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darimi:2221Abū al-Walīd al-Ṭayālisī > Shuʿbah > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ who said, "A man should not propose marriage to his brother's fiancée."  

الدارمي:٢٢٢١أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ «نَهَى عَنْ أَنْ يَخْطُبَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ»  


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abudawud:2080Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. al-Sarḥ > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

Abu Hurairah reported the Apostle of Allaah ﷺ as saying “ A man should not seek the hand of a woman in marriage when his brother has already sought her hand.”  

أبو داود:٢٠٨٠حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَخْطُبُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ  

ibnmajah:1867Hishām b. ʿAmmār And Sahl b. Abū Sahl > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > Saʿīd b. al-Musayyab > Abū Hurayrah

the Messenger of Allah said: “A man should not propose to a woman to whom his brother has already proposed.”  

ابن ماجة:١٨٦٧حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ وَسَهْلُ بْنُ أَبِي سَهْلٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَخْطُبِ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ  

ibnmajah:1868Yaḥyá b. Ḥakīm > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

the Messenger of Allah said: “A man should not propose to a woman to whom his brother has already proposed.”  

ابن ماجة:١٨٦٨حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ يَخْطُبِ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ  

ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا إِخْبَارٌ دُونَ النَّهْيِ

ibnhibban:4048al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb > Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ prohibited a person from outbidding his brother in a transaction, or proposing to marry the woman his brother has proposed to.  

ابن حبّان:٤٠٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ «نَهَى أَنْ يَسْتَامَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى سَوْمِ أَخِيهِ أَوْ يَخْطُبَ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ»  

bayhaqi:14034Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Abū Bakr Yaḥyá b. Jaʿfar b. Abū Ṭālib > ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAṭāʾ > Ṣakhr b. Jūwayriyah > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ prohibited a man from proposing to the sister of his brother until he is rejected or given permission.  

البيهقي:١٤٠٣٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَحْيَى بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثنا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَطَاءٍ ثنا صَخْرُ بْنُ جُوَيْرِيَةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَخْطُبَ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ حَتَّى يَرُدَّ أَوْ يَأْذَنَ لَهُ