16/4. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1408i — Combining Aunts Forbidden
The prohibition of being married to a woman and her paternal aunt or maternal aunt at the same time
Hadith on Not Combining a Woman With Her Aunts
Sahih Muslim : 1408i
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1408i
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، وَابْنُ، بَشَّارٍ وَأَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ - وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنِ نَافِعٍ - قَالُوا أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يُجْمَعَ بَيْنَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَعَمَّتِهَا وَبَيْنَ الْمَرْأَةِ وَخَالَتِهَا .
Abu Hurairah Narrated from:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade to combine a woman and her father's sister, and a woman and her mother's sister.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1408iIn-book reference : Book 16, Hadith 47USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 8, Hadith 3276
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1408i
This hadith from Abu Huraira repeats the clear marriage rule found in this group of narrations. Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم forbade combining a woman and her father's sister, and a woman and her mother's sister. The hadith is short, but it gives a direct answer to a common search: can a woman and her aunt be married to the same man at the same time? The wording of this narration says no to those pairings. It does not discuss other relatives or separate cases, so the safest explanation is to stay with the two relationships named in the text: paternal aunt and maternal aunt.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم forbade combining a woman with her father's sister in marriage.
- He also forbade combining a woman with her mother's sister in marriage.
- The narration gives a clear marriage boundary.
- The exact family relationships in the hadith should be preserved when explaining it.
