Hadith 5092

Equality in wealth (is not essential for the marriage). And the marriage of a poor man with a well-to-do lady.

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Darussalam · Volume 7

67 - THE BOOK OF AN-NIKĀH(The Wedlock)

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 5092 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 8

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English translation

5092. Narrated 'Urwa that he asked 'Āishah رضي الله عنها regarding the Verse: 'If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans.' (V.4:3) She said, "O my nephew! This Verse refers to the orphan girl who is under the guardianship of her guardian who likes her beauty and wealth and wishes to (marry her and) curtails her Mahr. Such guardians have been forbidden to marry them unless they do justice by giving them their full Mahr, and they have been ordered to marry other than them. The people asked for the verdict of Allāh's Messenger ﷺ after that, so Allāh revealed: 'They ask your legal instruction concerning the women... whom you desire to marry.' (V.4:127) So Allāh revealed to them that if the orphan girl had beauty and wealth, they desired to marry her and for her family status. They can only marry them if they give them their full Mahr. And if they had no desire to marry them because of their lack of wealth and beauty, they would leave them and marry other women. So, as they used to leave them, when they had no interest, in them, they were forbidden to marry them when they had such interest, unless they treated them justly and gave them their full Mahr.

Arabic text

5092 - حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا: {وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا فِي اليَتَامَى} [النساء: 3]، قَالَتْ: يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي، هَذِهِ اليَتِيمَةُ تَكُونُ فِي حِجْرِ وَلِيِّهَا، فَيَرْغَبُ فِي جَمَالِهَا وَمَالِهَا، وَيُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْتَقِصَ صَدَاقَهَا «فَنُهُوا عَنْ نِكَاحِهِنَّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُقْسِطُوا فِي إِكْمَالِ الصَّدَاقِ، وَأُمِرُوا بِنِكَاحِ مَنْ سِوَاهُنَّ». قَالَتْ: " وَاسْتَفْتَى النَّاسُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: {وَيَسْتَفْتُونَكَ فِي النِّسَاءِ} [النساء: 127] إِلَى {وَتَرْغَبُونَ أَنْ تَنْكِحُوهُنَّ} [النساء: 127] فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ: أَنَّ اليَتِيمَةَ إِذَا كَانَتْ ذَاتَ جَمَالٍ وَمَالٍ رَغِبُوا فِي نِكَاحِهَا وَنَسَبِهَا وَسُنَّتِهَا فِي إِكْمَالِ الصَّدَاقِ، وَإِذَا كَانَتْ مَرْغُوبَةً عَنْهَا فِي قِلَّةِ المَالِ وَالجَمَالِ، تَرَكُوهَا وَأَخَذُوا غَيْرَهَا مِنَ النِّسَاءِ " قَالَتْ: فَكَمَا يَتْرُكُونَهَا حِينَ يَرْغَبُونَ عَنْهَا، فَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَنْكِحُوهَا إِذَا رَغِبُوا فِيهَا، إِلَّا أَنْ يُقْسِطُوا لَهَا، وَيُعْطُوهَا حَقَّهَا الأَوْفَى فِي الصَّدَاقِ

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