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Sahih Bukhari 5106 — Two Sisters and Stepdaughter Limits
"....your step-daughters under your guardianship, born of your wives..."
وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ الدُّخُولُ وَالْمَسِيسُ وَاللِّمَاسُ هُوَ الْجِمَاعُ. وَمَنْ قَالَ بَنَاتُ وَلَدِهَا مِنْ بَنَاتِهِ فِي التَّحْرِيمِ، لِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لأُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ: «لاَ تَعْرِضْنَ عَلَيَّ بَنَاتِكُنَّ». وَكَذَلِكَ حَلاَئِلُ وَلَدِ الأَبْنَاءِ هُنَّ حَلاَئِلُ الأَبْنَاءِ، وَهَلْ تُسَمَّى الرَّبِيبَةَ، وَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ فِي حَجْرِهِ، وَدَفَعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَبِيبَةً لَهُ إِلَى مَنْ يَكْفُلُهَا، وَسَمَّى النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ابْنَ ابْنَتِهِ ابْنًا.
Hadith About Marrying Two Sisters: The Prophet’s Clear Answer
Sahih Bukhari : 5106
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 5106
حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ، عَنْ أُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ، قَالَتْ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَلْ لَكَ فِي بِنْتِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ قَالَ " فَأَفْعَلُ مَاذَا ". قُلْتُ تَنْكِحُ. قَالَ " أَتُحِبِّينَ ". قُلْتُ لَسْتُ لَكَ بِمُخْلِيَةٍ، وَأَحَبُّ مَنْ شَرِكَنِي فِيكَ أُخْتِي. قَالَ " إِنَّهَا لاَ تَحِلُّ لِي ". قُلْتُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ تَخْطُبُ. قَالَ " ابْنَةَ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ ". قُلْتُ نَعَمْ. قَالَ " لَوْ لَمْ تَكُنْ رَبِيبَتِي مَا حَلَّتْ لِي، أَرْضَعَتْنِي وَأَبَاهَا ثُوَيْبَةُ، فَلاَ تَعْرِضْنَ عَلَىَّ بَنَاتِكُنَّ وَلاَ أَخَوَاتِكُنَّ ". وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ دُرَّةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ.
Um Habiba Narrated from:
I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Do you like to have (my sister) the daughter of Abu Sufyan?" The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "What shall I do (with her)?" I said, "Marry her." He said, "Do you like that?" I said, "(Yes), for even now I am not your only wife, so I like that my sister should share you with me." He said, "She is not lawful for me (to marry)."I said, "We have heard that you want to marry." He said, "The daughter of Um Salama?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Even if she were not my stepdaughter, she should be unlawful for me to marry, for Thuwaiba suckled me and her father (Abu Salama). So you should neither present your daughters, nor your sisters, to me."
[1] Because it is prohibited to marry the sister of one's wife if that wife is still alive.(1) This means that the daughter of Umm Salama was the foster suckling niece of the Prophet ﷺ.Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 5106In-book reference : Book 67, Hadith 44USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 7, Book 62, Hadith 42
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 5106
This hadith about marrying two sisters gives another wording of Umm Habiba’s conversation with the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم. She asked whether he would marry the daughter of Abu Sufyan, meaning her sister. He asked what he would do with her, and she said, “Marry her.” He replied that she was not lawful for him. When Umm Habiba mentioned the report about the daughter of Umm Salama, he explained that even if she were not his stepdaughter, she would still not be lawful because Thuwaiba had suckled him and her father, Abu Salama. The explanation stays within the text: sisterhood, stepdaughter status, and suckling kinship all matter in the marriage limits named here.
What we learn from this hadith
- A wife’s sister was not lawful for the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم to marry while the wife was with him.
- A stepdaughter relation was part of the Prophet’s explanation.
- Suckling through Thuwaiba created another reason named in the text.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم told them not to present daughters or sisters in such cases.
