Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar: `Umar bin Al-Khattab said, When Hafsa bint `Umar became a widow after the death of (her husband) Khunais bin Hudhafa As-Sahmi who had been one of the companions of the Prophet, and he died at Medina. I went to `Uthman bin `Affan and presented Hafsa (for marriage) to him. He said, I will think it over.' I waited for a few days, then he met me and said, 'It seems that it is not possible for me to marry at present.' `Umar further said, I met Abu Bakr As-Siddique and said to him, 'If you wish, I will marry my daughter Hafsa to you. Abu Bakr kept quiet and did not say anything to me in reply. I became more angry with him than with `Uthman. I waited for a few days and then Allah's Apostle asked for her hand, and I gave her in marriage to him. Afterwards I met Abu Bakr who said, 'Perhaps you became angry with me when you presented Hafsa to me and I did not give you a reply?' I said, 'Yes.' Abu Bakr said, 'Nothing stopped me to respond to your offer except that I knew that Allah's Apostle had mentioned her, and I never wanted to let out the secret of Allah's Apostle. And if Allah's Apostle had refused her, I would have accepted her.'
Read More..Narrated Zainab bint Salama: Um Habiba said to Allah's Apostle We have heard that you want to marry Durra bint Abu-Salama. Allah's Apostle said, Can she be married along with Um Salama (her mother)? Even if I have not married Um Salama, she would not be lawful for me to marry, for her father is my foster brother.
Read More..Ibn `Abbas said: Hint your intention of marrying' is made by saying (to the widow) for example: I want to marry, and I wish that Allah will make a righteous lady available for me.' Al-Qasim said: One may say to the widow: 'I hold all respect for you, and I am interested in you; Allah will bring you much good, or something similar 'Ata said: One should hint his intention, and should not declare it openly. One may say: 'I have some need. Have good tidings. Praise be to Allah; you are fit to remarry.' She (the widow) may say in reply: I am listening to what you say,' but she should not make a promise. Her guardian should not make a promise (to somebody to get her married to him) without her knowledge. But if, while still in the Iddat period, she makes a promise to marry somebody, and he ultimately marries her, they are not to be separated by divorce (i.e., the marriage is valid).
Read More..Narrated `Aisha: Allah's Apostle said (to me), You were shown to me in a dream. An angel brought you to me, wrapped in a piece of silken cloth, and said to me, 'This is your wife.' I removed the piece of cloth from your face, and there you were. I said to myself. 'If it is from Allah, then it will surely be.'
Read More..Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d: A woman came to Allah's Apostle and said, O Allah's Apostle! I have come to you to present myself to you (for marriage). Allah's Apostle glanced at her. He looked at her carefully and fixed his glance on her and then lowered his head. When the lady saw that he did not say anything, she sat down. A man from his companions got up and said, O Allah's Apostle! If you are not in need of her, then marry her to me. The Prophet said, Have you got anything to offer. The man said, 'No, by Allah, O Allah's Apostle! The Prophet said (to him), Go to your family and try to find something. So the man went and returned, saying, No, by Allah, O Allah's Apostle! I have not found anything. The Prophet said, Go again and look for something, even if it were an iron ring. He went and returned, saying, No, by Allah, O Allah's Apostle! I could not find even an iron ring, but this is my Izar (waist sheet).' He had no Rida (upper garment). He added, I give half of it to her. Allah's Apostle said What will she do with your Izar? If you wear it, she will have nothing over herself thereof (will be naked); and if she wears it, then you will have nothing over yourself thereof ' So the man sat for a long period and then got up (to leave). When Allah's Apostle saw him leaving, he ordered that he e called back. When he came, the Prophet asked (him), How much of the Qur'an do you know (by heart)? The man replied, I know such Sura and such Sura and such Sura, naming the suras. The Prophet said, Can you recite it by heart? He said, 'Yes. The Prophet said, Go I let you marry her for what you know of the Qur'an (as her Mahr).
Read More..Narrated 'Urwa bin Az-Zubair: 'Aishah, the wife of the Prophet (saws) told him that there were four types of marriage during Pre-Islamic period of Ignorance. One type was similar to that of the present day i.e. a man used to ask somebody else for the hand of a girl under his guardianship or for his daughter's hand, and give her Mahr and then marry her. The second type was that a man would say to his wife after she had become clean from her period. Send for so-and-so and have sexual intercourse with him. Her husband would then keep awy from her and would never sleep with her till she got pregnant from the other man with whom she was sleeping. When her pregnancy became evident, he husband would sleep with her if he wished. Her husband did so (i.e. let his wife sleep with some other man) so that he might have a child of noble breed. Such marriage was called as Al-Istibda'. Another type of marriage was that a group of less than ten men would assemble and enter upon a woman, and all of them would have sexual relation with her. If she became pregnant and delivered a child and some days had passed after delivery, she would sent for all of them and none of them would refuse to come, and when they all gathered before her, she would say to them, You (all) know waht you have done, and now I have given birth to a child. So, it is your child so-and-so! naming whoever she liked, and her child would follow him and he could not refuse to take him. The fourth type of marriage was that many people would enter upon a lady and she would never refuse anyone who came to her. Those were the prostitutes who used to fix flags at their doors as sign, and he who would wished, could have sexual intercourse with them. If anyone of them got pregnant and delivered a child, then all those men would be gathered for her and they would call the Qa'if (persons skilled in recognizing the likeness of a child to his father) to them and would let the child follow the man (whom they recognized as his father) and she would let him adhere to him and be called his son. The man would not refuse all that. But when Muhammad (saws) was sent with the Truth, he abolished all the types of marriages observed in pre-Islamic period of Ignorance except the type of marriage the people recognize today.
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