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1126. Abū Hurairah narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ prohibited that a woman be married along with her paternal aunt, or the paternal aunt along with her brother's daughter, or a woman with her maternal aunt, or the maternal aunt along with her sister's daughter, and the younger[1] is not to be married with the older,[2] nor the older with the younger." (Sahih)
(Abū 'Eisā said:) The Hadīth of Ibn 'Abbās and Abū Hurairah is a Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge in general. We do not know of any disagreement among them. It is not lawful for a man to be married to a woman and her paternal or maternal aunt at the same time. If he marries a woman along with her paternal or maternal aunt, or, a paternal aunt along with her brother's daughter, then the second of the two marriage is annulled. This is the view of the people of knowledge in general.
[1] "That is the sister's daughter or the brother's daughter (i.e., the niece), and she is called 'the younger' because she holds the status like that of the daughter." (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi).
[2] "Meaning the paternal or maternal aunt." (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi).
Abū 'Eisā said: Ash-Sha'bī saw Abū Hurairah and he reported from him. I asked Muḥammad about this and he said: "Correct."
Abū 'Eisā said: Ash-Sha'bī (also) reported from a man, from Abū Hurairah.
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Commentary
All Sunnies agree on this point that it is not allowed for a man to marry parental aunt and her niece both and similarly the maternal aunt and her niece cannot be married to a man. But amongst the Shi'ites such marriages are allowed!!.
