Sahih al-Bukhari 5214

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Chapter: Marrying a matron while already having a virgin wife

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by Anas bin Malik 7 narrators

Yusuf bin Musa bin Rashid al-Qatan Atbāʿ Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 253 AH Hammad bin Usamah Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn d. 201 AH Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawri Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn 97 AH – 161 AH Ayoub al-Sakhtiyani Tābiʿī 66 or 68 AH – 131 AH Khalid bin Mahran al-Hadha' Tābiʿī d. ~141 AH عبد الله بن زيد بن عمرو Tābiʿī d. 104 AH or later Anas bin Malik Companion 10 BH/613 CE – 93 AH/712 CE

Narrated Anas:It is the Prophet's tradition that if someone marries a virgin and he has already a matron wife then he should stay for seven days with her (the virgin) and then by turns; and if someone marries a matron and he has already a virgin wife then he should stay with her (the matron) for three days, and then by turns.

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 5214

In-book reference

Book 67, Hadith 147

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 7, Book 62, Hadith 141

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ رَاشِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، وَخَالِدٌ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، قَالَ مِنَ السُّنَّةِ إِذَا تَزَوَّجَ الرَّجُلُ الْبِكْرَ عَلَى الثَّيِّبِ أَقَامَ عِنْدَهَا سَبْعًا وَقَسَمَ، وَإِذَا تَزَوَّجَ الثَّيِّبَ عَلَى الْبِكْرِ أَقَامَ عِنْدَهَا ثَلاَثًا ثُمَّ قَسَمَ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو قِلاَبَةَ وَلَوْ شِئْتُ لَقُلْتُ إِنَّ أَنَسًا رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏.‏ وَقَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ وَخَالِدٍ قَالَ خَالِدٌ وَلَوْ شِئْتُ قُلْتُ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏.‏

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