16/4. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1408h — Do Not Seek Her Divorce
The prohibition of being married to a woman and her paternal aunt or maternal aunt at the same time
Hadith About Not Asking for Another Woman's Divorce
Sahih Muslim : 1408h
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1408h
وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحْرِزُ بْنُ عَوْنِ بْنِ أَبِي عَوْنٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي، هِنْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ تُنْكَحَ الْمَرْأَةُ عَلَى عَمَّتِهَا أَوْ خَالَتِهَا أَوْ أَنْ تَسْأَلَ الْمَرْأَةُ طَلاَقَ أُخْتِهَا لِتَكْتَفِئَ مَا فِي صَحْفَتِهَا فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ رَازِقُهَا .
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the combining of a woman in marriage with her father's sister, or with her mother's sister, or that a woman should ask for divorce for her sister in order to deprive her of what belongs to her. Allah, the Exalted'and Majestic, is her Sustainer too.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1408hIn-book reference : Book 16, Hadith 46USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 8, Hadith 3275
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1408h
This narration from Abu Huraira reports that Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم forbade combining a woman in marriage with her father's sister or her mother's sister. It also forbids a woman from asking for her sister's divorce in order to deprive her of what belongs to her. The narration ends by saying that Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, is her Sustainer too. The hadith teaches marriage manners in a very direct way. It warns against harming another woman for personal gain, while also repeating the family-limit rule about aunts. For readers searching for the hadith about asking for a sister's divorce, this narration gives the exact moral point.
What we learn from this hadith
- A woman should not be combined in marriage with her paternal or maternal aunt.
- A woman should not ask for another woman's divorce to take what belongs to her.
- The hadith reminds that Allah is the Sustainer.
- Marriage manners include avoiding harm and unfair demands.
