67. Nikāḥ (Wedlock / Marriage)

٦٧۔ كتاب النكاح

67.4 About (marrying) several women

٦٧۔٤ باب كَثْرَةِ النِّسَاءِ

bukhari:5067Ibrāhīm b. Mūsá > Hishām b. Yūsuf > Ibn Jurayj > ʿAṭāʾ > Ḥaḍarnā Maʿ Ibn ʿAbbās Janāzah Maymūnah Bisarif

We presented ourselves along with Ibn ʿAbbas at the funeral procession of Maimuna at a place called Sarif. Ibn ʿAbbas said, "This is the wife of the Prophet ﷺ so when you lift her bier, do not Jerk it or shake it much, but walk smoothly because the Prophet ﷺ had nine wives and he used to observe the night turns with eight of them, and for one of them there was no night turn."  

البخاري:٥٠٦٧حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَنَّ ابْنَ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَهُمْ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَطَاءٌ قَالَ حَضَرْنَا مَعَ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ جَنَازَةَ مَيْمُونَةَ بِسَرِفَ فَقَالَ

ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ هَذِهِ زَوْجَةُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَإِذَا رَفَعْتُمْ نَعْشَهَا فَلاَ تُزَعْزِعُوهَا وَلاَ تُزَلْزِلُوهَا وَارْفُقُوا فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تِسْعٌ كَانَ يَقْسِمُ لِثَمَانٍ وَلاَ يَقْسِمُ لِوَاحِدَةٍ  

bukhari:5068Musaddad > Yazīd b. Zurayʿ > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ used to go round (have sexual relations with) all his wives in one night, and he had nine wives.  

البخاري:٥٠٦٨حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ ؓ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ يَطُوفُ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَلَهُ تِسْعُ نِسْوَةٍ وَقَالَ لِي خَلِيفَةُ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ أَنَّ أَنَسًا حَدَّثَهُمْ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

bukhari:5069ʿAlī b. al-Ḥakam al-Anṣārī > Abū ʿAwānah > Raqabah > Ṭalḥah al-Yāmī > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Lī Ibn ʿAbbās Hal Tazawwajt > Lā

Ibn ʿAbbas asked me, "Are you married?" I replied, "No." He said, "Marry, for the best person of this (Muslim) nation (i.e., Muhammad) of all other Muslims, had the largest number of wives."  

البخاري:٥٠٦٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ الأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ رَقَبَةَ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ الْيَامِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ هَلْ تَزَوَّجْتَ قُلْتُ لاَ قَالَ

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