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English translation
1093. 'Āishah narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ married me in Shawwāl, and he took up residence with me in Shawwāl." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
And 'Āishah used to recommend her women folk to take up residence (with their husbands) during Shawwāl.[1]
(Abū 'Eisā said:) This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ, we do not know of it except from the narration of Ath-Thawrī from Ismā'īl (bin Umayyah).
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[1] They say that this was to contradict the pre-Islamic belief that it should not be done during Shawwāl. See Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi.
Commentary
In the period of Jahiliyyah, people disliked to marry in the month of Shawwāl. As for today people do not like to marry in the month of Muharram. The Prophet ﷺ did it purposely in the month of Shawwāl to disapprove the prevailing idea.