Sahih al-Bukhari 5142

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Chapter: None should ask for the hand of a lady who is already engaged to his brother (Muslim)

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by Ibn Umar 4 narrators

Makki bin Ibrahim bin Bashayr Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn 127 AH – 215 AH Ibn Jurayj Tābiʿī ~80 AH (est.) – 150 AH or after Nafie' Tābiʿī ~30 AH – 117 or 119 AH Ibn Umar Companion 10 BH/613 CE – 74 AH/693 CE

Narrated Ibn `Umar:The Prophet (ﷺ) decreed that one should not try to cancel a bargain already agreed upon between some other persons (by offering a bigger price). And a man should not ask for the hand of a girl who is already engaged to his Muslim brother, unless the first suitor gives her up, or allows him to ask for her hand.

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 5142

In-book reference

Book 67, Hadith 78

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 7, Book 62, Hadith 73

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا مَكِّيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ نَافِعًا، يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ كَانَ يَقُولُ نَهَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يَبِيعَ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ بَعْضٍ، وَلاَ يَخْطُبَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ، حَتَّى يَتْرُكَ الْخَاطِبُ قَبْلَهُ، أَوْ يَأْذَنَ لَهُ الْخَاطِبُ‏.‏

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