English translation
1953. It was narrated that Ibn 'Umar said: "Ghailān bin Salamah became Muslim and he had ten wives. The Prophet ﷺ said to him: 'Choose four of them.'" (Da'if)
Hadith 1953
A Man Became Muslim And He Has More Than Four Wives
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9. The Chapters On MarriageSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
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الحديث: 1953 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 628
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Source no. 1953 · Volume 4 · Page 453
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1953 - حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: أَسْلَمَ غَيْلَانُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَتَحْتَهُ عَشْرُ نِسْوَةٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «خُذْ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا»
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If a person is married to more than four women before embracing Islam, after embracing Islam he has the right to keep only four women in marriage, and he will necessarily divorce the rest. A person married to more than four women has the privilege to choose any four of them to keep in marriage bond, and there is no condition of choosing the first four or the last four.