذا حديث رفيع صحيح أصل من أصول الأحكام ورواته ثقات أثبات أشراف
in موطأ مالك, p. 1043
Same hadith, other wordings
- Jami at-Tirmidzi 1108الأَيِّمُ أَحَقُّ بِنَفْسِهَا مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا وَالْبِكْرُ تُسْتَأْذَنُ فِي نَفْسِهَا وَإِذْنُهَا صُمَاتُهَا
- Misykatul Mashabih 3127وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الْأَيِّمُ أَحَقُّ بِنَفْسِهَا مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا وَالْبِكْرُ تَسْتَأْذِنُ فِي نَفْسِهَا وَإِذْنُهَا صِمَاتُهَا». وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: قَالَ: «الثَّيِّبُ أَحَقُّ بِنَ
- Sunan an-Nasa'i 3260الأَيِّمُ أَحَقُّ بِنَفْسِهَا مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا وَالْبِكْرُ تُسْتَأْذَنُ فِي نَفْسِهَا وَإِذْنُهَا صُمَاتُهَا
- Shahih Muslim 1421aالأَيِّمُ أَحَقُّ بِنَفْسِهَا مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا وَالْبِكْرُ تُسْتَأْذَنُ فِي نَفْسِهَا وَإِذْنُهَا صُمَاتُهَا
- Shahih Muslim 1421bالثَّيِّبُ أَحَقُّ بِنَفْسِهَا مِنْ وَلِيِّهَا وَالْبِكْرُ تُسْتَأْمَرُ وَإِذْنُهَا سُكُوتُهَا
Other narrations of this report
Sunan Abi Dawud 2100Sunan an-Nasa'i 3261Musnad Ahmad 24494Sahih Ibn Hibban 4080Musnad al-Bazzar 8588al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 5375
Narrators
- One of the Companions who narrated most prolifically (mukthirūn).d. 65 AH, or 67 AH, or 68 AH, also said: 69 AH, also said: 70 AH; also said: 73 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍأحد المكثرين من الصحابةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil)d. 99 AHنَافِعِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ مُطْعِمٍثقة فاضلعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 121 and 130 AHعَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِثقةعن
- The jurist (al-faqīh), the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Imām Dār al-Hijrah), the head of the proficient masters, and the foremost among the meticulous.d. 178 AH, or 179 AHمَالِكٌالفقيه ، إمام دار الهجرة ، رأس المتقنين ، وكبير المتثبتين
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Commentaries
الاعتبار في الناسخ والمنسوخ
al-Tamhīd (Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr)
al-Istidhkār
al-Istidhkār
al-Istidhkār
Sharḥ al-Zarqāni (ʿAbd al-Bāqī)
Sharḥ al-Zarqāni (ʿAbd al-Bāqī)
Sharḥ al-Zarqāni (ʿAbd al-Bāqī)
Sharḥ al-Zarqāni (ʿAbd al-Bāqī)
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