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ahmad:10439Ibn Numayr > ʿUbaydullāh > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Ibn Umar said: “The Messenger of Allah forbade Shighar. Shighar is when a man says to another man: 'Marry your daughter or sister to me, on condition that I will marry my daughter or sister to you,' and they do not give any dower (i.e. neither of them give other the dower).” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 1883)   

أحمد:١٠٤٣٩حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الشِّغَارِ وَالشِّغَارُ أَنْ يَقُولَ الرَّجُلُ لِلرَّجُلِ زَوِّجْنِي ابْنَتَكَ وَأُزَوِّجُكَ ابْنَتِي أَوْ زَوِّجْنِي أُخْتَكَ وَأُزَوِّجُكَ أُخْتِي قَالَ وَنَهَى عَنْ بَيْعِ الْغَرَرِ وَعَنِ الْحَصَاةِ  


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muslim:1416aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ibn Numayr And ʾAbū Usāmah > ʿUbaydullāh > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

Shighar means that a person should say to the other person: Give me the hand of your daughter in marriage and I will (in return) marry my daughter to you; or merry me your sister, and I will marry my sister to you.  

مسلم:١٤١٦aحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الشِّغَارِ زَادَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَالشِّغَارُ أَنْ يَقُولَ الرَّجُلُ لِلرَّجُلِ زَوِّجْنِي ابْنَتَكَ وَأُزَوِّجُكَ ابْنَتِي أَوْ زَوِّجْنِي أُخْتَكَ وَأُزَوِّجُكَ أُخْتِي  

ibnmajah:1883Sūwayd b. Saʿīd > Mālik b. Anas > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Ibn Umar said: “The Messenger of Allah forbade Shighar. Shighar is when a man says to another man: 'Marry your daughter or sister to me, on condition that I will marry my daughter or sister to you,' and they do not give any dower (i.e. neither of them give other the dower).”  

ابن ماجة:١٨٨٣حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الشِّغَارِ وَالشِّغَارُ أَنْ يَقُولَ الرَّجُلُ لِلرَّجُلِ زَوِّجْنِي ابْنَتَكَ أَوْ أُخْتَكَ عَلَى أَنْ أُزَوِّجَكَ ابْنَتِي أَوْ أُخْتِي وَلَيْسَ بَيْنَهُمَا صَدَاقٌ  

ahmad:9667ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > ʿUbaydullāh > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿrajiʿan Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade equal treatment in marriage. He said, "Equal treatment is when a man says, 'Marry your daughter to me, and I will marry my daughter to you.' Or 'Marry your sister to me, and I will marry my sister to you.'" He also forbade the transaction of al-gharar (uncertainty) and al-hasah (the sale of stones used for weights).  

أحمد:٩٦٦٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الشِّغَارِ قَالَ وَالشِّغَارُ أَنْ يَقُولَ الرَّجُلُ زَوِّجْنِي ابْنَتَكَ وَأُزَوِّجُكَ ابْنَتِي أَوْ زَوِّجْنِي أُخْتَكَ وَأُزَوِّجُكَ أُخْتِي قَالَ وَنَهَى عَنْ بَيْعِ الْغَرَرِ وَعَنِ الْحَصَاةِ  

bayhaqi:14136Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Bālawayh > Mūsá b. Hārūn > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ibn Numayr And ʾAbū Usāmah > ʿUbaydullāh > Abū al-Zinād > al-Aʿraj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited from reciprocal matchmaking. Reciprocal matchmaking means when a man says to another man, "Marry my daughter and I will marry your daughter. Marry my sister and I will marry your sister."  

البيهقي:١٤١٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ ثنا مُوسَى بْنُ هَارُونَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الشِّغَارِ زَادَ ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَالشِّغَارُ أَنْ يَقُولَ الرَّجُلُ لِلرَّجُلِ زَوِّجْنِي ابْنَتَكَ وَأُزَوِّجُكَ ابْنَتِي وَزَوِّجْنِي أُخْتَكَ وَأُزَوِّجُكَ أُخْتِي  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَرَوَاهُ عَبْدَةُ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ وَزَادَ فِيهِ وَلَا صَدَاقَ بَيْنَهُمَا