al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2086
✧ Giving Choice to One Who Embraces Islam While Having More Than Four Wives Including Them
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قَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْوَاقِدِيُّ، ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الزُّهْرِيُّ هُوَ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ:
« أَسْلَمَ غَيْلَانُ وَتَحْتَهُ عَشْرُ نِسْوَةٍ، فَأَمَرَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يَخْتَارَ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا، وَيُفَارِقَ سَائِرَهُنَّ. وَأَسْلَمَ صَفْوَانُ ؓ وَعِنْدَهُ ثَمَانِ نِسْوَةٍ، فَأَمَرَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَنْ يُمْسِكَ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا، وَيُفَارِقَ سَائِرَهُنَّ
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Chain of narrators
- al-Ḥārith
- Muḥammad b. ʿUmar al-Wāqidī
- ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar al-Zuhrī
- al-Makhzūmī
- ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Sufyān
- his father
- Ibn ʿAbbās
✧ Ghaylan embraced Islam while he had ten wives, so the Prophet ﷺ ordered him to choose four of them and separate from the rest. And Safwan ؓ embraced Islam while he had eight wives, so the Prophet ﷺ ordered him to keep four of them and separate from the rest.
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