37/7. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 2083b — Carpets in the Home After Marriage
The Permissibility Of Using Blankets
Hadith About Carpets in the Home and Marriage
Sahih Muslim : 2083b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 2083b
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجْتُ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَتَّخَذْتَ أَنْمَاطًا " . قُلْتُ وَأَنَّى لَنَا أَنْمَاطٌ قَالَ " أَمَا إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ " . قَالَ جَابِرٌ وَعِنْدَ امْرَأَتِي نَمَطٌ فَأَنَا أَقُولُ نَحِّيهِ عَنِّي . وَتَقُولُ قَدْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ " .
Jabir bin `Abdullah Narrated from:
When I was married. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked me if I had got carpets. I said: How can we have carpets? Thereupon he said: You will soon have. Jabir said: My wife had possessed a carpet, and I said to her to remove that away from me, but she would say: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had said: You will soon have.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 2083bIn-book reference : Book 37, Hadith 65USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 24, Hadith 5189
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 2083b
This hadith about carpets in the home gives more detail than the shorter report. Jabir said that when he married, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم asked him if he had carpets. Jabir said they could not have carpets. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم replied that they would soon have them. Later, Jabir’s wife had a carpet. Jabir wanted it removed, but she reminded him of the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم words: they would soon have carpets. The main lesson should be kept close to the text. It shows a household item becoming available after a time of poverty. It also shows a wife using the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم statement as a reason to keep the carpet. The report is about carpets, marriage, and changing means.
What we learn from this hadith
- Household goods may come after a time of limited means.
- Jabir’s wife remembered the Prophet’s صلى الله عليه وسلم words in a practical situation.
- The narration does not blame the presence of a carpet.
- The report shows a simple family discussion about a household item.
