HADITHS ON MARRIAGE
A collection of authentic hadiths (sayings of the Prophet ﷺ) on marriage, marital relations and family life in Islam
عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : "اسْتَوْصُوا بالنِّساءِ خَيْرًا؛ فَإِنَّ المرأة خُلِقَتْ مِن ضِلعٍ، وَإنَّ أعْوَجَ مَا في الضِّلَعِ أعْلاهُ، فَإنْ ذَهَبت تُقيمُهُ كَسَرْتَهُ، وإن تركته، لم يزل أعوج، فاستوصوا بالنساء ". وفي رواية: "المرأة كالضِّلَعِ إنْ أقَمْتَهَا كَسَرْتَهَا، وَإن اسْتَمتَعْتَ بها، استمتعت وفيها عوَجٌ ". وفي رواية: "إنَّ المَرأةَ خُلِقَت مِنْ ضِلَع، لَنْ تَسْتَقِيمَ لَكَ عَلَى طَريقة، فإن استمتعت بها استمتعت بها وفيها عوج، وإنْ ذَهَبْتَ تُقِيمُهَا كَسَرْتَها، وَكَسْرُهَا طَلاَقُهَا " .ـ
[صحيح] - [رواه مسلم]
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Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "I advise you to treat women kindly, for the woman was created from a rib, and the most crooked part of the rib is its uppermost part. If you try to straighten it, you will break it; and if you leave it, it will remain crooked. So, treat women kindly." Another narration reads: "A woman is like a rib: if you straighten her, you will break her, and if you enjoy her, you will enjoy her as she has some crookedness." Another narration reads: "The woman was created from a rib and will not remain straight for you in any way. So, if you enjoy her, you enjoy her as she has some crookedness. And if you try to straighten her, you will break her, and breaking her is divorcing her."
Sahih/Authentic. - [Narrated by Muslim]
عن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه مرفوعاً: "إِنَّ مِنْ أَشَرِّ النَّاسِ عِندَ الله مَنزِلَةً يَومَ القِيَامَةِ الرَّجُلَ يُفضِي إِلَى المَرْأَةِ وَتُفْضِي إِلَيه، ثُمَّ يَنشُرُ سِرَّهَا ".ـ
[صحيح] - [رواه مسلم]
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Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Among the most wicked people in the sight of Allah on the Day of Judgment is the man who has sexual intercourse with a woman and then divulges her secret."
Sahih/Authentic. - [Narrated by Muslim]
عن جابر بن عبد الله، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: "إذا خطبَ أحدُكم المرأة، فإن استطاع أن ينظر إلى ما يدعوه إلى نِكاحها فَلْيَفْعَلْ". فخطبتُ جارية فكنت أتَخَبَّأُ لها، حتى رأيتُ منها ما دَعاني إلى نِكاحها فتزَوجتُها.ـ
[حسن] - [رواه أبو داود وأحمد]
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Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When one of you betroths a woman, if he can look at what urges him to marry her, let him do so." So I proposed to a girl and would hide for her until I saw what urged me to marry her, so I married her.
Hasan/Good. - [Narrated by Abu Dawud and Ahmad]
عن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه مرفوعاً: "لاَ يَفْرَك مُؤْمِنٌ مُؤْمِنَة إِنْ كَرِه مِنْهَا خُلُقًا رَضِيَ مِنْهَا آخَر"، أو قال: "غَيرُه ". ـ
[صحيح] - [رواه مسلم]
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Let not a believing man hate a believing woman. If he dislikes one of her characteristics, he will be pleased with another." Or he said: "another one."
Sahih/Authentic. - [Narrated by Muslim]
عن عائشة رضي الله عنها مرفوعًا: "أيُّما امرأةِ نَكَحَت بغير إذن مَواليها، فنِكاحها باطل "، ثلاث مرات "فإن دخلَ بها فالمهرُ لها بما أصاب منها، فإن تَشاجروا فالسلطان وَلِيُّ مَنْ لا وَلِيَّ له ".ـ
[صحيح] - [رواه أبو داود والترمذي وابن ماجه والدارمي وأحمد]
‘Ā’ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Any woman who marries without the permission of her guardians, her marriage is void—three times—and if he consummated the marriage with her, she would be entitled to the mahr (the gift the groom gives the bride) in return for his copulation with her. If a dispute arises between them, the ruler shall be the guardian of whoever has no guardian."
Sahih/Authentic. - [Narrated by Abu Dawud, At-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah, Ad-Darimi and Ahmad]
عن عامر بن عبد الله بن الزبير، عن أبيه، أن النبي (صلى الله عليه وسلم) قال: "أعْلِنُوا النِّكاح".ـ
[حسن] - [رواه أحمد]
‘Āmir ibn ‘Abdullāh ibn Az-Zubayr reported from his father that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Announce marriages."
Hasan/Good. - [Narrated by Ahmad]