When One Spouse Becomes Muslim Before The Other
Darussalam · Volume 3
9. The Chapters On MarriageSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2008 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 647
Source no. 2008 · Volume 5 · Page 8
Da‘if
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2008. It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbâs that a woman came to the Prophet ﷺ and became Muslim, and a man married her. Then her first husband came and said: "O Messenger of Allâh, I became Muslim with her, and she knew that I was Muslim." So the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ took her away from her second husband and returned her to her first husband. (Da'if)
2008 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ جُمَيْعٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سِمَاكٌ، عَنْ عِكرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ امْرَأَةً جَاءَتْ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَسْلَمَتْ، فَتَزَوَّجَهَا رَجُلٌ، قَالَ: فَجَاءَ زَوْجُهَا الْأَوَّلُ، فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنِّي قَدْ كُنْتُ أَسْلَمْتُ مَعَهَا، وَعَلِمَتْ بِإِسْلَامِي، قَالَ: «فَانْتَزَعَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ زَوْجِهَا الْآخَرِ، وَرَدَّهَا إِلَى زَوْجِهَا الْأَوَّلِ»
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If a wife embraces Islam before her husband, she is not allowed to have matrimonial relationship with him anymore. After passing one menstruation cycle as her waiting period, she is allowed to marry another man. (Sahih Al-Bukhârî: 5286). If she does not marry another man, and waits for her husband to embrace Islam, then this is allowed. Even if the husband embraces a long time after, they are still allowed to live a spouses' life under the previous marriage bond. But Imam Bukhârî quoted the verdicts of some Companions and the Successors that if a woman becomes Muslim first and then the husband embraces Islam, even though the waiting period has not yet finished, the new marriage contract is still necessary.