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O Messenger of Allah, I married a woman. He asked: How much did you give her as dowry? He replied: A date seed weight of gold. he then said: May Allah grant you blessing. Hold a wedding feast, even if only with a sheep
Mention was made of coitus interruptus in the presence of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) whereupon he said: Why would anyone of you do that? Verily, no soul is ordained to be created but Allah will create it
The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade ‘Uthmān ibn Mazh‘ūn to be celibate. If he had given him permission we would have castrated ourselves
I give her to you in marriage for what you have of the Qur'an
We used to practice coitus interruptus while the Qur'an was being revealed. Sufyān said: If it had been something unlawful, then the Qur'an would have prohibited us from practicing it
A woman should not mourn for any dead person more than three days except her husband, for whom she should mourn four months and ten days
One may not combine in marriage a woman and her paternal aunt, or a woman and her maternal aunt
It is not lawful for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for a deceased more than three [days], but for her husband, four months and ten days
It is from the Sunnah that if someone marries a virgin, he should stay with her (the virgin) for seven days and then divide the nights between them. But if he marries a previously married woman, he should stay with her for three days, then divide the nights (between his wives)
The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said concerning the daughter of Hamzah: She is not lawful for me (to marry). That which is unlawful due to lineage (blood relation) is unlawful due to breastfeeding. She is the daughter of my foster-brother.
He used to serve his family. But when the time for prayer came, he would go out to the prayer
Anyone falsely claims to be the son of other than his father, knowing that he is not his father, will be forbidden to enter Paradise
Do not disown your fathers. Whoever disowns his father has disbelieved
News about the dispute among the people of Banu ‘Amr ibn ‘Awf reached the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and so he went to them, along with some of his Companions, to effect reconciliation between them
The one who boasts of receiving what he has not been given is like the one who has put on two garments of falsehood
No woman among you loses three of her children to death except that they will screen her from Hellfire
Shave it all or leave it all
If the strap of the sandal of one of you breaks, let him not walk in the other sandal until he fixes it
Change this and avoid black
Do not pluck out grey hair, for it is the light of the Muslim on the Day of Judgment
