[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ through my father and mother, that he made a ruling regarding the case of Barwa' bint Washiq. She was married without a dowry and her husband died, so the Prophet ruled that she should be given a dowry from her husband's wealth and also inherit from him. If it is proven to be from the Prophet ﷺ , then it is the most important matter for us, and there is no argument in the words of anyone other than the Prophet ﷺ , even if they are numerous. Nor is there any analogy or anything in his words except obedience to Allah by surrendering to it. If it is not proven from the Prophet ﷺ , then no one has the right to prove anything from him unless it is proven and preserved by others similar to it. This happened once when Ma'qil ibn Yasar narrated it, and once when Ma'qil ibn Sinan narrated it, and once when it was narrated by someone brave who was not named. So if she dies, there is no dowry or pleasure for her. The sheikh (may Allah have mercy on him) said in the hadith of Barwa' bint Washiq, this is the difference that Imam al-Shafi'i mentioned. However, Abdullah ibn Mahdi, one of the Imams of hadith, disagrees with this interpretation.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِأَبِي هُوَ وَأُمِّي أَنَّهُ قَضَى فِي بِرْوَعِ بِنْتِ وَاشِقٍ وَنُكِحَتْ بِغَيْرِ مَهْرٍ فَمَاتَ زَوْجُهَا فَقَضَى لَهَا بِمَهْرِ نِسَائِهَا وَقَضَى لَهَا بِالْمِيرَاثِ فَإِنْ كَانَ يَثْبُتُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَهُوَ أَوْلَى الْأُمُورِ بِنَا وَلَا حُجَّةَ فِي قَوْلِ أَحَدٍ دُونَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَإِنْ كَثُرُوا وَلَا فِي قِيَاسٍ وَشَيْءٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ إِلَّا طَاعَةَ اللهِ بِالتَّسْلِيمِ لَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ لَا يَثْبُتُ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِأَحَدٍ أَنْ يُثْبِتَ عَنْهُ مَا لَمْ يَثْبُتْ وَلَمْ أَحْفَظْهُ بَعْدُ مِنْ وَجْهٍ يُثْبِتُ مِثْلَهُ هُوَ مَرَّةً فَقَالَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ وَمَرَّةً عَنْ مَعْقِلِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ وَمَرَّةً عَنْ بَعْضِ أَشْجَعَ لَا يُسَمَّى فَإِذَا مَاتَ أَوْ مَاتَتْ فَلَا مَهْرَ لَهَا وَلَا مُتْعَةَ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ فِي حَدِيثِ بِرْوَعِ بِنْتِ وَاشِقٍ هَذَا الِاخْتِلَافُ الَّذِي ذَكَرَهُ الشَّافِعِيُّ لَكِنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ إِمَامٌ مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْحَدِيثِ  

[Machine] Narrated by Abdullah, a man married a woman but died before consummating the marriage or establishing the dowry for her. The narrator says that the full dowry must be given to the woman, she must observe the waiting period (iddah), and she is entitled to her inheritance. Maqil ibn Sinan stood up and said, "I bear witness that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled in a similar case involving Burwa bint Washiq." This hadith is considered authentic and includes the mention of Maqil ibn Sinan as a famous companion. It was narrated by Yazid ibn Harun, who was one of the reliable hadith narrators, alongside Abdur Rahman ibn Mahdi and others with a different authentic chain of narration. Similarly, (the ruling applies to this case).  

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ فِي رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَمَاتَ وَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا وَلَمْ يَفْرِضْ لَهَا قَالَ لَهَا الصَّدَاقُ كَامِلًا وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ فَقَامَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ فَقَالَ شَهِدْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى بِهِ فِي بِرْوَعِ بِنْتِ وَاشِقٍ هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ سُمِّيَ فِيهِ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ وَهُوَ صَحَابِيٌّ مَشْهُورٌ وَرَوَاهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ وَهُوَ أَحَدُ حُفَّاظِ الْحَدِيثِ مَعَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ وَغَيْرِهِ بِإِسْنَادٍ آخَرَ صَحِيحٍ كَذَلِكَ  

[Machine] Abdullah came across a woman whose husband had died and had not paid her dowry or consummated the marriage. They went to him and continued to insist until he finally said, "In my opinion, her dowry is to be paid to her, without decrease or increase, and she is to observe the waiting period, and she is entitled to inheritance." Maqil ibn Sinan stood up and bore witness that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had judged in the case of Buroa bint Washiq al-Ashja'iyya in the same way as you have judged." Abdullah was delighted. 14413 Abu Ali al-Rudhbari informed us, Abu Bakr ibn Dasa narrated to us, Abu Dawud narrated to us, Uthman ibn Abi Shayba narrated to us, Yazid ibn Haroun and Ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Mansur, from Ibrahim, from Alqama, from Abdullah, who mentioned it in this way.  

أَتَى عَبْدُ اللهِ فِي امْرَأَةٍ تُوُفِّيَ عَنْهَا زَوْجُهَا وَلَمْ يَفْرِضْ لَهَا صَدَاقًا وَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ بِهَا فَتَرَدَّدُوا إِلَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَزَالُوا بِهِ حَتَّى قَالَ إِنِّي سَأَقُولُ بِرَأْيِي لَهَا صَدَاقُ نِسَائِهَا لَا وَكْسَ وَلَا شَطَطَ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ فَقَامَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ ؓ فَشَهِدَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى فِي بِرْوَعِ بِنْتِ وَاشِقٍ الْأَشْجَعِيَّةِ بِمِثْلِ مَا قَضَيْتَ فَفَرِحَ عَبْدُ اللهِ ؓ 14413 أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ وَابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ فَذَكَرَهُ وَكَذَلِكَ  

"A man among us married a woman, but he did not name a dowry for her, and he did not have intercourse with her before he died." 'Abdullah said: 'Since I left the Messenger of Allah I have never been asked a more difficult question than this. Go to someone else.' They kept coming to him for a month, then at the end of that they said: 'Who shall we ask if we do not ask you? You are one of the most prominent Companions of Muhammad in this land and we cannot find anyone else.' He said: 'I will say what I think, and if it is correct then it is from Allah alone, with no partner, and if it is wrong then it is from me and from the Shaitan, and Allah and His Messenger have nothing to do with it. I think she should be given a dowry like that of her peers and no less, with no injustice, and she may inherit from him, and she has to observe the 'Iddah, four months and ten days.'" He said: "And that was heard by some people from Ashja', who stood up and said: 'We bear witness that you have passed the same judgment as the Messenger of Allah did concerning a woman from among us who was called Birwa' bint Washiq.'" He said: "Abdullah was never seen looking so happy as he did on that day, except with having accepted Islam." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3358)   

عَنْ شَيْءٍ مُنْذُ فَارَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَشَدَّ عَلَيَّ مِنْ هَذِهِ فَأْتُوا غَيْرِي قَالَ قَالَ فَاخْتَلَفُوا إِلَيْهِ فِيهَا شَهْرًا ثُمَّ قَالُوا لَهُ فِي آخِرِ ذَلِكَ مَنْ يَسْأَلُ إِذَا لَمْ يَسْأَلْكَ وَأَنْتَ أُخَيَّةُ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ فِي هَذَا الْبَلَدِ وَلَا نَجِدُ غَيْرَكَ فَقَالَ سَأَقُولُ فِيهَا بِجَهْدِ رَأْيِي فَإِنْ كَانَ صَوَابًا فَمِنَ اللهِ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَإِنْ كَانَ خَطَأً فَمِنِّي وَاللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مِنْهُ بَرِيءٌ أَرَى أَنْ أَجْعَلَ لَهَا صَدَاقًا كَصَدَاقِ نِسَائِهَا وَلَا وَكْسَ وَلَا شَطَطَ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ وعليها الْعِدَّةُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا قَالَ وَذَلِكَ يَسْمَعُ ناسٌ مِنْ أَشْجَعَ فَقَامُوا فَقَالُوا نَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ قَضَيْتَ بِمِثْلِ الَّذِي قَضَى بِهِ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي امْرَأَةٍ مِنَّا يُقَالُ لَهَا بِرْوَعُ بِنْتُ وَاشِقٍ قَالَ فَمَا رُئِيَ عَبْدُ اللهِ فَرِحَ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِشَيْءٍ مَا فَرِحَ إِلَّا بِإِسْلَامِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللهُمَّ إِنْ كَانَ صَوَابًا فَمِنْكَ وَحْدَكَ لَا شَرِيكَ لَكَ وَإِنْ كَانَ خَطَأً فَمِنِّي وَمِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَاللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ مِنْهُ بَرِيءٌ وَرَوَاهُ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَقَالَ فِيهِ فَقَامَ مَعْقِلُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ وَرَوَاهُ ابْنُ عَوْنٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَقَالَ فِيهِ فَقَالَ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ  

[Machine] It was narrated that Ibn Mas'ud said: A man had married a woman and he died before consummating the marriage. He did not give her any dowry, so they came to Ibn Mas'ud to settle the matter. They argued about it for a month or close to a month, then they said: "She must have some dowry." He (Ibn Mas'ud) said: "Her dowry is the same as that of any woman among her people, without exaggeration or negligence. She is entitled to inheritance and she must observe the waiting period (after her husband's death). If it is correct, then it is from Allah; if it is a mistake, then it is from me and from the Shaytan. Allah and His Messenger are innocent of this." Then a group of the most bold among them, including Al-Jarrah and Abu Sinan, stood up and said: "We bear witness that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ruled concerning a woman among us who was called Barwa' bint Washiq, and her husband was called Hilal bin Murrah Al-Ashja'i." Ibn Mas'ud was extremely happy when his ruling coincided with the ruling of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . This was narrated by Hammam bin Yahya from Qatadah from Abu Hassan, and it was narrated by Hisham Al-Dustuway from Qatadah from Khalas. The Shaykh said: The disagreement concerning the name of the one who narrated the story of Barwa' bint Washiq from the Prophet ﷺ does not undermine the hadith, because all of these narrations have authentic chains of transmission, and in some of them it is indicated that a group of Al-Ashja'a were witnesses to that. So it is as if the narration was named after one of them, and some of them named two, while others did not specify. This does not weaken the hadith. And if it were not for the trustworthiness of those who narrated it,  

أَنَّ ابْنَ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ أُتِيَ فِي رَجُلٍ تَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَةً فَمَاتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بِهَا وَلَمْ يُسَمِّ لَهَا صَدَاقًا فَاخْتَلَفُوا إِلَيْهِ فِي ذَلِكَ شَهْرًا أَوْ قَرِيبًا مِنْ شَهْرٍ فَقَالُوا لَا بُدَّ أَنْ تَقُولَ فِيهَا قَالَ أَقْضِي أَنَّ لَهَا صَدَاقَ امْرَأَةٍ مِنْ نِسَائِهَا لَا وَكْسَ وَلَا شَطَطَ وَلَهَا الْمِيرَاثُ وَعَلَيْهَا الْعِدَّةُ فَإِنْ يَكُنْ صَوَابًا فَمِنَ اللهِ وَإِنْ يَكُنْ خَطَأً فَمِنْ نَفْسِي وَمِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ وَاللهُ وَرَسُولُهُ بَرِيئَانِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَامَ رَهْطٌ مِنْ أَشْجَعَ فِيهِمُ الْجَرَّاحُ وَأَبُو سِنَانٍ فَقَالُوا نَشْهَدُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَضَى فِي امْرَأَةٍ مِنَّا يُقَالُ لَهَا بِرْوَعُ بِنْتُ وَاشِقٍ وَكَانَ زَوْجُهَا يُقَالُ لَهُ هِلَالُ بْنُ مُرَّةَ الْأَشْجَعِيُّ فَفَرِحَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ فَرَحًا شَدِيدًا حِينَ وَافَقَ قَضَاؤُهُ قَضَاءَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ