27/16. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 3420 — Making Wife Forbidden
Meaning Of The Saying Of Allah, The Mighty And Sublime: "O Prophet! Why Do You Forbid (For Yourself)
Making One’s Wife Forbidden: Ibn Abbas on Expiation
Sunan an-Nasai : 3420
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 3420
أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَخْلَدٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ إِنِّي جَعَلْتُ امْرَأَتِي عَلَىَّ حَرَامًا . قَالَ كَذَبْتَ لَيْسَتْ عَلَيْكَ بِحَرَامٍ ثُمَّ تَلاَ هَذِهِ الآيَةَ { يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ } عَلَيْكَ أَغْلَظُ الْكَفَّارَةِ عِتْقُ رَقَبَةٍ .
Ibn 'Abbas Narrated from:
A man came to him and said: 'I have made my wife forbidden to myself.' He said: 'You are lying, she is not forbidden to you.' Then he recited this Verse: 'O Prophet! Why do you forbid (for yourself) that which Allah has allowed to you.' (And he said): 'You have to offer the severest form of expiation: Freeing a slave.'
[1] At-Tahrîm 66:1.[2] At-Tahrîm 66:1.Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3420In-book reference : Book 27, Hadith 32English translation : Vol. 4, Book 27, Hadith 3449
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3420
This Hadith discusses a man who said that he had made his wife forbidden to himself. Ibn 'Abbas replied strongly that he was lying and that she was not forbidden to him. He then recited the verse, “O Prophet! Why do you forbid for yourself that which Allah has allowed to you.” After that, he said that the man had to offer the severest form of expiation: freeing a slave. The main topic is making wife forbidden and expiation. The text shows that a person’s words do not simply make lawful marriage forbidden in the way he claims. At the same time, the speech is not treated as empty; Ibn 'Abbas connects it to an expiation.
What we learn from this hadith
- A man’s statement did not make his wife forbidden in this report.
- Ibn 'Abbas answered by reciting a verse about forbidding what Allah allowed.
- The statement still carried a consequence through expiation.
- Serious words about marriage should not be spoken carelessly.
